Our new thing is to take a day off each week, just for fun. We thought it would be a good idea to go to Yosemite since we've heard that the Falls are the greatest they've been in years. Plus we thought we'd beat the crowds going during the week. We were right about the Falls, but wrong on the crowds...it's a VERY popular place.
The Merced River was high and roaring. There's just something about a roaring mountain river that is so cool. And the rafting companies have moved way down, the river is just to wild.
Bridal Veil Falls was dumping tons of water. The mist was all over the road. You needed rain gear to get within a tenth of a mile. We were pretty damp, but it felt good.
We even went all the way to Glacier Point.
We left our home at 6:30 am and returned at 6:30 pm, 400 miles. We stopped for breakfast in Oakdale at an old favorite, it was called the Busy Bee years ago, but has changed hands and names. We arrived in the Park at 9:30 and got to use our Annual Pass one more time. I LOVE a good deal!
It got a bit too hot for me as we left the Park and I really should have activated my cooling vest then. The heat really was tough after that. It could have been that we were behind two RVs that did not pull over when possible so we could all pass. They went 10 MPH on the grade, which is not fast enough for us to get even a little breeze. Dave was not amused by the RVs.
We stopped at Happy Burgers in Mariposa where I put my head under the faucet and activated the vest. All was well after that. Oh, and you really need to stop there, the burgers are FABULOUS!
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