Thursday, October 25, 2012

Yosemite or Yellowstone...?

I am not quite sure why, but during the planning of the trip, and the trip itself, i must have referred to Yosemite as "Yellowstone" about every other time i spoke of it. My 12 year old daughter corrected me every time. I call her "red sharpie" sometimes. Given the chance she would correct every grammatical, spelling, and math error in any sign or advertisement. And believe me, i hear of every one in the blog.

Since i last updated i have downloaded another cameras worth of photos and i left the story off at the entrance to the park. We made the drive up, and down into Yosemite village unscathed. We were wet. We were cold since the temps were only in the high 30s to low 40s. On the drive into the park the pad for the accelerator pedal in the Dart fell off. Then, in the pouring rain, the wipers quit working. Of course they quit in the middle of the windshield blocking my vision. Did i already mention the rain and fog? A few times? Just making sure. I would love to be telling you about the grandeur of Yellowstone...or Yosemite, wherever we were. But truth of the matter it was so wet, and so foggy, we couldn't tell how pretty it was. Our treat was that since it rained...and was still raining, the waterfalls were flowing and made for some nice sights, from the car, with the windows down. We tried to make the best of it. Truth be told i was a bit disappointed to have planned the trip, driven that far, and had it rain everyday. It spoiled the sights and ability to take the great pictures that i anticipated. BUT, gave me incentive to make the trip again!!! Tonights pics will be Yellowsomite. Enjoy.

Street scene on the way into Yosemite
 

Route 120 into Yosemite rolling hills.
Destined to be one of my favorite photos. Outside Chinese Camp.
Before the road got wet and foggy, it was twisty and turney.
Visibility on the drive in
Best snow pic we could manage, in the rain, with no wipers.
We have arrived!!!
 

 

One of several waterfalls
Fall colors, waterfall, and my girls!
Pretty sure this is El Capitan
The Dart and the back up plan (Clints white Dodge ram)
 

To give you perspective, those Redwoods are HUGE.
The longer, and extremely cool tunnel in Yosemite.
 

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