Tuna
Thursday 22 February 2024
We drove. Actually, I drove, so I had all the fun on the windy roads. Today we headed from Fresno to Yosemite National Park. Another gorgeous sunny day and no cloud on the hills today. We entered the Park on the good ole Highway 41. This road wound up the side of the hills with spectacular views over the valley and mountains.
Our first stop was Tunnel View. Despite what the name suggests, it wasn’t a view of a tunnel. We did drive through a long tunnel that was drilled through the mountain, but the view at the other end was nothing short of amazing, brilliant, fantastic and breath taking. OMG!!!!
So, we then headed down into the valley to see the other bits. There were lots of cars and people and nowhere to park to have lunch. We drove through Curry Village, which was full but the accommodation there seemed to consist of small huts that looked like they were frames clad I nothing but canvas, there seemed to be hundreds of them. Nope, not for me. Finally found a road side stop (not a parking area) to eat a quick lunch. View was awesome.
The main attraction is Horsetail Falls, which apparently at sunset lights up and looks like it is on fire. We saw Bridesveil Falls and Upper Yosemite Falls, which were magnificent and flowing with lots of water.
From our glimpse of Horsetail Falls, it was barely flowing with water and seems a bit anticlimactic. However, there were soooooo many people already in place with their cameras and tripods ready to take the next National Geographic photo. It was around 2pm, so they were in for a long wait. We drove past them and then stopped to catch the very far away look at the Falls.
Time to now head to home for the next two nights. The drive out of the NP was along the Merced River was a windy but easy and gorgeous drive.
We’ve got a nice cabin on a few acres out of town for two nights, so far it is very quiet.