Sunday, September 28, 2008 1:13 PM
Greg Taylor
Yosemite
Kelley and Adam and I just got back from a weekend in Yosemite. We stayed two nights in a nice cabin in Wawona, inside the south gate of the park, about 60 miles from our house. (Kelley's mom and dad stayed with Erin and Sarah.)
Friday night we had dinner in the Wawona Hotel. Saturday morning, we drove to Glacier Point for the views of the domes and Yosemite Valley. Perfect weather. Adam enjoyed riding in the back seat of the Jeep with the top down looking at the tall trees. In the afternoon, we explored the Historical Pioneer Village in Wawona, including its very nice covered bridge. Early evening on Saturday, we went to Mariposa Grove to inspect the 500 giant sequoias there. We saw eight mule deer, including two bucks near Wawona Meadow with large, velvety racks. By the time we returned to our cabin in the failing light, all of the sourthern part of the park had lost power. We still managed to make a pretty good dinner on the Webber grill by the light of an oil lamp, a Petzl headlamp, and a large wood fire in the fireplace. Power came on at 10:22.
We had fun. Click the pictures for a few more.
