Saturday, March 17, 2007
...on to Yosemite
I enjoyed the 4 hour drive to Yosemite from San Francisco, along the freeway initially, then across the Sacramento valley, finally a big climb up highway 120 - Big Oak Flat - into Yosemite.
The village itself is purposeful rather than in any way charming...this is where people stay to go and see the sights. Everything is brown to blend in and the trees have been left as far a possible so you see as little as possible walking up out of the valley.
We had a short walk to Mirror Lake where we had a wonderful evening light shining up the valley. The next morning it was snowing and we had a tricky drive out down highway 140 to Merced and on to Santa Cruz
The village itself is purposeful rather than in any way charming...this is where people stay to go and see the sights. Everything is brown to blend in and the trees have been left as far a possible so you see as little as possible walking up out of the valley.
We had a short walk to Mirror Lake where we had a wonderful evening light shining up the valley. The next morning it was snowing and we had a tricky drive out down highway 140 to Merced and on to Santa Cruz
