When we went to
bed it was a warm 30 degrees but during the night it dipped to 7! We were
frozen when we woke up and shivered into the communal showers at 7am.
We were packed
up pretty quickly and ready to hit the road. Our trip would take us first to
Glacier point which overlooks the Yosemite Valley, then south east to Mariposa
Grove with the giant redwoods before heading north to San Francisco.
On the way up
to Yosemite Valley we stopped at Tunnel View for our first stunning picture of
the day.
Just after
Tunnel View there was literally a long tunnel. Much to Fiona’s displeasure I
revved Bobo and wow it sounded great!
We reached the
turn for Glacier Point fairly promptly but were shocked to see it was a 16mile
drive. Lesson of the day Google maps makes everything look closer than reality.
Undeterred we drove up and it was actually a fun drive and surprisingly not too
twisty. The best bit about it was that we saw a bear. I actually spotted it
before it bounded towards the car in between the trees, and as we drove past it
we were able to see it cross the road behind us. It was quite small, possibly
even a cub.
High on
adrenaline from our bear encounter it felt like seconds later and we were at
the top. I’ll let this panorama do the talking:
After taking
hundreds of photos we drove back down (no bears unfortunately) and onwards to
Mariposa Grove where the giant redwoods reside.
When we arrived
at Mariposa Grove we again discovered that a walk around the redwoods would be
far longer than originally thought. We were hiking for 1hr 20 ascending 1000 ft
without really the equipment for it. And it was hot. Despite this seeing the
trees were amazing. We were ants in comparison.
After Mariposa
Grove the rest of the drive was uneventful apart from the slightly scary end of
navigating the Bay Bridge (5 lanes wide and full of traffic) and driving into
San Francisco but we made it safe and sound.
Miles: 279.8.
Time: 6 hrs 22 minutes. MPG: 24.7
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