We spent our last two days in Yosemite at Hodgdon Meadow Campground on the north side of the park at about 4900 feet elevation. Little did we know, the campsite we reserved was at a steep angle downward. The problem with this, as we found out, was that everything in an RV stops functioning when parked at an angle. The bathtub stopped draining, so we had to hand-bail the water out of the tub after each shower. In addition, the refrigerator and freezer decided to stop working; we discovered this only after we poured warm milk into our cereal bowls on Thursday morning. We had to trash some good steaks and various dairy products, and we’re hoping the rest of the refrigerated items will make it at room temperature until we reach our next campsite. Also, the temperature at 4900’ likes to drop below freezing at night, so we awoke this morning to a dead camper battery from the heater blowing all night long.
On a brighter note, we had a great time exploring Yosemite. On Wednesday, we took a short hike through deep snow to a grove of sequoia trees. It rained for about 10 hours straight on Wednesday night, so we felt fortunate to be warm and dry in our camper (our tent-camping neighbors were not so lucky). We spent the day on Thursday exploring some of our personal interests. Jack went on a strenuous 8-mile hike to the top of Upper Yosemite Falls, gaining 2700 feet in elevation in just over 2 hours! Meanwhile, Megan took a photography class called “Walking in the Footsteps of Ansel Adams.” The class took her to the places that the famous photographer shot some of his legendary photos of Yosemite. While she was shooting the iconic Upper Yosemite Falls, through a twist of irony and technology, Jack waved to Megan from the top of the Falls after some coordination of text messaging. Of course, because of the elevation and distance between us, it was quite possible that we were waving to rocks and trees instead of each other (it’s impossible to make out cars, much less people, at that distance.) We reunited at the bottom of the Falls later that evening to enjoy our first meal at a restaurant since leaving Texas.
In other news, Jack has yet to shave his face and his attempts to look like a mountain man are starting to materialize.
Today we are driving north through the beautiful wine country of California. Our destination: Redwood National Park in northern California, where we will be for the next 5 days.
We have been working on updating our Shutterfly website with more pictures of our adventures, so be sure to check up on those!
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