Our drive from Lake Minden to the Yosemite National Park was nice and relaxing until we hit the 120 turnoff from the I5, a little hair raising to say the lest. Tight hairpins with no shoulder had Jan saying, “we’re not coming back this way are we?”, yes, yes we will be, but that will be five days from now. Oh, this is all part of our learning curve, haha, pun intended. I’m just happy that we do this driving in the daylight, a night drive here probably would have added an hour to the journey.
We pulled into the TT Yosemite Lakes RV park at about 4pm and wow, what a great Thousand Trails Park. Along with all the usual park amenities every site was a full hook up site. The park is very conveniently located only 5 miles from Yosemite National Park and sits on a massive 400 acres with the Tuolumne River running through the middle of the campground. We again got very lucky to spot a site right on the river which also happened to a 50 Amp site, yeah. We spent the balance of the day settling in and getting organized and looking forward to our 3 full days to enjoy the National Park.
By the way, this is the right time of year to come to Yosemite as we were warned about huge lines to not only get into the park but the parking is just about impossible. Well this time of year, all three days we rolled right up to the gate and in every area we checked out there was always plenty of parking. Our first day was a complete overview of the Yosemite Valley, including tunnel view, El Capitan and Half Dome. We even drove up to Glacier Point lookout for a picnic lunch at the amphitheater with an incredible view of Half Dome. A great day exploring indeed.
A few pics of our introduction to Yosemite National Park, hope you enjoy….
Cathedral Falls, the spring is the best time to view, but there was a good rain shower yesterday to give us this view.
A rock climber’s paradise. They start them young here.
The bark of a Sequoia Tree is amazing.
El Capitan.
The Yosemite Valley.
El Capitan above, Half Dome down below.
Zhalbey enjoying the views.
This was another amazing waterfall, Bridalveil. The wind kept shifting it back and forth.
El Capitan in the sunset, yes climbers will spend overnights on this amazing rock face.
Our wonderful spot by the River. A wonderful day indeed.
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