We arrived Christmas Eve, and spent the night at the Wawona Hotel. We took a quick walk at dusk across the way from the hotel, in a meadow covered in snow, with a great big moon overhead. It was cold.
But inside it was fantastic- warm and cozy with a big fire roaring and crackling in the fireplace, Christmas carols being sung by the piano, and warm booze being consumed. Yum. After a great dinner, we hit the sack so as to get an early start Christmas morning, snowshoeing at Badger Pass.
After the drive to Badger Pass, we got on the snow around 9am, and took a walk with one of the Rangers, and learned a little bit about the area of the park where Badger Pass is located. We covered around 3-4 miles, mostly on trails, but took a detour towards Summit Meadow. We didn't make it. It was cold.
We left Badger Pass around 2pm, and headed to Yosemite Valley for dinner. And oh my freakin' crap what a dinner it was! It's called Bracebridge Dinner. Take the time to check out the website. This was one of the coolest things that we have ever done. Indescribable. 4 hours long. Never boring. 8 courses. 2 bottles of wine. Not a single partridge in a pear tree. And not cold.
So on the 26th (happy birthday to me!) we did some more snowshoeing, this time at Crane Flat, northwest of Yosemite Valley. We spent a few hours there, and were able to go to Tuolumne Grove of Giant Sequoias.
Here we are at the Tunnel Tree. It was cold.We spent that night in Curry Village, located in Yosemite Valley. We stayed in one of the heated canvas tents, which is really better described as a one-room wood cabin with canvas draped over the wood... It was actually pretty warm. Until we had to pee. Then it was cold.
So when we got up Sunday morning to head home, it was snowing like a sonofabitch. Apparently sonsofbitches snow like hell.
We took this photo of the Merced River as we were driving out. For reference, the snowflakes are as big as a baseball. Don't believe me? Just click on the photo. Told ya!
We left this guy behind.
Happy New Year everyone!
1 comment:
I'm so jealous of all the traveling you are getting to do in CA. I wish I'd had more time to explore while I was there...that blasted work stuff kept getting in the way.
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