The alarm didn't go off this
morning, so we slept in until 5:30. We took off for our last morning in
Yosemite Valley. It was cool, quiet and beautiful. Highlights were the
big buck deer that we got good photos of. Then Brad found me an Acorn
Woodpecker in good light for more nice photos. Then I found a Pileated
Woodpecker that I got a nice video of. The Black Phoebe was fun to
watch.
Then
we drove to the west entrance called El Portal. The effects of the
drought were very evident there with dry, dead grass and trees. Some
places had leaves falling. The river was pretty and it was in the
mid-90s. After a picnic we headed up into the mountains via the Tioga
Road. We checked out the Hetch Hetchy reservoir that supplies water to
the San Francisco area.
This
was not our favorite day due to the heat and so much time in the car,
we do enjoy the whole "road trip" experience. We love listening to
music and visiting while out exploring.
We
stopped back at Curry Village to shower and once again it was free to
shower because no one was there to collect the money. Brad stopped at
Curry Village to order us a pizza, but that turned out to be a bad idea
due to the crowds of people he had to wait a long time and waste the
good lighting of the evening. The pizza was good though!
We
went through the valley one last time. Then at Tunnel View we saw smoke
billowing over the mountain and we heard people talking about a big
forest fire south of the park. We got a bad feeling because that's where
we are camped. We headed back not knowing if we would be evacuated or
not. It was smoky, but we could stay there. I felt a little unsettled,
but it was nice we could stay there until morning.
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