Ah-ha! The ghost of Granma! Always livin' on the edge of excitement ready to jump in at a moments notice, eh?
This interpretive marker lets us know that the east entrance to Yosemite National Park is only eighty miles from Death Valley National Park. Major contrast between the two! Both exquisite in their own ways.
Granpa and I have definitely decided that the east entrance to Yosemite is the only way to go. It's a long drive through the park from here to the famous Half-Dome and other well-known and well-touted sites - but it's so much better from here. Something tells me that the California tourist industry sees the west entrance as a much better opportunity to capture your tourist dollars, and that's why they promote it so heavily.
We have uncovered the secret, though, and are delighted to share it with our readers across the globe. (We're being read in 64 countries now!)
This is the gateway to Yosemite from the east!
(Granpa says that now we have to go back in from the west and put the pictures side by side!)
I learned in the Yukon Territory a few years back that when the water is green because of the glaciers of the past that have melted and left behind debris that gives the water a green tint. The water is so very clear -- and I don't even have to touch it to know that it's c-o-l-d! A few weeks later this sprinkling of snow became a whole lot more when it began falling at two inches an hour. They don't plow the roads of Yosemite in the winter time, so we are just in time - God blesses our timing yet again!
We love mountain creeks and rivers,
and mountain lakes with beautiful beaches surrounded by unsurpassed beauty!
A bit farther on down the road we find a wonderful place to begin hiking -
and it's as close as we got to the famous half-dome mountain.
We spent way too much time on photo ops - but absolutely could not pass any of them up.
It simply means we will have to come back. (YEA!!)
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