Yosemite

The two of us had never been to Yosemite, so we decided we should go while we were in California.  We stayed in a KOA park about 40 miles from the entrance to the park, and after taking a leisurely morning, we drove to Yosemite.

The road is a twisty winding thing, rather narrow but beautiful.  A river, the Merced, runs next to the road, and since it is April, it is running rather swiftly.  Beautiful rapids, lots of rocks, and waterfalls from the side of the road made for a very scenic drive.

We came upon a detour, and at first we couldn't figure out how there could be a detour in a one-road canyon.  Then we saw a large rock slide, called the Ferguson Slide.  It first came down in 2006, and the road was closedfor several months.  They built a temporary road with bridges, but the bridges would not support larger rigs.  Eventually they constructed two temporary bridges that could handle buses and RVs, and, using the old road, made a detour that is a one-lane only road, controlled by stop lights.  It works, but I imagine in the summer and even on weekends, it gets pretty slow!

The drive just to arrive at Yosemite is about an hour.  We spent about seven hours there, which will be documented in several posts.