At last we have been able to visit Yosemite

Copperopolis is a small town we stopped at for a coffee and cake on the way to Yosemite west entrance. It had a lake, lake Tullouch 

We had passed countryside full of small tree orchards maybe nut trees.

The lady who served us said she had lived there for 30 years and no fires until a recent one. But they were all safe thank goodness 

There were banners saying thanks to the firefighters.

The old Mexican men sitting outside said snow in Yosemite. They tried to speak with an English accent” good day today”😂

We were in The foothills of the sierras

As we started to climb there were steep hairpin bends and so we took them very slowly letting faster cars overtake!

The views were scarily lovely. At the top it was small hills and more comfortable driving. We just paid $40 for 2 coffees and a mug! How much was that mug? Hope we don’t break it!

At the entrance to the park a sign said winter weather Monday through Thursday 

We are here until Saturday oops

A very young ranger marked our map to show us where not to miss. He suggests where to go tomorrow as he can’t promise conditions for the following days to reach up there! 

But the area we are exploring now seems safe driving and we are seeing all the big trees again. We are both so happy to be here at last.

We took our first pic of the half dome from a viewing point. The sun obligingly shone on the rocks

It is a steep climb up to our lodge at 6000ft 

We won’t be doing that after dark!