Souvenirs From The Road: Yosemite National Park

Day 12 - May 12 was a beautiful, foggy morning. Our destination is the Dimond O campground in the Stanislus National Forest outside of Yosemite. What a day! I had an appointment in Fresno to take my new iPhone in for repair as the IOS update I attempted some days earlier crashed it. It was a very slow drive off the mountain, but we found the store and got there in time. 30 minutes later it was fixed. Then the best part of the day! We decided we were hungry and were going to eat breakfast out and there was a little place called the Fresno Breakfast House. Good golly was it good! I had breakfast enchiladas. I will need to re-create that recipe!

Delicious!

Then the real fun begins. We lost cell phone signal, got separated from Donna and Greg and called up OnStar Navigation and "she" keeps trying to send us down these gravel roads. Oh no! There's just not a lot of good things about these California highways, in our opinion. But it is what it is. But we make it and all is well. This is a great double site on the river (which is flowing great due to all the snow melt).

The RV's have gotten skinny on this trip!

The river behind us is really loud. So pretty.

Day 13 - May 13 we woke to temps in the 30's. I enjoyed my coffee with a blanket! We fueled up on breakfast tacos as we were headed to the Hetch Hetchey Reservoir to hike the 5 mile round trip trail to Wapama Falls. The trail was beautiful following the shoreline of the reservoir. It gave us great views of Tueelala and Wapama Falls. It was also a great workout!

See the falls?

Across the reservoir is Wapama Falls, our destination hike.

Beautiful rainbow off the dam.

Some serious water flow!

The tunnel we had to walk through.

Here's a little history. In 1882 this valley was being sought for a potential site for a new reservoir. John Muir wanted to keep it untouched. San Francisco needed the water for it's increasing population. The Raker Act in 1913 authorized the construction of a dam. The O'Shaughnessy Dam (named after the chief engineer) was completed in 1923. The final phase raised the height and was completed in 1938. It is 117 billion gallons and supplies drinking water to 2.4 million Bay Area residents. And it also supplies hydro-electric power. It is 8 miles long and is the largest single body of water in a National Park.