Our vacation got off to a miserable start, with two terrible duds in the first couple days. We decided to make a side trip to Yosemite even though Tioga Pass was closed. Big mistake. We were in an hour wait getting through the entrance booth. We wanted an annual pass, but their machine didn’t work so the waved us through telling us to pay on the way out. The rest of the drive to Yosemite was uneventful until we passed Bridal Veil falls. You can see the falls from the road so we did not stop. We got some moving care pictures; or car standing still pictures. We did stop and get some pictures of the valley from a distance. However we did not actually get into the valley except to see El Capitan. Traffic was choked off again so we decided after sitting in traffic for an hour that our time was growing short and turned around at the next opportunity, before getting to Yosemite Falls. On the way out, they again reported there was some crisis and to just not pay; but we needed the annual pass so were able to go back and get it. We ate lunch out of the care just outside the entrance gate on the side of the road.
We then headed to a pass over the mountains on the 108 which is the Sonora Pass. We were presented with incredible vistas, snow to play in and rocks to climb. However we did not stop as Yosemite traffic had put us behind schedule and Sheri was in a hurry to get to our campsite. We drove through these incredible scenes without even getting a picture from the care. We will have to repeat this trip. The elevation of the pass is 9624 feet. We arrived at Mammoth Lake Camp Ground with time to set up camp and prepare tinfoil dinners.
The second dud—we learned the rode to Post Piles National Monument was closed for snow. Our purpose in going to this area was to see the post piles, but that wasn’t going to happen.
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