Yosemite 2.0

Saturday, June 12, we spent at Hetch Hetchy reservoir, which I had remembered seeing on the Ken Burns National Parks documentary series as being one of the most contentious battles in the park system.  They built this dam and flooded acres and acres of canyon land in the park.  We took a hike and had a picnic.  We set up our chairs and spent the afternoon reading.  Can say that this was not my favorite part of the park, or of anything we had seen so far.  I can only imagine what it had looked like before, and I am pretty sure I would have liked that better.

Sunday, we left our campsite at Lost Claim and went back into the park.  We walked to Lower Yosemite Falls, took one last look at the dramatic Yosemite Valley, and headed to the southern part of the park where we toured a pioneer exhibit and went to the Mariposa Grove of ancient trees (with several thousand other tourists).  You've heard of the traffic jams in the parks; well, it's true. 

After a picnic and the hike we headed to Modesto to get some work done on the car.  Remember those shocks???   We got a room at the Comfort Inn in Modesto and looked forward to getting the car worked on the following day.