Lake in Valley in Yosemite

Tuolomne Meadows River (not sure of name)

Driveway Rocks

The Long Way Home

Today it really feels like we are starting to head home (with a few pit stops along the way). From our campsite we started our drive along Tioga Road in the park. Along the way trees are forced to sprout out of what seems solid granite in the distance. The result is bald or sparsely-covered mountains that look like the whole area is suffering from a severe receding hairline but has a combover or two to show for it. We stopped for a little walk through the meadow to Soda Springs, where carbonated water bubbles from the ground. It was pretty cool, nothing compared to Yellowstone, but that’s a lot to live up to!

At one point we stopped for a valley vista but the interesting thing was the granite that was close to the turnout. It looked like a cracked concrete driveway except for the giant boulders on top of it. We are seeing some unique scenery, that’s for sure.

Now we are driving through Nevada on our way to a campsite tonight. Hopefully with all this nothing and no trees, the stars will be awesome. We just paid $3.89 for gas because there is no one else around and only 3 towns on our trip through Nevada (we’ll still have to stop once).

It’s a short post today, but I’ll end it with a Tom quote:
“I can’t believe there’s a lake out here in the middle of the desert.”
[Mono Lake just east of Yosemite]