It hard to complain about rain when this part of the country is in the third year of a drought. But... our trip to Yosemite was cold and wet, with a little tease of sunshine.
That is El Capitan on the left, Bridalveil Falls on the right, and the Merced River. The clouds don't look threatening, but later they decended to the top of the peaks and looked like snow. Since this is a "tire chain" location, and the reports were for 1 to 3 inches of snow as low as 3500 feet, we decided to come back later. We had at least three passes to cross that were above 3500 feet to get back to the coach. Driving in snow at home is something I know how to do. Driving in snow, on hair pin curves, up and down 7% grades, is a whole different thing.
We did make it back without any percipitation. But it did rain at the campground and snow in the mountains.
This is Horse Tail Falls (I think).
This is definitely the Upper and Lower Yosemite Fall. The clouds have dropped in making the sky misty and wet.
We're going back again when it dries out. We can't do the back country trails. But we will get the bikes out and roll around the valley floor taking more pictures. And next time I'll bring the Canon.
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