Triple Digit Temps & Snow

Crazy!

It is too risky to go hiking because of the high 

temperatures so we are just relaxing.
 Highway 120 or Tioga Road that goes through the high-country
of the Sierra Nevada is still closed because of snow.
It is the only road that runs east to west in Yosemite and
usually opens by Memorial Day.
Wow! Check out this aerial view! Clearing Snow on Tioga Pass
 Thankfully we are here for a few more weeks.
We hope to get to Tuolumne Meadows and Tenaya Lake.

You can't get in the rivers because they are swelled from the
snow melt and are very cold. I could only keep
my feet in a few minutes.
Whether it is too hot or too cold we are not complaining.

Park Sierra is an Escapees Park and only members are allowed.
You can purchase a lot or be a guest.
It is a great location just south of Yosemite that is
 well maintained with lots of activities.

Hassler Stage Stop inside the park.
Many stage coaches stopped here is Coarsegold.

Here is where we have been hanging out.

This whole area of California is hilly and every 

spot in this park is unique. 

 

We have also enjoyed having legendary It's It Ice Cream .

They have a freezer in the clubhouse with 

this San Francisco treat. 

Just a short walk from our site and only $1.00. 

 Here is where all the activities are held and meals served.

A member of the park made this beautiful, large, stained glass 

window that is in the center of the clubhouse.

Here is some trivia. Coarsegold is the destination 

for stars Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott in the 1962 

film Ride the High Country.

Just before publishing this blog I checked and 

Tioga Pass is now open!

"This land is your land, this land is my land

from California, to the New York Island

from the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters

This land was made for you and me"

Woody Guthrie