Yosemite Nat'l Park, Sept. 6 & 7

Hi everyone,  We left our KOA on Monday morning and headed to Yosemite.  Our trips have been somewhat of a challenge because of the hills and curves, but we are tenacious and arrived at our park in one piece.  Yosemite is a 100 sq. mile park that would take a long time to see everything.  We spent two days touring the park and saw some majestic and beautiful sights.  We were most impressed by the granite cliffs.  The summits are so high when you look up at them close by, you cannot see the tops.  Awesome!  Half Dome and El Captain were the most magnificent to us.  There is a legend of how they came to be that I thought was interesting.  American Indians tell of a woman and her husband who argued and fought.  The displeased spirits changed them into stone, Half Dome and North Dome, forever to face each other across the Valley.  But how these cliffs really formed has challenged geologists for over 100 years.  They think the granite of Yosemite's walls solidified over five miles underground.  As the overlying rock eroded away, the granites rose to their current exposed level.  Nature's dynamic forces continue sculpting this exposed rock.  The waterfalls have mostly dried up because of the dry summer.  But we can only imagine how beautiful they are!  There are giant Sequoias here also.  They need fire so they can reproduce and fires they definitely have!  We are so lucky to have these parks.  They are ours to enjoy, hopefully, forever.  John Muir said "Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play and pray in, where nature may heal, cheer and give strength to the body and soul alike.  Love you and we will see you in Sequoia Nat'l Park.