We had expected the drive from Pfeiffer State Park to Yosemite to take about four and a half hours. That's what Google Maps told us. We were on the road for nine hours! We had to drive all the way through the park to get to Silver Lake Campsite on the other side of the park. The scenery was grand - rushing stream to our left and high old mountains all around. As we drove through the park the scenery became more dramatic. Winding narrow roads snaking around the high craggy rock faces. Huge boulders over hung the road. Some had even fallen on the road. It is an old landscape.
We got to our campsite at about nine o'clock. We were starving and tired. We were in a wind swept valley among tiny tents and massive R.V.s. It was perishing cold. We raided our Machu Picchu beanies and gloves and braved the elements to cook our chops on our little stove as the wind thudded against the van.
Luckily we had bought supplies to soften the harsh realities of nature. Next morning we awoke to look up at the snow tipped mountains with picturesque rushing stream. And then it was time to go back on our tracks and explore the beauties of Yosemite.
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