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If your car has a sunroof when you first enter Yosemite National Park, it's time to open it. Ditto for a convertible - put the top down. At the park entrance gate, I hit the sunroof button, and simultaneously fresh pine air and sunshine flooded in.
On the road from Sacramento and through California Gold Country, I had been listening to the kicky tunes of Dire Strait's "On Every Street" album. But at Yosemite, I thought it time to move on to the more reverent sounds of Luciano Pavarotti. I cranked the volume up a tad. There is nothing like the tones of Pavarotti's magnificent tenor voice ricocheting off massive mountain peaks, and the trunks of ancient Sequoias, to set the world straight again!
At Yosemite, I had arrived early, before the park gatekeepers had opened the gatehouse windows for the day. A sign instructed, "Enter and Pay Upon Exit." I hit the accelerator and moved on in.
As I mentioned in my Thursday blog, it's been said that Yosemite is the Crown Jewel of all America's National Parks. Having been there on several occasions, I can attest to Yosemite's unparalleled majesty.
This year's long Northern California winter had gifted the Sierra Nevada and Yosemite mountain range, with an enormous snow pack. Previous years of drought had brought Yosemite's waterfalls to a trickle, but they are currently hemorrhaging water.
It was an event I did not want to miss!
Blooming for you!
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