Day 1: Left Vegas at 0330 going thru Death Valley National Park. Not sure why they call it a national park, it's just plain hot, even at 0600 when this picture was taken. Entered from the east and exited out on the west end on Ca Hwy 190, which was a great winding road going that let you go at a high rate of speed, you know the long sweepers.
Mammoth Lakes Ca. Just off US Hwy 395 on the way up to Yosemite.
June Lake. Just north of Mammoth Lakes, took the June Lake loop off Hwy 395.
Ca. Hwy 120 up the Tioga Pass on the way up to Yosemite.
Entrance into Yosemite National Park: Tioga Pass elevation almost 10,000 ft.
Tenaya Lake inside Yosemite.
Inside Yosemite Valley. Since it was a Saturday, it was very crowded. Entering the valley, the road turns one way providing two lanes. The traffic was at a stand still. Hey, I'm in California, I can split. This saved me at least one hour. After reaching the valley, I find that everyone in both lanes has stopped and have gotten out of their vehicles to take pictures which resulted the two mile long back up. :spank: Notice I have stopped ahead of the stopped vehicles off to the side.
There were several rock climbers clinging on for dear life somewhere up there. You needed binoculars to see them.
Left Yosemite and onto Lake Tahoe via Ca Hwy 120, 49 through the town of Sonora and then up the mountain through Kit Carson on Ca Hwy 88, then on Ca 89 into Stateline Nv.
Mammoth Lakes Ca. Just off US Hwy 395 on the way up to Yosemite.
June Lake. Just north of Mammoth Lakes, took the June Lake loop off Hwy 395.
Ca. Hwy 120 up the Tioga Pass on the way up to Yosemite.
Entrance into Yosemite National Park: Tioga Pass elevation almost 10,000 ft.
Tenaya Lake inside Yosemite.
Inside Yosemite Valley. Since it was a Saturday, it was very crowded. Entering the valley, the road turns one way providing two lanes. The traffic was at a stand still. Hey, I'm in California, I can split. This saved me at least one hour. After reaching the valley, I find that everyone in both lanes has stopped and have gotten out of their vehicles to take pictures which resulted the two mile long back up. :spank: Notice I have stopped ahead of the stopped vehicles off to the side.
There were several rock climbers clinging on for dear life somewhere up there. You needed binoculars to see them.
Left Yosemite and onto Lake Tahoe via Ca Hwy 120, 49 through the town of Sonora and then up the mountain through Kit Carson on Ca Hwy 88, then on Ca 89 into Stateline Nv.