It is looking like we might be exiting from home earlier than planned. We may have renters in by July 11. We had been planning forward to August 1. This has put us in a fast forward mode with packing and the host of other arrangement details that come with moving out of one home and into another.
But we are coming along.
We returned last Tuesday from a trip in Vilia, our 5th wheel, to Yosemite. Our poor National Parks!
It was Memorial Weekend and Sunday was a horrid traffic mess. We had attempted to get to Glacier Point Sunday AM but found a 90 minute wait to get to the only parking. It took us 45 minutes just to exit the entry backup. Then on the way back to the valley floor we hit the wall and took 2 hours to get to a point where we could turn to exit. Then, it took 1.5 hours more to reach the park exit. From the time we hit the backup to reaching open traffic, we traveled maybe 6 miles.
Besides being trampled by the crowds, all the carbon monoxide from the slow mass of traffic cannot be good for the park environment or its visitors.
Cathy and I talked about the need to do something to restrain the visitor volume, such as a lottery for entry pass system for the known busy times. Our NPS needs to do something.
OK, my little rant is done. All said, Yosemite was a wonderful way to pay a farewell to our California. It is of such magnificent grandeur as a show of Nature's mass and beauty. Unique to earth.
Final thought for this entry is the week at Yosemite yet further reinforced our excitement about heading out to wander this amazing place that is the US.
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