23
Mar
2009
yosemite trip
Due to the the australian government’s spectacular kindness in allowing me into their fine country for the past year coming to an end, I had a window of a few days to kill in California before Smart Geometry (more on that in the next few days).
While zooming out on the San Francisco map, I spotted Yosemite National Park 200 miles to the east, and knew in seconds what I’d be doing for those free days!
After a less than inspiring flight, and Lloyds thoughtfully putting a stop on my card in SF because I might be getting scammed, I eventually got on the train to Merced, where if I’d had less drama buying food I’d have caught the bus to Yosemite, but as it was, I ended up sleeping at the train station in a luggage cart!
Yosemite doesn’t mess about, there are incredible falls in the valley floor, and about a kilometer into the trail you come across Vernal Falls
the water falls so far that by the time it gets to the bottom it’s just a very fast mist that hits a rock and flys out horizontally!
