We enjoyed going to a tractor pull in Modesto. We met Vicki and Danny and watched Danny as he won in the modified tractor group. You can see Danny getting ready to pull.
Guess tractor pulling must have begun years ago when one farmer told another farmer that his tractor could pull more weight than his.
I really enjoyed seeing all the different tractors.
Besides tractors, there were some 4 x 4 pick-ups pulling.
It was a great evening.
Hetch Hetcy Reservoir is part of Yosemite National park. Major water supply sources for San Francisco were destroyed during the 1906 earthquake. So in 1913, Congress passed the Raker Act which allowed the Hetch Hetchy Water project to be built in a National Park. It took 20 years for the O’Shaghnessy Dam to be built, Phase I was finished in 1923, Phase II, which added 85’ was finished in 1938.
O’Shaughnessy Dam
The water flows to San Francisco via gravity. Below you can see the water coming out of an underground pipe.
This squirrel sure was making a lot of noise.
Water was beautiful.
Took a drive over Tioga Pass to the small town of Lee Vining.
Lots of people were taking pictures of Siesta Lake
We watched a couple more rock climbers.
Colors on top of the pass were a beauty to behold.
If you’ve seen many photos of Yosemite, then you’ve seen the photo taken from the Tunnel. This is the view one sees when entering the park from Hwy 140, returning from Glacier Point, Wynonna, or Pioneer Village. This turnout also makes a great phone booth for those who use cell phones.
You can see El Capitan and Half Dome.
One of Gary’s favorite places to go in Yosemite is Glacier Point. Things sure have changed since our last visit. We got to see people on top of Half Dome and a couple of rock climbers trying to make their way to the top of Half Dome.
Top of Nevada Falls. In my younger days, I hiked all the way to the top of Nevada Falls. Not much water this time of the year.
Vernal Falls.
Yosemite Valley view from Glacier Point.
Dry Upper Yosemite Falls
People on top of Half Dome
Half Dome
The Sequoia trees in Mariposa Grove are huge!!!! Gary and I were there years ago and took the 7 mile tram ride. We were planning on taking the tram ride again but the $25.50 per person charge was a little to steep for us. So, we walked the first mile of the walking trail to see the trees known as the Bachelor, Grizzly, and the only remaining Tunnel Tree. Great day.
Large Sequoia that fell many years ago. Calvary troops used to ride into this section of the grove and line up in front of this tree to have their troop picture made.
This is the Bachelor tree.
Grizzly tree. It is as tall as a 19 story building and as wide as a 747. One of its upper limbs is wider than some of the smaller trees.
Tunnel tree.
We enjoyed watching this cute little guy.
We took a drive to Glacier Point. We were able to see people on top of Half Dome and rock climbers making their way to the top of Half Dome. On the way back to our rig, we stopped at El Capitan and watched some of the rock climbers there.
If you enlarge the picture, you can see the people on top of Half Dome.
There are 2 rock climbers in the bottom right side.
These climbers were climbing El Capitan. They had to spend the night before arriving at the top.
I have always wanted to visit Pioneer Village in Yosemite. Gary and I finally did that. We were the only visitors there. The employees were busy baking and having meetings so they were not talking about thing in the pioneer days.
They were busy baking apple crisps in the kitchen when we visited this Homestead.
This power room also served as a jail.
Their were a lot of buggies and wagons on display.
We are currently staying at the Thousand Trails Yosemite Lakes Campground. We are only 5 miles from the hwy 120 entrance into Yosemite.
