This morning, we decided to make the “trek” back down into
the valley. Although the trip is only 30 miles from our Stansilaus National
Forest campsite to the valley, it is 1-1/2 hours each way due to the winding and
steep roads. In addition to this, they are very proud of the gas burned in the
park charging $5.00 per gallon! But when you are many miles from the nearest
town, you gratefully pay it to keep the tank full. We left our by 7:15 in order
to beat the crowds. What a pleasant drive it was! We were at the parking area
early, hopped the free shuttle bus and got off for the Mirror Lake hike. It
wasn’t long, but it was so pleasant to have the trail to ourselves. We did see
a crew from the CCC (California Conservation Core) performing maintenance. Kind
of ironic to see them removing rocks from the trail that have been there for
over a century! After our hike, we stopped at the visitor center, had a light lunch,
took care of some phone calls since the valley has cell coverage. We then
headed back to our campsite. We took advantage of the afternoon sun shine to
read for a while and then headed into the trailer. We decided to leave early
the next morning so that we could tow through the park without traffic. Played
some Cribbage and then hit the hay.
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