Part of Tenaya Lake, notice the snow (Cell Phone) Today we woke up a bit later than yesterday, we slept in till 6:30 AM. We had breakfast at the hotel, which was well below the average hotel breakfast buffet and not very appetizing. After breakfast we drove to the park, and got there around 8:30 AM, and were informed Tioga Road was open, so we made the 2 hour drive up to Tuolumne Meadows. We made the drive quickly because we were racing weather. A storm was supposed to come in later in the afternoon, which could force them to reclose the road and we did not want to get stuck on the wrong side. The meadow itself was not very interesting, which I should have expected at this time of year since there was still a fair bit of snow on the ground in some places heading up to the meadows, and the meadows itself was still brown. It also didn’t help that most areas along that road are only open in the summer, and this is one of the few times this May th...
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