Life through a Lens
Exploring the real YOSEMITE... Tuolumne Meadows in the sky... By Sonia Lamba, Resident since 2015
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osemite is truly famous for its stunning, amazing and jaw-dropping views: from Glacier point to Olmsted point to Tunnel view. For my daughter’s 16th Birthday in October, we drove to Yosemite for a weekend getaway. Like every other visit, this time too we stayed in tent cabins in Curry Village-an incredible, unique, scenic location just below Half Dome and Glacier Point. These tents are more like glamping without the chic decor. But they are very charming and a good way to connect with the nature. After two nights, we drove 1.5 hours to Tuolumne. It’s a hidden gem to the north of Yosemite and at 8,600 feet, it’s one of the largest high elevation meadows in the Sierra Nevada. It is quieter and a good escape to avoid the crowd. Its gorgeous open spaces, trees and lakes are awe-inspiring and just perfect, not to miss hundreds of orange sulphur butterflies fluttering by. A short two-mile hike on John Muir Trail, a lovely flat troll on a scenic meadow, surrounded by the majestic Cathedral Peak and Lembert Dome, led us to Soda Springs near the historical Parsons Lodge. Carbonated bubbling water out of the ground was very fascinating. The water tasted like iron, which I immediately spit out and got good laughs from my kids.
Curry Village - good times with bear necessities.
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NOVEMBER 2019
