After visiting the Yosemite Valley, my plan was to drive across Tioga Pass and head over into Nevada. We sure got lucky. Tioga Pass opened for the year on July 1 and we were there on July 1! Yikes! One day earlier and we would have had to detour out of our way.
We headed up Tioga Pass. We wanted to try to see some large Sequoya trees. However, to hike to the grove, you had to hike downhill 1 mile which meant hiking uphill a mile to get back. We had just finished hiking the 3 mile Mirror Trail hike round trip so we skipped the big trees.
Heading up Tioga Pass, we were at nearly 10,000 feet. There was still snow on the sides of the pass on July 1. The kids thought it was great! They had never seen snow in July before so they got out to throw some around. It was very deserted up there. Maybe people didn't know it was open yet?
We got to a lookout where you could look out across the valley and see Half Dome. It was chilly up at 10,000 feet! I had to grab my fleece.
If you look behind us, you can see Half Dome way back there.
The kids and Jeremy crawled around on these large rocks.
We also go to see the pretty Tuolumne Meadows.
We then had to drive down a steep windy pass into the great basin.
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