Day 9 - Monday, March 29 - More Yosemite

Today we visited the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias just inside the south entrance of Yosemite. We were lucky that the road was open. Usually it opens in early April but conditions have been mild enough this year that it is already open.
The area was covered in snow. It was magical walking through the forests scattered with the giant redwoods.
The trees are truly impressive - massive diameters and many split through the middle. They looked really beautiful against the white snow.
The girls also enjoyed a play in a snow play area just outside of the park. We took a toboggan and two snow tyres from the house (really convenient to have all the stuff in the house to use). The girls had a lot of fun - even though the snow was fairly limited in area and not very deep.
They are forecasting a cold change for tomorrow and then snow on Wednesday. So we are planning to do things closer to home for the next couple of days - including some local art galleries and some walks around the Sierra National Park.
Carlene