We go to the trailhead at 1:00. The trail starts at McGurk Meadow, or more precisely, about three-quarters of a mile before the meadow on the Glacier Point road. It is a pretty level trail. We quickly walk the three-quarter of a mile to McGurk Meadow, and his cabin. The man must have been small because I am taller than the cabin and the door way was about three feet tall. We eat a little after the meadow.
Onward we go. A little bit of downhill and we reach the Pohono Trial junction—1.9 miles into our trip. It is pretty quiet—except for a couple of female hikes coming out, we do not see much animal life. The two miles to Dewey Point is uneventful. We exchanged greetings with a father/son team. The son works as the Camp4 host. He also chases bears in the Valley. He noted that these was a lot of fresh bear scat around Dewey Point.
Coming in, it looked like most of the forest was getting ready for Winter. There was only a few wildflowers left in bloom. The ferns were turning brown. But there was an abundance of mushrooms and fungi. I guess I need to figure out what these things are.
We made it to Dewey Point, right about my turn around time, 3:30pm. The Point gives great sights all the way around. El Capitan is right in front of us. You can look up the Valley to Half Dome and Senteniel Dome. But the closest scenic beauty, Bridalveil Falls, you could not see. It is just below us, out of sight.
We spent around half an hour there. While we were there, a peregrine falcon a lighted in a tree, thirty yards away. We got several good shots of the bird.
We got back to the car at dusk, 6:00pm. On the way back down the Glacier Point Road, we got to see a pretty good, prescribed burn, enhanced sunset.
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