Gary-Summer: June 1. 2023-Wawona Meadow

Thursday, June 1, 2023

June 1. 2023-Wawona Meadow

Title: June 1. 2023-Wawona Meadow
Hike Info : Description : Background : Animals : Flowers and Plants

Hike Info:

Type: Hiking

Trail head: Wawona Ranger Station Parking Area

Trail:

Destination: Loop

Distance: 3.5 miles ¹

¹I did not turn on the GPS. The 3.5 miles is from a sign. In November of 2021, we did this same hike and it came in at 3.8 miles and 300’ elevation gain.

Description:

The Trail

I slept until about 6:30 and then checked the lightning yesterday-none. Since this is the start of the month, it is time to get rid of the bills. And that is how I spent the morning. Around 11, I get the word, we will be leaving soon. I pretty much have things ready, except to change clothes and check my day pack-five minutes worth.

Sherri starts out driving at 11:30 with Steven, Korra and myself. We stop at Costco for gas-probably have enough to make it to Wawona and back, but why chance it? Sherri drives all the way through Wawona-what a difference a day makes. I get to rest on the way up there. We arrive by 12:40 and get on the trail by 1pm.

Sherri and Steven

We are going to do the loop around Wawona Meadow. This is one of the few trails in Yosemite where dogs are allowed. So we enjoy this trail often. There are not going to be too many surprises. But there is still room for beauty to break through. Today, the trail broke through the mundaneness with color. First, the background color was green. But not just a wall of green, but variants ranging from the green of grass to the verdant of the forest. But sparkled in the midst of this are the whites of the dandelion to the cream of corn lilies. To the side of the trail we also get an array of purples and violets. Not too many reds and yellows yet. While the walk is one we frequently do, the colors come only when we have had the kind of Spring following a Winter of rain.

Wawona Meadow

Sherri did not find a place suitable to stop for lunch until we got to the grinding stone where we ate before. A good place to eat-I wonder how that translates out into the native tongue? We continue on with me stopping often to take pictures of plants. We got back to the car about 3. I stop in at the ranger station to ask a few questions about wilderness permits.

Now the question is where to eat? Steven suggested Southgate. Usually I find Southgate a bit expensive, but a good place to eat-sort of like the rock in Wawona. Today it is a good place to eat and not that expensive compared to other places in the area. We make it home by 6:00. Glad we went.