May 30- Hetch Hetchy Valley is on the road to the entrance to Yosemite Park. As you drive to the reservoir and valley you enter Yosemite Park. O'Shaughnessy Dam was built after the San Fransisco earthquake and fire in 1906 to serve as the city's water source as well as another dam at Lake Eleanor. O'Shaughnessy was completed in 1923 with a final raising height completed in 1938. The reservoir is 8 miles long which is the largest body of water in the park. Walking across the dam we saw a mother brown bear with two cubs. We took a climbing hike, round trip of about 5 miles on a rough path with loose rocks of all sizes.The view was spectacular. We had to cross Tueeulala Falls either walking over wet rocks or, as Mom chose, wading through the water getting wet feet. At the end of climb up we had a great view of Wapama Falls cascading into the reservoir. Fortunately the return was mostly downhill. Coming around a corner in the path we saw another bear in a tree trying to get to some pitch. Overall a great day.
May 31-224 miles driven to Cloverdale in wine country. Seven hours because of many stops and traffic. We restocked the food in the trailer. Here for 4 nights.
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