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This Spring Break (2018) we flew down to Sacremento, rented a car, and drove to Yosemite National Park. The weather was both good and bad; the bad was that the park was closed on the first day we were supposed to be there, due to rains and flooding. We did get in on Sunday though, the next day. The good was from Sunday on. The waterfalls were flowing, the sun was out, and the temperatures were pretty mild. It was perfect.

We assumed we were ahead of *most* of the crowds on Sunday getting in, and went to the John Muir trail just after lunch. This is supposed to be the busiest trail in the park, and we thought it a good place to start. After seeing Vernal Falls, we returned to the car, and finally checked in to our cabin for night.

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Here we have just come out onto the Old Wawona Road (Stagecoach Trail.), at one time a wagon trail of sorts. It was in later years black topped, before ultimately being abandoned.
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This is Artist Point. This is supposed to be where the first famous pictures of Yosemite was created at, in 1855. More recent speculation puts it elsewhere, though not far from here.
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Artist Point Trail
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This is also a spot, as we saw absolutely no one else on this trail, and the sun was about to set, that Delaney was suddenly concerned about bears. Very concerned.
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Promising that a bear would catch me before it would catch her didn't help any.
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On our way back to our cottage, and dinner, we spotted this little Coyote alongside the road.
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