California Sierras - Yosemite etc - July 2021
Would like to spend about 10 days between Yosemite, King’s Canyon, and Sequoia, including a little time on the E Sierra side. Was thinking of 4 days at Tuolumne, it seems for mid July - mid August ...
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I will avoid the Tioga Pass in early June. On June 5, 2009 we left the Lower Pines, heading for Reno with 2 wheel drive, towing a 38' Montana fiver. Slight mist in the campground turned into a blizzard before we reached the turn off, heading to the pass.
We pulled off into a rest area on the left but there was no room to turn around with my rig. Looking at the GPS I had just under 3 miles to the turn off to Lee Vining, where I could turn around, so decided to go for it, staying in the wheel tracks. Tour busses were at the intersection chaining up. Made it up, turned around, but have had nightmares about this decision ever since. I had my little generator, plenty of gasoline and water. Should have stayed in the pull-off illegally until things got better. The rangers couldn't make me move because I couldn't turn around.
All this to save 100 miles through Sacramento. Being from Alabama, this was only time in 45 years I have ever encountered snow while towing. JUNE 5 ??? who would have guessed?
We pulled off into a rest area on the left but there was no room to turn around with my rig. Looking at the GPS I had just under 3 miles to the turn off to Lee Vining, where I could turn around, so decided to go for it, staying in the wheel tracks. Tour busses were at the intersection chaining up. Made it up, turned around, but have had nightmares about this decision ever since. I had my little generator, plenty of gasoline and water. Should have stayed in the pull-off illegally until things got better. The rangers couldn't make me move because I couldn't turn around.
All this to save 100 miles through Sacramento. Being from Alabama, this was only time in 45 years I have ever encountered snow while towing. JUNE 5 ??? who would have guessed?
