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Coyote!!!
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On day4 we left the Pleasant Valley and headed for the Bear Valley. This was not our original plan, but due to the amount of Piute creek, which was impassible, we climbed to the hills towards the Bear Valley. From 9000 feet, there was so much snow. At 9500 feet we reached the highest point of the day. Because of snow, official trail was not visible. There should be switchback somewhere but it looked just a steep cliff with snow. Because the view was spectacular, we decided to camp there.
There was small water line coming from snow, so I tried to get water from there but it was difficult. Mr.N laughed with me and he went to the small creek. When he was gone for taking water, I saw a coyote. At first he didn’t notice me and standing in the snow. It looked like between dog and wolf. It was so cute and I was standing and took pictures of him. Then he noticed me and sprinted and ran away. I took picture him kicking the snow. It was a great moment seeing a wild coyote in the snow mountains.
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Yosemite: so beautiful
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On day5 we started late in the morning. It was really difficult to leave the great campsite with awesome view of mountain range. Looking at mountains, it was hard to believe that there was still so much snow in July and some snow looked it would never melt this year. 2017 is quite different from usual years. Especially after years of drought, the difference is dramatic.
This day was almost all downhill to the Rancheria falls. We saw deer and a coyote but we hadn’t seen anybody for days. We tried to take nice pictures of Rancheria falls but there were so many poison oak around and decided to have fun with campfire. Spending time in the wilderness without seeing people is priceless.
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