Very COLD in the Valley

This is going to sound disgusting to some people (unless you have camped in the cold), but I wore my clothes to bed last night anticipating that our heater would stop running sometime over night. And the heater did stop, but I was prepared—I hop out of bed and put on my winter coat/hat/gloves and go for a walk. They are predicting a high of 45 degrees today so we figured it was going to be below freezing last night. Our propane heater uses a battery-powered fan to circulate the hot air. The problem is if the heater/fan run too much overnight, the battery gets low and then the fan/heater stop. It happened the night before also, BUT this morning I’m prepared. It was early so I went for a walk over to Curry Village to use their heated restroom with hot water and grab some coffee. I come out of the coffee shop and it is flurrying snowflakes!!! So I drink my coffee in the snowflakes enjoying the incredible view of the valley. The one end of the valley has snow/ice on the granite and is especially beautiful this morning.

We go for a bike ride after breakfast and see a coyote at the entrance to the campground.

We continue our bikeride to Curry Village and Yosemite Village. It continues to flurry off and on, and we are bundled up!

By 3pm, I’m really cold so I come back to the trailer while Jere and Joe continue to bike. Within an hour Jere and Joe are also back and building a campfire. It was in the low 40s all day. Brrrr….