Temperature 40 degrees with high expected to be in 70's in Yosemite Valley Left lodge at 7:00 to go to Yosemite Valley. The ladies all had their matching red San Francisco shirts on. We made a stop outside the tunnel and did the "tunnel view" - a spectacular view of the valley with high granite peaks on either side. Our second stop was a view of El Capitan and the Bridal Veil Falls. We went to Yosemite Lodge and had breakfast and picked up tickets for a tram tour of the valley. We lingered around for an hour for the 10:00 tram. The tram tour had an excellent guide (Virgie) and went past Merced River, El Capitan, Tunnel View and Cathedral. We spotted several climbers including a man with Cerebral Palsy who started his climb on Sunday and hopes to complete the climb by Friday. It takes the climbers about 4 days to ascend the cliffs. They carry all their food and equipment in a bag they hang behind them (200 pounds). They pull the pack up and clip it on the cliff. They then start the process over again. They sleep on ledges or in a sling. Everything they carry up they bring back down. One wonders how they take a bio break. After the tour we had lunch at Yosemite Village and then visited the Ahwahnee Indian Village and museum, Ahwahnee Lodge and Ansel Adams studio. We ended the day's visit by driving up to Glacier Point at an elevation of 7,200 feet and looks directly into Half Dome and overlooks the Yosemite Valley. As we left Glacier Point Sandra's seat fell into David's lap and we all had a good laugh. We arrived back at lodge around 6:00 pm and walked over to Timberlodge Pizzeria for dinner. We called it a night after dinner.
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