The 8 inches of snow Chick-On mentioned for Palm Sunday weekend are gone, and then some. Unfortunately, the book of blank wilderness permits that's supposed to be on the Hill Studio porch at Wawona was also gone, the easel was there, the "Winter Wilderness Use" brochures were there, the locked box of white copies of filled-in permits was there...no blanks. I asked at the Wawona Hotel, they tried but couldn't help because nobody in the Valley Visitor Center was answering the phone, so I went to the South entrance and Donna made some calls and gave me a hand-written "permit" on the back of a "Resident Non-Recreational Travel Permit". Thanks Donna!
Pictures...here's the cascade above the main falls Saturday afternoon:
and ice-mist from the same cascade the next morning:
Upper falls:
Wawona Dome from the ridge north of the falls:
A small seasonal creek:
and a view of the Wawona area from near the top of the falls:
