Turns out the fire wasn't our problem.
Our plan, to take a leisurely drive along the Tioga Road and through Tioga Pass.
On the way, we stopped at Tuolumne Meadows.
Everyone thinks the valley is the heart of Yosemite. Actually, the true heart of Yosemite is a spot in Tuolomne Meadows, now the Parsons Memorial Lodge...that's where the decision to fight for a park here was made. Oh, and where the Sierra Club was founded.
Then we drove over the pass...
...which is as far as we made it. A massive hailstorm triggered rock slides that closed the road for hours. (I'm still seeing contradictory information on when it reopened).
We had to drive all the way back through the park and take the next road up. This got us to the lodge we were staying at at 1am...with no on-site staff. We had to sleep in the car.
Oh and "You did Sonora Pass for the first time at NIGHT?" Imagine this in the voice of that guy from Rollerblade Seven (I think) talking about going places without your skates.
Eh.
We made it. And we had good travel luck for the entire rest of the trip, but then, we were owed.
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