July 23 – Sleepy Fox

He lived on the lawn at our condo in Vail.

He lived on the lawn at our condo in Vail.

Since we had watched fireworks in Sebastopol, we headed for home. One hour into the drive, we saw signs for the Jelly Belly Factory. Even the pizza & burgers were jelly bean shaped!

Fireworks are held on the third of July in Sebastopol.

and one delightful five year-old.

Just the lower falls, up close. Wade and Cole hiked the five hour round trip to the top of Upper Yosemite Falls.

We hiked to the Mist Trail to the top of Vernal Falls. The water on top was just crashing through Emerald Pool before it went over the falls.

Quiet hours are from 10pm until 7am, which is a good thing.The green boxes in front of the tents are bear lockers. All food, toiletries or anything that smells too much like it might be food needed to be kept in the bear lockers. We debated putting Cody in there overnight. The third night, the Camp Ranger came by and had us take our empty cooler out of the van and put it in the locker. The bears in Yosemite can identify a cooler in the car and have been known to rip the windows open to get at it.
The last night, a skunk ran under our tent, no bears though.

Heading to the top of Mammoth for lunch.