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P.A. Kelly
1988
Journal
Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park,
Sat. Tuolumne Co., California (8,600 ft.)
May 28 Left Berkeley at 8 a.m., arrived in Yosemite
around 11 a.m.. Catty and I are visiting
Les Chow and Peggy Moore at their Big Horn
Sheep Reintroduction H.Q. in Bug Camp.
Tuolumne Meadows for the weekend. Les
(Hemorrhoid)
and Peggy were gone for the day but told
to make ourselves right at home in their
large 2 room Tent-frame Cabin in Bug
Camp. We did.
In the afternoon we took a short hike
south across the Dana - Lyell Forks of
the Tuolumne, then west along the Lyell
Fork to the Tuolumne Meadows Campground, then
back east along the Dana to Bug Camp. En route
we got our first good look at a Mountain
Bluebird. We also saw Junco, Yellow-rumped
starblers, Hermit Thrushes, and some Bolding
Stellar Jay,
Ground Squirrels. Started training around
7 p.m. but it was snowing by 9 p.m.. Bed by 10p.m.
Sun.
May 29 Awoke to find a blanket of snow over
everything. Beautiful but the storm continued
off and on through the day.
Les + Peggy (and their friends Annie - Judy)
cshowed up for breakfast at 9 a.m.. Hwy 120
was closed at both ends. Lot of holiday campers
were miserable. The Rangers led convoys