rvator51
Well Known Member
The night before our planned trip to Yosemite Natl Park, the weather wasnt looking too good with a slow moving front encroaching on northern California.
The following morning the forecasts looked doable so we got a start from Phoenix, AZ at 7am. Saw Carlo Hernandez taxiing for takeoff at Glendale airport for his trip to CA to sell his Pazmany in favor of buying a RV-7 wing kit.
As we flew past Big Bear, the weather showed some yellows but the METARs and forcast still showed it as doable.
The first clouds of the morning showed up as we made a right turn over Rosie and Tuppergirl's house and headed north through Techapachi pass.
We soon encountered light rains for the rest of the trip to Merced.
Rain gear went on as soon as we landed.
Driving into Yosemite, part of the road was buried in a massive landslide. A temporary bridge was built to move the road to the otherside of the river, then back after the landslide.
![yose0002.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.velvicks.com%2Ftrips%2Fyose2011%2Fyose0002.jpg&hash=c58fc2bff0b41dbe7862e54f09392708)
The following morning the forecasts looked doable so we got a start from Phoenix, AZ at 7am. Saw Carlo Hernandez taxiing for takeoff at Glendale airport for his trip to CA to sell his Pazmany in favor of buying a RV-7 wing kit.
As we flew past Big Bear, the weather showed some yellows but the METARs and forcast still showed it as doable.
![yose0003.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.velvicks.com%2Ftrips%2Fyose2011%2Fyose0003.jpg&hash=b05c1c3f6b8a0ab544bc4c7488f3b820)
The first clouds of the morning showed up as we made a right turn over Rosie and Tuppergirl's house and headed north through Techapachi pass.
![yose0004.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.velvicks.com%2Ftrips%2Fyose2011%2Fyose0004.jpg&hash=13e1a270cffd42f04f7f46269c507017)
We soon encountered light rains for the rest of the trip to Merced.
Rain gear went on as soon as we landed.
![yose0005.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.velvicks.com%2Ftrips%2Fyose2011%2Fyose0005.jpg&hash=5682499ece80f50cd1a01218fc96e021)
Driving into Yosemite, part of the road was buried in a massive landslide. A temporary bridge was built to move the road to the otherside of the river, then back after the landslide.
![yose0006.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.velvicks.com%2Ftrips%2Fyose2011%2Fyose0006.jpg&hash=3e7694f49c41be75328be8c194507d1f)