Maxim Shulga
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Save the host's password-protected welcome page (door code, wifi, local staff numbers, directions, house rules) and the Booking.com message thread. Put the door code and wifi in the Sep 22-23 address tables so they are on hand without signal.
4.1 KiB
4.1 KiB
Sep 22 (Tue) — San Francisco → Yosemite
Stay: Cabin — Wawona · check-in 4:00–11:30 PM
Logistics
- LK flies to Kansas City on her own; rejoins the group in LA on Sep 26
- Check out of the Airbnb by 11 AM · depart ~7 AM · Hwy 120 via Oakdale, ~4 hrs to the Valley
- Groceries and a full tank in Oakdale — last supermarket; Wawona has a small store. No gas in the Valley; in-park pumps at Crane Flat (Hwy 120) and Wawona (by the store), 24 h pay-at-pump
- Reply to the Wawona host with the estimated arrival time (~8 PM)
Plan
Menu:
parks_sights.md. Route runs west→east into the Valley, then out via the Wawona road so Tunnel View comes at sunset.
- ~11:30 AM Enter via Big Oak Flat (Hwy 120); down into the Valley
- Midday Bridalveil Fall (5-min walk) → lunch in Yosemite Village
- Afternoon Lower Yosemite Falls loop (1 mile) or rest; falls may be dry
- ~5:00 PM Cook's Meadow Loop — 1 mile, flat, Half Dome in warm light; ~40 min. Park at Sentinel Bridge; the loop starts across the road
- ~5:50 PM El Capitan Meadow on the way out — face lit from the west; 15-min stop. Northside Drive is one-way west, so there is no second pass. Two pullouts beside the meadow, in driving order: east end (by the El Capitan Drive crossover) and west end. The El Capitan Picnic Area is before the meadow. If both pullouts are full: continue over Pohono Bridge, east on Southside Drive, stop at Cathedral Beach Picnic Area (El Capitan across the river), then left at the El Capitan Crossover back onto Northside Drive — ~20 min extra. Do not loop for the picnic area; that is ~40 min
- ~6:15 PM Valley View, a few minutes further on, just before Pohono Bridge; small lot at the viewpoint, 10-min stop
- ~6:35 PM Tunnel View — arrive 20 min before the ~6:55 PM sunset; lots on both sides
- ~7:45 PM Wawona check-in — Hwy 41 south ~40 min, then right on Chilnualna Falls Road at the Wawona store, ~2 min to North Wawona
Addresses
| Place | Address | Map |
|---|---|---|
| Cabin — Wawona | 2627 Spelt Road, Wawona, CA 95389 · green house on the left · door code 0517 · wifi Yosemitecabin / !Yosemite! · host +1 209-347-6333 · staff +1 559-598-0890 |
37.54718, -119.64746 |
| Bridalveil Fall lot | Southside Drive | 37.71954, -119.64932 |
| Sentinel Bridge lot (Cook's Meadow) | Southside Drive, Yosemite Valley | 37.74420, -119.58973 |
| El Capitan Meadow — east pullout | Northside Drive, at the El Capitan Drive crossover | 37.72708, -119.63033 |
| El Capitan Meadow — west pullout | Northside Drive | 37.72453, -119.64089 |
| El Capitan Picnic Area | Northside Drive, before the meadow | 37.72818, -119.62057 |
| Cathedral Beach Picnic Area (fallback) | Southside Drive | 37.72292, -119.62438 |
| Valley View | Northside Drive, before Pohono Bridge | 37.71728, -119.66187 |
| Tunnel View | Wawona Road (Hwy 41) | 37.71557, -119.67689 |