Lyell Canyon in the Time of COVID19.

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Our first visit to Yosemite during the time of COVID. We were able to score one of the 1500 limited park entry passes online. This was an exceptionally long day-trip that left Turlock at 7:30am and returned home at 9:45pm. My dad and I were able to reach the fishing hole I wanted to share with him, but encroaching lightning limited us to 10 casts and several missed strikes.  We ate a TO GO order from the Whoa Nellie Deli on the Mono Lake bluff and headed home over Sonora Pass where the temperatures were 50 degrees cooler than Turlock!

Here’s what it takes to do a 7 mile hike in the @YosemiteNPS high country while still social distancing and not trusting campgrounds. pic.twitter.com/SZgxQqN0W4

— Ryan Hollister (@phaneritic) June 26, 2020