By Samuel Turner
sbt33@txstate.edu
Day 1
Today we traveled over 1400 miles from San Marcos, TX to Yosemite, CA. The first flight left Austin, TX around 6:20 a.m. central time and landed in Phoenix, AZ around 6:40 a.m. PST. Our second flight took off around 7:20 a.m. and landed in Fresno, CA at 9:30 a.m.. From Fresno, we drove to Mariposa, CA for lunch, and went from Mariposa to Yosemite. The total drive time from the airport was about two and a half hours. Once we got to the park we had a little bit of time to explore before calling it a night.
Day 2
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| Photo By Samuel Turner |
The second day started off with a four hour guided nature walk with Kaleb Goff, a naturalist from the Yosemite Conservancy. Goff gave us all insight into things in the park most people wouldn't know or notice, like how the Staircase Falls only appear for a short time in the spring, or how the Ponderosa Pine Trees have a symbiotic relationship with a pine beetle. After the walk I got to interview Goff about climate change/the climate crisis for the mobile storytelling course and learned so much. The rest of the day was spent exploring Yosemite Village and the visitor center there.
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