Yosemite N.P. - Crane Flat

We spent one night in Crane Flat Campground, with the intention of day-tripping to Hetch Hetchy. We decided against spending several nights up there, since there was really only one day-hike we could gather information on. All of the other trails are backpacking trails.

But we had a delay in the morning that threw us off schedule, and then we decided to do Hetch Hetchy on another visit. What was the delay? One of the best - a bear sighting.

This momma was in the meadow just outside our campsite. We watched her eat the grasses as we just finished up breakfast ourselves. How do we know she's a "momma"? Well, as I was outside breaking camp I looked up and saw her staring back at me through the trees. She kept looking up the tree next to her when I finally realized why...her little cub must've been sleeping in the tree right behind our RV. If only I knew! With her cub now on the ground she got a lot more skittish and the two of them trotted away.

These were the only two bears we saw in Yosemite. The only other bear sighting was in Sequoia. We had visions of bears walking through camp, tearing up cars, etc, and all we saw were these two.