Overnight the rain started, a slow uneven splatter on the roof of the camper that made it impossible to get back to sleep. Worry over the flood watch did nothing to help in that department either.

After sitting around the camper for a time Jane decided, and I followed, that we would take the shuttle to the visitor center, visit the Ansel Adams gallery and maybe walk back to the lower falls to see if the rain had any effect on them.

We also stopped at the store. I found a hat, which Jane also likes, and Jane found a nice sweatshirt/fleece. I also found a nice bottle of bourbon. The lady at the checkout thought that the bourbon was the smartest purchase of the day!

With our purchases in hand we headed for the falls only to detour through the cemetery - of all places - which dumped us out into the middle of staff housing. Looking a little lost we found the trail to the falls again and followed it to the viewing area.

You can see the falls in this shot from yesterday, you can also see way up the mountainside.

Today’s view does look like a bit more water falling. But notice how much the clouds are blocking the rest of the view!

Unfortunately the clouds are very low and completely blocking out any view of anything today. So even when the rain slows to a trickle it wouldn’t be worth it as we would not be able to enjoy any views.

Meanwhile we are rationing the battery on the StarLink turning it on and off, bringing it out to the clearing by our camper when the rain slows. We thought about walking over to Curry Village for dinner but most of the seating is outdoors so we will probably just eat in tonight.

In a funny wild kingdom kind of moment, our next door neighbor’s son opened their bear box only to find a mouse perched on his backpack. The mouse was quickly dislodged, but just sat there in front of the bear box without moving. No amount of prodding could get it to go anywhere. A bit later I happened to notice one of the big gray squirrels stalking the mouse. Slowly… slowly… Then all of the sudden it pounced on that little mouse and killed it. It scampered away with dinner. I didn’t know that squirrels were carnivorous!

The lack of sun does nothing to recharge the batteries in the camper so we are conserving there as well, although I know we could plug the camper into the truck in order to slide in and pull up the stabilizers, we would rather not resort to that. We might even be able to steal some power from the bathroom next door in an emergency.

Overall we’ve been pretty lucky with the weather on this trip. This is really our only washout day. We are still holding out hope that the clouds will lift in a while.