JAWS OF DEATH
So I wanted to go to Yosemite this weekend but Hwy 120 is closed (into the valley). If I go the long way it would add a full hour to the drive from my house. I wasn’t too keen on that. Maybe if it wasn’t going to rain all day then I would have done it. I decided to go towards Cherry Lake instead. That did not work out too well either.
Cherry Lake Road was closed. I checked the National Forest website just a few days earlier and it said the road was open. Apparently I checked the wrong web page, so I guess that is my own fault. However, the page I checked clearly indicated the road was open. The site is really confusing and stupid in my opinion. So I drove 3 hours out to Cherry Lake road and then found out the road is closed and I could not do my hike. Damn. It was going to be an epic hike as well.
So what would I do now? I decided to try and hike down the ridge on the opposite side of the river and get a view of the falls from that side. I did not get too far. Unfortunately. It was incredibly brushy. Much too brushy. Jaws of death brushy. Oh and did I mention there was a lot of poison oak? I had so wanted to be all done with poison oak for this year. No such luck, Madman.
Well I did find a view of the waterfall even though it was not a great one. I took a photo. Lower Jawbone Falls is about 400 ft. high. It is quite an incredible cascade. My planned hike would have taken me right up close to it. It definitely would have been epic. Oh well, I will return. When the road is open.