This is day 4 of me joining the Polson road trip across America. We began the day heading to Mariposa Grove in Yosemite. After seeing some big trees including the Tunnel tree, we headed to our next stop in our adventure - our cute cabin near Sequoia National Park - or so we thought (enter scary movie music here).
We make it to the town of Three Rivers and start heading up the mountain to our secluded, out - of - the way cabin. It was still daylight when we started the trek up the mountain, and we observed beautiful sunset views of the mountains. As we continued to climb the ever narrowing "road" up the mountain, the sun continued to set. It was not long before we had no more sunlight to help us find this secluded "paradise." However, before the sun set completely and before I started getting really weirded out by the tiny "road" and potential serial killers, we witnessed an amazing monkey scampering across the road. Actually, we don't really think it was a monkey, but it was not something we had witnessed in any of our travels before. Sara will post a sketch.
"Treacherous Road" in daylight
It was about the time that we saw the monkey that we were losing most of our daylight and we'd been driving up this mountain a good while. All of a sudden we turn a treacherous curve (like most of the curves on this mountain), and we are draped in darkness. Luckily, the cabins are to the left as we enter the tunnel of darkness, but we don't have the lockbox code to get our keys. We try to find the phone that's supposed to be by the gate, but we have no luck getting in the gate on the first try. There are directions to a lodge a few more miles up the treacherous mountain, so we decide to try to find the lodge.
This is about the time I start to get a little crazy. I'm blaming it on being tired and the heat the last few days, but for some reason I started getting really uneasy about this whole adventure. All I could see out of the window was the canyon, and it was just getting darker and darker. Three Rivers Comfort Inn was calling my name!
We head back down the mountain to the cabins and force our way in the gate where we find dark stairs and in the distance a cabin with the one-way phone. We make it to the phone sans flashlight because we're smart like that and have super night vision. While we're trying to figure out what to do, the opera music starts, and I start having visions of Hannibal (aka Anthony Hopkins) eating his latest treat. I'm really about to lose it now, and for those of you who know me (which may not be anyone that reads this blog), I'm quite entertaining when I lose it. Shawn proceeds to call the keeper and gets the voicemail. We go back up the stairs and the phone rings. While Shawn is taking care of the adult responsibilities (getting the lockbox code so we have somewhere to sleep), Sara and I wait out by the road (again because we're smart). I start hearing animal noises across the street, and I'm convinced we're some serial killer's next kill. As Shawn is returning to the car with the vital code, I totally lose it Emily style. For those who don't know me, that entails a quite entertaining dance and some laughing. After my little fit, though, we get all of our things from the car and made it to our amazingly cute cottage.
Now that we're somewhat settled (we still need to make one more trip to the car), it's quite the charming little cottage, and I think we will have an amazing stay here (as long as we get down the mountain in the morning). Yosemite was breathtaking and amazing. I can't wait to see the treasures of Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks.
- Posted by Emily using BlogPress from the iPad
Location:Cabin on Mineral King Road
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