Oh, we we're so blessed! And we're so thankful!
We woke up on a bright morning - bright not because of the sun but because of snow around us, it was so white! We had snow storm and it was unexpected.
We were so supposed to leave early since it's going to be a long drive for us so we can catch the Sunday mass at Moreno Valley but since it was storming, we had to delay our trip. We were travelling in 2 vans and only 1 is equipped with a snow chain. We waited for the storm to finish and hit the road.
And as we left the lodge, barely a kilometer away, our van started sliding. Kuya was driving, he stopped stepping on the gas, backed out a little, and tried driving again and we started sliding again. Kuya stopped again, backed out more, drove more and we were still sliding. Until we decided to back away more all the way to the resort.
When we returned to the lodge, there were 2 vehicles who left and some remained when they saw us return. We were waiting for the city plower to plow the snow along the roads but since it was a private road leading to the lodge from the main road, it was not the priority of the city to plow. Turned out that the 2 vehicles got stuck and the lodge was just informed by the new guests who arrived at the resort and saw the vehicles on their way to the resort. There was no signal along the mountain so there's no way to call for rescue. Good thing we decided to go back.
It was after lunch already when the sun was shining and the snow was starting to melt when we decided to hit the road again. It was a success this time. We took the longer route but less mountain trip and less snow.
We weren't able to hear mass anymore but I bet we prayed more that day.
Yosemite is still very well recommended.
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