Adventure 008, Hike 119 -McGurk Meadow

Capture California, the Game-2012

Adventure: 008, Hike 119 -McGurk Meadow

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  September 14, 2012

Location: Yosemite Glacier point road

Hike Info:

Trail: McGurk Meadow

Distance: 1.6 miles

Duration: 0:47

Elevation Rise: 383'

Description:

The trail goes past McGurk’s cabin. The cabin is very low to the ground. Thing One and Thing Two were wondering if McGurk would crawl into the cabin. John McGurk was the third owner of this property. The first owner misfiled the coordinates of the meadow. The coordinates filed were 6 miles away on Illiuette Creek. He then sold it to another individual which sold it to McGurk. McGurk was forced off the land by the army when the invalid land deed was discovered.

We started this trail late afternoon. Sierra meadows are always very pretty. A stream runs through this meadow. In the early season it there would be abundant with flowers. We enjoyed the meadow for a bit and then decided to turn around to go back to the car. It was getting close to the time when you can see large mammals especially in a meadow. Thing Two was jumping at branches cracking and keeping an extra eye out for bears. But alas there were no bears or deer except for the dear hiking with me. So we got back to the car with another enjoyable hike had for the day.