Snow Chains

Going into the Yosemite National Park we where informed of two things:
1. U.S. Highway 120 is closed for the winter, it closes between November and May.
2. We would not be allowed into the park area without 4 wheel drive or snow-chains for the wheels.

As we where fooled into renting a pick up truck without all the necessities such as 4x4, monster-truck wheels and sufficient ground clearance we decided to go get us some snow-chains. That was easy enough and costed less than $100. After trying to apply them and succeeding sufficiently we headed out.

Getting to the park the only thing the Ranger checked was if we could pay him $20 to enter the park. And sure, there was snow in the shadowy places along the road at elevation of about 4000 feet, that is 1200 meter. They were expecting a snow storm they said and that might be so but leaving the park without even having considered applying the chains I feel more than just a bit fooled, again.