Swimming in the Merced

After lunch we walked around and then wandered over to the river for a swim. The water was COLD and I was quite nervous about the strong current we watched one adult almost drown! She tried to swim across to her friend and turned around about 2/3 of the way across and barely made it back. There were lots of people and those closer moved in to help her.

After these pics we put on our life jackets and went a bit deep, including a short float in the current, but I didn't feel I could hold onto both of them and swim to shore very well so that was that. Still it was very refreshing and beautiful.Read more