We thought about camping in the Park but some information about the road in made it seem difficult. Ya, no kidding. One way in has a tunnel that requires a guide through it if you are longer than 25'. We chose to camp outside the park, but even in the truck the road in was interesting. A huge rock slide covered part of the road. Two temporary bridges took the road across a river, down a temporary road clinging to the edge of a cliff and back to the regular road. Several places along the road huge rocks overhang like a roof. We would never have made it with the trailer.
We started in the Valley part of Yosemite. Even though it is late September the roads in the valley were busy. We parked and found that a shuttle bus runs around the whole area all day, so that is what we did. We saw El Capitan, the Half Dome, many climbers on the rocks, had lunch at the Wawona Lodge (one of the great national park lodges), and took a look at the campgrounds. Too many people and too much traffic, but it is a great park and when we escaped to walk under the trees for bit it was amazing.
We will head for the less busy parts of the park tomorrow.
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Sounds like Yosemite will be one of the high points. I can't imagine what it must be like during peak tourist season. I know it is one of the big 10 in the US, but I assumed based on what you had seen for traffic on your way out that even the big parks would be quiet. I suppose, with the changing of the colors and the great fall weather that there would be a good draw to a park the would be pretty hot in the summer months. The logde reminded me of where we had dinner in Alaska. Probably from a similar era.
It's good to hear that you landed in a good spot and will have a few more days to explore some amazing country. Take it easy and try something new.
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