Well, I drove out to Yosemite yesterday and ran into a snag... There are a bunch of National Forest camp grounds outside of Yosemite along CA HW 120, but by the time I got up there on Thursday, every one of them was full. They are all "first come, first serve". Not really surprising since I didn't get up there until late Thursday afternoon.
Since my plans for camping last night were thrown out of the window, I went back down the mountain to Oakdale, CA and spent the night at a Best Western. Kind of a funny story there. I was on my iPhone checking rates for the local hotels and I saw that the Best Western had an "Internet Only" booking rate which was 25 bucks cheaper then a walk-in booking. So I made the reservation from across the street, walked in and got my room. The lady at the front desk was kind of freaked out when I told her the name the reservation was under. She said, "I don't have a reservation under... OH! That wasn't there before!"
Anyways, I did find a camp ground online which is 5 miles outside of Yosemite but the price is ridiculous! I'm not going to put down the price because if I do it might cause someone to have a heart attack... I ended up booking it until Monday when hopefully the National Forest camp grounds will have thinned out so I don't feel I've been violated to camp longer.
I just got off the phone with Gary and he's planning to head my way on Monday which is why I'm going to look for a cheaper camp ground. After he arrives I'm sure he'll want to check out Yosemite, so we'll stay a couple more days.
Well, I'm headed out soon to head back up the mountain. No cell phone or internet out there in the wilderness, so there won't be any updates for a few days.
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