Yosemite!

Day 6 was spent driving through Lassen, hiking Bumpass Hell Trail, and driving to Lake Tahoe.  We stopped in Susanville to use the wifi at McDonalds and do some shopping.  We drove on to Incline Village on Lake Tahoe where we parked the RV in the Hyatt Regency parking lot, did a little gambling and then had dinner at the Lakeside Grille.

Olmsted Point

Early the next morning, we drove around the beautiful blue lake and heading south on Hwy 395 for Yosemite National Park. Driving along the eastern side of the Sierra Nevadas, you could see one of the massive granite peaks in the park from miles away. We entered the park and stopped at the Tuolumne Meadows Visitor Center, got the postcards, and the passport stamp, then made our way along the Tioga Road toward the Porcupine Flat campground to stake out our camp site for the night.  First, however, we stopped at Olmsted Point to admire the view.  The campsite was rustic, and dusty, but still had that wonderful smell of the fir and pine trees.  The temperature dropped quite a bit, as we were at about 8000ft, and the sky was clear with billions and billions of stars on a moonless night.  Amazing.

El Capitan

We continued our drive along the Tioga Road toward the Yosemite Valley. Wow. This is where all the iconic peaks are: El Capitan and Half Dome. And massive and impressive they were!

Half Dome

After admiring the view, we set off towards our next point of interest Monterey Bay, by way of Chowchilla in the San Joaquine Valley. After being on the road for a week, and dry camping for most of that, we took advantage of an RV park with showers and laundry facilities.

Today we head for the coast and the Monterey Bay Aquarium.