Yosemite National Park

Coyote just strollin'in the parking lot. He crossed at the crosswalk.

El Capitan in Yosemite National Park


We drove up to Yosemite Village today. It is actually a little village with a post office,medical center,market and fire department. There is  a  free shuttle bus which will drop you off at various spots in the park so you don't have to drive and try to park.El Capitan....a popular climbing monolith is spectacular. The park itself is beautiful with jagged rocks,rivers and nature trails throughout.We plan on going back on Sunday and taking a 2 hour tram ride so we can get some history from a park ranger.We saw this coyote in a couple spots during our visit to the village. He was not afraid of people and just walked along the path....crossed at the crosswalk and went on his way between cars in a parking lot. Literature warned us that an average of 15 bears a year are killed by cars in the park and there are red signs marking the "kill" spots.

Tomorrow we are scouting out another route out of here toward Merced or Modesto so we don't repeat our disastrous trip from yesterday (see yesterday's blog) We will probably eventually head toward a park in Banning which will be about 70 miles from home. We may sneak home and turn the water and gas on before we actually unload the 5th wheel for the end of Summer. Dan and Terri keep a lookout for us and we'll give you a shout if we're in the neighborhood.