Day 17- Yosemite National Park- In a tent

Total miles 450.

Russell woke us up at 630 so we could get an early start.  We had a long day driving through CA heading towards Sequoia National Park.  Our view  was vineyards, cows, fruit trees and vegetables.  Not nearly as boring as the desert!!!

We stopped to get gas, burgers, fresh

Fruit and olives from the nearby groves before we headed up to Sequoia.  Russell bought some oodles of noodles and corn as a back-up plan... Just in case!!!

The drive through Sequioa was beautiful and had lots of winding roads.  Needless to stay some of us developed headaches and felt sick to our stomachs... Guess who that was... 

We hiked to see General Sherman, the largest Sequoia in the world.  We followed all the other tourist and took a picture or two!!!

After an hour drive into the park, we had an hour drive out of the park. We started with a temperature of 90* and at the summit, it dropped to 59*. That's a drastic drop in an hour! With the windows open, this was our view driving down the mountain... 

Yep... Both girls asleep!!!

We had to drive a couple of hours to get to our second national park of the day.  Before climbing up that mountain, we stopped at a local diner and grabbed some dinner and ice cream. 

And finally, the climb to the top of Yosemite.  Once again, curvy roads and this time the temp was 102. At the top of the mountain, 9946 feet, the temp was 51*. We finally made it to El Capitan and Half Dome.  Once again, the pictures don't begin to show the beauty of  these mountains!!! 

After 12 hours in the car, we were all tired.  We only had to drive to 3 campgrounds before finding an open site.  It was getting dark fast, so everyone chipped in and quickly set the tent.  At 830, we were all starving.  Thanks goodness for our emergency oodles of noodles and corn!!! 

We were all bundled up in our tent and asleep by 10pm!!! Very Long Day!!!!