Hey guys

Picked the RV up (13-6-2012) in the dodgiest part of San Diego. The petrol station was run by two young Mexicans (slicked back hair, big black moustache) gangster looking black dudes PUMPING GAS all around with the girls locked inside the RV, Sam and I jumped out (in US you need to pre-pay for petrol b4 you pump it)  we already stood out with a giant 30 foot RV parked, I walked in to pay (me =short –white- ginger bead –weird accent ) I am thinking here we go!!!! But the two guys were real nice they told us how to get out of here back on to one of the hundreds of HWYs running.

We stopped in at WAL-MART to get supplies. You get every thing here. It’s that big it has Star Bucks, Pizza Hut and Maccas inside. It was so cheap! First thing we saw was a 12 pack of Corona’s for $11.67, a bottle of Malibu $12.68 bottle of 1.5 litre of jack $32 crazy!!!! With food/drink, pillows, towels, blankets/sheets, ect it cost us $250.

With one wrong turn we hit the HWY 15 heading North for Yosemite National Park. We made it to Wheelers Ridge around 10.30pm (7 hours north of San Diego) stayed at a Best Western got up early and made our way to Yosemite  (another 7 hour trip)

Driving through California is real different then Canada the landscape changes so quick from a city to desert sand mountains with scattered homes to rocky landscapes, then to pine tree forests (all this with in 30 + miles of each other).

On the way into the park we hit a few little towns (post gold rush and logging) each town had character some clean American flags lining the street old shops (berry like) some we could not drive faster through. We stopped at the nice ones checked out the local flea markets and shops.

The drive through Yosemite is breath taking. The roads a real small in the park with big traffic running both ways. (Sam worked the RV like a PRO around the cliff drop offs and on coming traffic). We stayed at Tuolumne Meadows about 1 ½ out side the main village  Curry Village the road out there is only open in summer from may to September the other months its under 10 foot of snow!!!

This area is real popular with hikers and rock climbers they have a shuttle bus that runs along a few miles out side the main store stopping at different track starts/ends and lakes around the place. We caught it down to Tenaya Lake to go for a look around and a dip.