Day 13 ... Yosemite National Park

The campground we stayed at in Yosemite National Park is actually about 30 miles South of the park entrance. The road we traveled follows the Merced River from the park, all the way down to where our campground was located. Each day, traveling this road in the morning and afternoon, we had to pass by a whitewater rafting center. Ultimately, the lure became too strong, and we decided that we had to give it a try, so we booked a half day rafting trip on the Merced.

It was a blast ... mostly class 3 rapids and one class 4 rapid. We both had a great time and I was glad we decided to do it.

After the rafting trip, we headed back in to the park to an area called Glacier Point. It's at the top of the valley, on the Southern wall. Once we got up there, we hiked to the top of Sentinel Dome, which gave us an amazing 360 degree view of Yosemite Valley, and all the surrounding area. It was well worth the effort to hike up there.

After the hike, we drove back down to our campground, ate dinner and prepared to leave tomorrow morning for Kings Canyon/Sequoia National Park.

More on that tomorrow ... maybe, if we have internet access!