With the forest environment also came the abundant squirrel population, many running across the road and some unfortunately didn't make it past our car. We also came across a young coyote, who leisurely strolled across the road whilst Simone hit the brakes in time to slow down enough.
We entered the park around 11am and after frequently stopping to take photos, we arrived at our destination, Yosemite Valley, about noon. By that time there were a lot of visitors in the park, and we grabbed some lunch from the deli before making our way on some hiking trails. We saw the lower Yosemite waterfall, saw all the major cliffs/mountains and we also watched an interesting documentary in the visitor's center.
The photos below really don't do the majestic mountains justice.
Towards the evening we made our way westward to our stay for the night, which I managed to arrage the day before. All accommodation within the park was fully booked, so the only place close enough to the park was a place called Yosemite Bug Rustic Mountain Resort. It got good reviews on the net and I managed to book a room in a cabin with a shared bathroom. Tomtom couldn't take us all the way due to the street numbers not matching, but it was easy to find, just on Hwy 140.
The resort is a large backpackers, with a mixture of cabins and tents. It actually looks worse than it is for someone not keen on totally roughing it. Our cabin is roomy enough, has a sofa, queen bed and a bunk bed. Everything is clean and there is an airconditioner. The bed is comfy and the adjacent bathroom, which is shared with the room next door, is clean and everything works as it should. The shower is actually quite nice, a strong water flow compared to some of the pissy little watersaving showers we had in some hotels. If the water doesn't press my skin in when it hits it's just not strong enough dammit!! So taking a shower here felt good.
We had dinner at the resort cafe, and their menu was small yet had a good variety of meals on there, about 8 I think. The cafe has a proper kitchen and everything is prepared fresh, no microwave in sight, which was a welcome surprise. All softdrinks (iced tea, lemonade, sports tea) are made fresh here and you can refill as often as you want. I had a thai salmon burger with peanut sauce and spinach, coleslaw on the side with a garden salad. It was very tasty and you could tell it was made fresh to order. They also grow their own produce here, so a lot of the veggies are home grown. Simone had a vegetarian lasagne with mushrooms and eggplant, garlic bread and garden salad on the side.
Tomorrow we are going back into Yosemite (our pass is good for 7 days) to do a longer hike in the morning before making our way to Lake Tahoe.
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