We got up this morning and decided to head towards
Yosemite. We took our time and decided,
if we could get a campsite, we would
stay in the Valley the first night,
Drive down and stay at the Sequoia groves the second night, and go back to the Valley for the 3rd
night. We got to the camping
registration and asked if there were any sites available. They gave us an incredible site right near
the river and with a view of Half Dome.
The weather was incredible. We
drove around the valley a little and headed back to our site for the
night. When we checked in they said
this was the site Oprah stayed in when she “camped” in the park. It was a really good site. We set up the grill for ribeyes, and grabbed
some beers and enjoyed the view. It was
interesting at night to see all the climbers with their lights on camped out on
the side of Half Dome.
The next morning we went by to see if the site was available
for the next couple nights, unfortunately it wasn’t. We were heading towards the Sequoia grove,
but we reserved another site in the valley for the following night. On the way,
we stopped near El Capitan, to see if there were any climbers we could
talk to before they went up. It was a good hike with a little more
distance and elevation than we expected, but we didn’t see any climbers at this
point and headed back. Still a great way
to start the day. 
We then headed on to hike the Sequoias. We were able to see the giant Grizzly Tree,
and the Tunnel Tree and then decided to head back and check out the
campground. It wasn’t near as nice as
the ones in the valley, so we headed
back to the Valley hoping to get a campsite there again for the night. The Valley was completely full so we headed
back up to Hodgdon Meadows to the exact site I had camped at a few days earlier
and had a nice dinner and beers.
The next morning we decided to drive to Glacier Point. On the way we stopped at Tunnel view for lunch, and then headed to the top. It was very clear
this time and no clouds. On the way back
down we stopped and hiked up to Sentinel Dome.
The top was at about 8300 ft, and had a 360 degree view of the whole
park. We headed back down to our
campsite in North Pines for the night.
It was a great 3 days in Yosemite!
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