yet another camping trip, part 4 - yay the end!

So, we were in Fresno (you know, back in September when all of this happened, right?) and Mike had the Escape looked at & "repaired". That would be in quotes because the air conditioning worked for 2 days after we had it fixed. Turns out there was a leak when we bought it. There was a lot of dye in the system, so the mechanic could tell that someone had been trying to find the problem, gave up on it, charged it with freon and sold it. So nice & honest. Once we got back to St. George, we had it fixed again, so far so good.

Anyway, once the air conditioning was repaired, we headed to Yosemite. We saw a bear cub right outside the Mariposa Grove, but I wasn't quick enough with the camera. Enjoyed the park, driving around a bit before heading out to our campground.

We waited too late to get reservations for somewhere in the valley, & it was too cold up high for tent camping, so we ended up camping outside the park in a KOA. We spent that first night by ourselves, but were joined the next day by Kerri, Jesse & Miriam!

Half Dome

squishing Half Dome

Kerri & Miriam

mountain jay

Kerri & Elton John's doppleganger

We had a really good time camping with them, although I don't think Kerri is signing up for the adventure again anytime soon. Miriam isn't the best sleeper in the world, and it made for a long night in their tent. Me? I sleep with earplugs so I was pretty oblivious! We didn't so anything super-noteworthy. Just enjoyed our time together, hiked a bit, checked out the scenic overlooks, cooking dinner in the park picnic grounds & had an "illegal" campfire in the grill at the KOA.