Days 11-14

Day 11 (Vegas to Yosemite)
The only drive more boring and plain than west Texas is the Sierra Nevada.
We didn't break down.
We didn't run out of gas.
Driving the Tioga Pass at night across the Yosemite National Forest is amazing, scary, slow, and stressful.
There is no cell coverage or Wi-Fi which I think is by design.
Towing a trailer up the mountain is very hard.
Coasting a trailer back down the mountain is scary.
I found out that I can do a 7 point turn on a 2 lane road with a side of gravel road pulling a 35ft trailer without getting stuck.
I don't want to do any more 7 point turns on 2 lane roads. Ever!

Day 12 (Yosemite day 1)
The giant seqouas of the Mariposa Grove are amazing.
The park is humongous!
It is a 2 hours to get to the grove.
(Tip) Gas is 50 cents more expensive in the middle of the park.
Parking fills up fast, but they have free shuttles, not to be confused with paid for tour trams.
The open roof tour was pretty awesome especially since that would have been about 3 hours of walking.

Day 13 (Yosemite day 2)
Biking through the Valley is probably the most fun I've had on this trip so far.
Mirror lake is low on water, someone should really fill that thing up.
El Capitan is really high, especially from the ground.
I said I could hike up.
It would take me a week :)
This place brings a new meaning to the term Big Rocks.
My kids like climbing on rocks.
Jessica doesn't like the idea of our kids liking climbing on rocks.

Day 14 (Yosemite to Folsom, CA)
Nice drive.
Nice city.
Nice people.
Nice Wal-Mart.
Nice college friends to visit.

On to the famous town of Winnemucca... "I was traveling down a dusty Winnemucca road... I've been everywhere man, across the deserts there man..."