Blogs from Yosemite National Park, California, United States, North America - page 45

I assume we made back a little of the sleep debt we had been gradually building up over the week, but Nathan ensured that any hopes of pushing our accounts back into credit remained unfulfilled. He did this by being very audibly active; doing nothing very much in particular as far as I could tell, except repetitively exiting and then, moments later, re-entering the room again before adjusting the curtains to let in an irritating amount of light. I couldn't take much of this so very quickly took the opportunity to jump in the shower before the other two similarly lost patience with this charade and contemplated doing the very. A good call, because it gave me precious moments to acquaint myself with the surroundings whilst Max and Charles got on with their morning ablutions. Then ... read more

In Lonely Planets guide to the USA there is a brief paragraph on camping out in the wilderness areas of Calafornia. Yosemite National Park is meant to be one of the most scenic places to visit. A couple of guys (Matt & Steve) in the hostel were intrigued by the idea - just guys - maybe it's the machismo. Little did they realise what they were about to let themselves in for. We hired a car at a grand total of $398 - made a trip to walmart to pick up supplies - you can get just about everything in Walmart - including guns and machettes, though the food selection was fairly limited - lots of beans. We bough enough water for us to last the 3 nights, 9 gallons, 1 gallon per person per day. ... read more