Where do you guys stay when you go? We stay in the Housekeeping Camp right on the river.

My favorite thing from last trip was sitting at our camp watching the river flow past while we were eating breakfast. To me, that's living.

I will definitely post a trip report when I get back. We'll be there for 4 nights, so I think I will manage to do something during that time. My mother-in-law is going with us and she isn't one to sit around camp so I imagine we will be taking some hikes and scenic drives. If the sun is out though, I think I will be spending a significant amount of time in a lawn chair next to the river, book in one hand, glass of sangria in the other.

Unfortunately we haven't been able to get the lodging we need inside the park so we're staying in El Portal. I'm still hopeful that someone will cancel and we can stay in the valley. If not, we'll just do our usual thing - up and out before daylight. That's one advantage of coming from the central time zone and having to be up by 6:15 every morning to get ready for work.

Being from the west coast, I have the opposite issue with the time zones. When I travel to the east coast, I feel like I'm getting up at 3am - LOL.