Thurs, April 17

I could hear planes overnight, but they didn’t disturb my sleep at all. We spent a good portion of this morning looking for someone to fix the pilot light on our oven. We discovered it would take more time than we wanted to spend there eventually. We made a Target stop, too, then started the drive to the Yosemite area. It was a beautiful drive heading toward the mountains, then suddenly climbing mountains! It was only about 120 miles between the RV parks, yet took us at least 4 hours. We had hoped to build a fire for dinner, but when we reached Groveland, where our park was supposed to be, the GPS said we had another 20 miles to go. It was after 5:00 already, and we figured by the time we got in and settled, built a fire, and ate, it would be pretty late. So we stopped at the Iron Door Saloon, which was recommended by the guidebook. It’s the oldest operating saloon in the state. It had a great atmosphere. There were old photos, animal heads, and other decorations on the walls. There were dollar bills stuck to the ceiling, apparently part of a fund raiser they do for scholarships, and there were some fun locals playing dice at the bar. Aidan was entertaining the locals as much as they were entertaining him. We got back on the road, and fortunately saw a sign for our RV park, because it was very close. We don’t know where Ms Garmin was trying to take us. We arrived at Yosemite Pines RV Park and got settled in. By that time we just got Aidan ready for bed, and showed him the clock on the microwave. We told him that he had to wait until 7:00 before waking us up. We then converted the table to his bed where we watched a little Veggie Tales, and then all headed to bed.