Where to start?! 

Fancied huckleberrying about Yosemite we did! So... We got smart with computers... Moses was on travel pursuit, I was hostel hunting. BOOM! Eventually found reasonably priced accommodation and travel. Everything matched perfectly, times, dates... BOOKED. Me and Moses made a couple of jokes about how it can't have been going that smoothly? Something was bound to go wrong?!

Later on that evening... COLOSSAL f*** UP. All the websites are bleating on about 'Federal Government Shuts Down All National Parks!', 'Yosemite Closed to all!'... 'Heather & Moses... YOU ARE SCREWED!' 

"Is this some Mickey Mouse gig?"

Our shuttle was due to leave at 1:45am so we had already packed our bags, booked a taxi to pick us up, blah-di-blah. 

Hitting the Road 
 
Sod it! We thought we'd see what happens. If worst comes to worst we can always come back, right? So off we trot. Bags heavy. Little weird Taxi Driver dude helps us. Literally sounded just like GRU from Despicable Me. Was interesting, stifling our laughs on the ride to the station. 

Finally reach the station. As expected, NUT JOB STATION. Some man was waddling around calling everyone a racist. An older couple were sitting opposite us, the guy was sucking all the tuna juice from a sharp tin, the woman had a bloody plastic bag wrapped round her foot, and of course there were some more crackheads lurking about. Me and Mo did the sideways glance, as if to say, "Seriously. Are we riding with this lot?" 

We hop on the bus. Everyone is pretty quiet, apart from Moses and I. Whilst waiting for the bus to leave, we're cracking out jokes, sniggering. Moses decides to whip out a GRU quote, "Three little kittens, all covered in fur!", got all handsy about it, theatrical Moses. 
I suddenly twigged that we're probably getting on everyone's nerves, and it would be wise NOT to draw attention to ourselves (remembering the messed up crowed we were travelling with).Then I noticed, Moses was the only person who had a spotlight turned on. Which made it even more funny. I was in tears. 

That was probably 'you had to be there' moment. The trip up was longggg, cold and a little bit scary at times. I thought the guy next to me on the bus was going to set this kid alight with his lighter. Think it was a misunderstanding with where he's put his stuff on the bus. Like I said, they were nut jobs. 

Once There...
 
We finally arrive at Merced around 8am. Merced is where we were supposed to get a shuttle bus to Yosemite. Yosemite is still closed. Brilliant. What the hell were we going to do?! 
The guys at the station were really helpful. They said that the buses might still be going to that area to drop people off. They said that this closure shouldn't go on for too much longer. 
They also said if all doesn't work out, they'd sort us out some free tickets to San Francisco. 

So now we were in two minds. Stay, wait for a bus, fingers crossed that the park opens and we can nab a couple of nights accommodation somewhere near?!... OR be a couple of spont crackerjacks, and head up to San Fran, with the risk of losing our Yosemite money for good, and spending heaps more money at the Golden Gate City. 

CUTTING THE CRAP. We manage to get a bus from the station around 11am. A really nice lady at the station was telling us about this 'Bug Hostel' that's right outside the Yosemite Park. 
 
"They have a Spa, and really good food." 

I was sold :) 

Yosemite Bug Hostel... We go'wna Die!

Once at the BUG. Me and Moses are pooped. They had plenty of room, because all the people that have brains, have b*****ed off to somewhere that is open! We've got our own, little tent-hut thingy. Pretty creepy if I'm honest. But at least it's sheltered and dry. 

Had the biggest sleep known to man. 

Today However... I SAW A FULL ON WOODPECKER!!!
We decided to check out the grub here. Turns out, it's pretty, bloody good. I had some weird veggie wrap thing. WAS VERY GREEN. Moses had a massive beef & cheese sarnie. 

We then went on a big, fat hike around where we are staying. It's HUGE. So much green, rocks, streams... And flies. They can piss right off. Think one bit my forehead?! 

It's stunning here though. Really beautiful. Reminds me of 'The Land Before Time' Movie. What a geek... 

So, we still don't know if the park is going to open. We've booked another night here. Fingers crossed it doesn't all go t*** up. (As if it hasn't already, hahahaha). Ehh. 

Keep you in the loop, team.