Up and at 'em camping style at 6:30am, not far behind the sun. It was tough getting out of bed, but there was coffee and bagels. Darren hadn't gotten a very good night's sleep, maybe 3 or 4 hours, but he had more energy than me! I was really struggling to be awake and alive today! We made ourselves sandwiches for lunch, then when everyone was ready we got on the bus. We stopped not too far away for some gas, (and saw a cute little squirrel) and both Darren and I ...

We woke up this morning and checked out, leaving a bag and the mandolin to pick up when we got back to San Francisco in a few days. It was the first time we were up in time for breakfast, but we had to head straight off, so they gave us a takeaway cup for our coffee and a few donuts. We walked a few blocks to the Hilton, which was the pickup location for our three day Yosemite tour. We waited a bit then tried to find some more people from the group, and after I ...