Currently in Merced, California, about 80 miles west of Yosemite. We have to spend the night here as we missed the last bus to Yosemite today.

Anyhow, left Las Vegas without a hitch. Amtrak run buses from Las Vegas to Bakersfield where you can meet the train. There were very few people on a very nice bus. We stopped in Barstow, which is on Route 66, for some lunch. Almost the entire station is made of old train carriages.

When we got to Tehachapi, we were about to leave when a guy pulled up at the door. He was from the Department of Corrections and we then had 10 recently released people get on our bus!! And Tara slept through it all... We got the train to Merced and arrived at our accommodation with enough time to go for a wander to get something to eat before bed as we have an early start in the morning...we have to be at the bus station at 7am!!