Day 43 - June 28 - North Pines, Yosemite Park, CA

There were only a few more miles to get out of the park but of course it was pretty hilly. I was feeling pretty good because of the short day before. Fortunately, there wasn’t much climbing for the day and it was mostly downhill. After about 25 miles we stopped at a gas station and they went out highway 120 to San Fran and I went into the Yosemite valley to spend the night. It was downhill all the way into the valley so I got there pretty early. Yosemite valley is pretty confusing and pretty disorganized. I wandered around for a while and found out that all of the campgrounds were full. However, there is a backpackers campground that I could stay at because I was on a bike. I set up camp and it was a pretty cool campground and probably the least crowded in the park. I didn’t feel like doing much so I just biked around and took pictures. Then, I spent a few hours in a stream cooling off. I got to sleep really early for some reason, around 8pm. It was a really relaxing day and I’m so glad to be out of the desert and hopefully done with the mountains for a while.