Wow I have arrived! Total millage over 4000 miles and time taken just over two weeks. Lets get started though from Las Vegas, NV to Portland,Oregon. I left Las Vegas around midnight on the 23rd I believe, midnight I know, who does that. I just couldn't sleep and the excitement of Yosemite National Park was overwhelming. It's about a 7 hour drive from Vegas to Yosemite, Around 3 a.m I got off the highway and headed for Death Valley National Monument, looking for a place to sleep. After hitting 3 Jack Rabbits with my truck I made it down and out of the valley going from sea level at the base of death valley back up several thousand feet to a camp spot where I quickly fell asleep on a picnic table until daylight. Several hours later I was surrounded by rolling hills as I neared the famous Sierra Nevada Mountain Range. About an hour of driving and I was there in the heart of the Sierra's,snow lined peaks parallel to the two lane road upon which I was traveling. I climbed, and climbed, and climbed to almost 10,000 ft. to Tioga Pass the eastern entrance of Yosemite. Snow covered the mountains, snow covered the road sides, snow covered a'lot of things and it was cold. Earlier I was sleeping on a pick-nick table in Death Valley's unbearable heat, and now I'm freezing as I approach the Wilderness Office, for my back country permit, in John Muir's beloved Yosemite National Park. After Acquiring my back country permit and my permit to summit half dome, I begin my hike and climb, about 2000 feet elevation gain in 5 miles to little Yosemite valley campsite. Journey from day 2 onward to come.
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