Yosemite National Park- Day 1- July 13th

We had a fairly non-eventful trip here to Yosemite…it took about 3 hours of driving and then 1 hour at the dreaded Wal-Mart trip in Fresno. Unfortunately, I chose a Wal-Mart that was not a Super so there were limited groceries. It had most of what we need but we will be having no fruits or vegetables for the next 7 days! Leah had car sickness twice, coming out of Sequoia and going into Yosemite but we were prepared with the bag so it wasn't too bad. Our campground was just a few minutes from the entrance to the park so we headed right there. Our site is right on the Merced River so it is nice and peaceful. So we set up camp and then had a quick dinner and then it was off to the Ranger program at the amphitheater in our campground. The topic was the history of Wawona which is the area of Yosemite where we are camping. It was interesting to hear the history of the park dating back over 150 years. Unfortunately, there was a heckler in the front row next to us that made a few rude comments during the show… he was upset that she was talking about what we can do to "save" the earth and he called her a liberal and a few other choice things. It was a little uncomfortable! There are interesting people here in Yosemite…people from all over the world and obviously with lots of different viewpoints! After the program it was back to camp and to bed! Tomorrow we head to the valley floor to explore the heart of the park.