Wild West day 12

We left China Lake and headed over to Inyokern, then up Hwy 395. Hwy 395 runs along the eastern base of the Sierras, up past 9-mile canyon road where we used to go trout fishing and camping on occasion. But, it was a pretty hairy road back then and I doubted it had been improved much, so I did not consider the drive up 9-mile canyon. On a bit further is Owens Lake or what used to be Owens Lake. In 1913, Los Angles started sucking it dry. By 1926, it was. Now it's a dust bowl when the wind kicks up. We kept going. We arrived at Lee Vining in late afternoon. Had a super duper ice cream cone and headed on across the mountains on Hwy 120 into Yosemite. We did not have any reservations, but we thought there was enough daylight left that we could try the first big campground in the park to see if they had a vacancy. If not, we'd go back out to Lee Vining and camp. But, we lucked out and got a campsite in Yosemite. Yeah! We met some interesting neighbors while here.  In the camp right next to us was a class C rental (similar to our old Pumpkin).  The first thing we noticed was the little kids jumping out the door.  It reminded me of another day, another west trip a long time ago. Our 1970 vacation in Yellowstone And our French neighbors in Yosemite Well, time to eat and hit the sack. Big day tomorrow.