We intended to go into Yosemite Valley this morning to catch the early morning light; however there was dense cloud cover and it started raining on our way to the park. We were not that far to the park so we decided to turn around and go back to the hotel, catch another hour or so of sleep, then check out so we could make the drive down to Sequoia National Park. Yep, I was being spontaneous, not sure if I really like deviating from the original plan, but I did it. We checked out of the hotel around 6:30 AM from the hotel, but not until after a pair of wild turkeys strutted through the parking lot. We noticed the turkeys because they were making loud gobble noises as they strutted, waking several people up. We declined breakfast at the hotel and instead ate at Happy Burger for breakfast, they open at 6:00 AM. After breakfast we made the two hour drive down to Visalia, which is about 30 minutes outside of Sequoia National Park. We got t...
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