Friant, CA - Millerton Lake SRA to Yosemite

We stopped at Millerton Lake State Recreation Area (north of Fresno) for the weekend. We wanted something on our way and that had full hook-ups. Wow, I forgot what a real shower felt like and thank goodness we have electricity to run our A/C - it's 100 degrees outside here in the valley. Sometimes we get disoriented when the changes from one location to another is this extreme.

This weekend was for chores: haircuts, shopping, groceries, washing car and cleaning the RV, preparing food for Yosemite, etc. Nothing exciting - just those 'life' things we all have to do. We thought it would be nice to be somewhere somewhat natural for our adjustment. I forgot what a State Recreation Area can be like, though, and especially on the weekends. The campground was full and almost everyone had a boat or waverunners. They were out on the lake water-skiing or on tubes, or fishing. Beer was involved all day and all night. Eventhough it was cool out at night, we had to keep our windows closed because of the noise. I should also note that the full-hookup sites are glorified parking spaces. Double-wide, with a white stripe separating the sites. At least we had a picnic table and fire pit under the trees behind our site, and a nice view of the lake. Almost 90 % of the campground cleared out today, so now it's more to our liking!

Heading into Yosemite tomorrow. We'll be hopping around to four different campgrounds as we make our way through the park every few days. We're starting at the south end (Wawona) and heading north. So maybe we'll have satellite at a couple of these campgrounds to post some pictures.