We slept in this morning and took our time getting ready to leave. I bought a breakfast of bacon strips, orange juice, milk, and another cinnamon roll which we ate in our room. We checked out and drove to the Tunnel View for one more look at Yosemite Valley. The morning shadows kept it from standing out like it does in the evening, but it was still nice. Then we drove the winding road to the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias. We were able to drive to the upper parking lot to walk the level trail to see the Grizzly Giant and the California Tunnel Tree. It was another beautiful day with blue skies and sunshine. We continued our drive, and when we left the park gate we saw a line of cars waiting to get into Yosemite that stretched for a couple of miles. A sign told visitors that the wait time to get into the park was over 30 minutes. I think we planned our visit well. Our drive to the airport was not as well planned out. We ended up taking a winding road through hills of tall dry grass and no services. By the time we finally found a gas station we were on empty. We stopped for a late lunch at a Black Bear Diner in Los Banos, California. It was a long drive, but we finally got back to the San Jose Airport, returned our rental car, checked in, got through security and found our gate with plenty of time to spare. I bought us some Jamba Juice drinks before boarding our flight. We arrived at SLC about 10:30 p.m. and drove home. We spoke with Jeffrey for a little bit and then crawled into bed around 2:00 a.m.
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