Merced River, Yosemite Valley Originally uploaded by Tarkeena Much less time for blogging lately - which is fine, since about 5 people are reading it anyway. :) Anyway, we made Fresno our base of operations for four days, and then Sacramento for two days after that. This put us in striking range of Kings Canyon and Yosemite, although very healthy drives to each. Kings Canyon we found very pleasant and relaxing, especially the Hume Lake area and the Christian Camp complex on its shore... read more