Days #568-574 of Our Epic Trip

5-23-2025
H: 71ºF L: 48ºF
Thousand Trails Yosemite Lakes, Groveland, California

We moved just outside of Yosemite National Park to a Thousand Trails campground. This campground is right on a river but, since it’s a holiday weekend, we requested to be moved from a site on the river to the hillside so we’d have some peace and quiet. We’ll be here for two weeks and we are looking forward to relaxing. A lot of relaxing as it has been a very busy few weeks for us.

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5-24-2025
H: 70°F L: 51°F
Thousand Trails Yosemite Lakes, Groveland, California

We have seen some great names for businesses during our travels. Our two favorites are 2 Fat Guys Complete Automotive Service and Wholly Crap Septic. Also, the number of state and national parks naming features with some reference to the devil or some evil is quite fascinating.

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5-25-2025
H: 73ºF L: 52ºF
Thousand Trails Yosemite Lakes, Groveland, California

We took the boys for a walk around the campground. It’s definitely full of families and we definitely made the right choice to request a campsite on the hill.

One quirk about Daniel is he loses his coffee cup on a regular basis. It actually fell off the back of the truck one time but luckily I was driving behind and stopped to pick it up. He’s left it in stores and other public places. At least a couple mornings per week he has to get out of bed to go find his coffee cup for me. I make the coffee but keeping track of his coffee cup is a full-time job.

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5-26-2025
H: 69ºF L: 49ºF
Thousand Trails Yosemite Lakes, Groveland, California

Happy Memorial Day! We made homemade black bean burgers and they were so good! Don’t be afraid to try things. I’ve made black bean burgers a few times and I’ve never followed a recipe. I’ve just thrown ingredients in a bowl and mashed them up.

Don’t forget to check out Daniel’s video on lifestyle medicine and the benefits of whole food, plant based eating.

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5-27-2025
H: 77ºF L: 50ºF
Thousand Trails Yosemite Lakes, Groveland, California

I stayed home to do laundry and I tried our crunchy chickpeas recipe in the dehydrator. The chickpeas turned out great with an airy crispiness. Daniel went grocery shopping for us since we are almost out of vegetables – the horror!

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5-28-2025
H: 77°F L: 57°F
Thousand Trails Yosemite Lakes, Groveland, California

Daniel talked to our Tennessee neighbor about purchasing his property which borders ours. His property runs along the bluff like ours. It’s such a pretty area that we just want to keep it pristine for us and all wildlife. There is already an old logging road that connects our property with his. Our neighbor said he may be open to selling his property to us. Yay!

We also talked to Daniel’s daughter, MacKenzie, for 2 hours. We always have interesting conversations with her.

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5-29-2025
H: 79ºF L:58 ºF
Thousand Trails Yosemite Lakes, Groveland, California

We’re done being lazy and hanging out at the camper. I think we were both just worn out from the last weeks of whirlwind sight seeing and, for me personally, my introversion required me to have time away from people.

We went back to Yosemite National Park and saw Bridalveil Falls. We then drove up CA-120 toward Tioga Pass. This road had been closed when we first drove to Yosemite due to snow. We saw more waterfalls. I can’t believe how many waterfalls are in this area! We also saw some barns down in a valley so we checked them out. They look like well maintained older barns. It reminded us both of Daniel’s Uncle Al who loved photographing barns. Lastly, we found a closed road to take the boys for a walk off-leash. They loved running through the melting snow.

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Stats

Expenses:

• Tesla Cybertruck fuel: $0
• Tesla Model X fuel: $0
• Campsite: $0
• Camping memberships: $38.26
• Food: $246.86

Tesla Cybertruck miles driven: 121.7 (46 kWh)

Tesla Model X miles driven: 152.9 (35.2 kWh)

Number of people asking about the Tesla pulling the camper: 0

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