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You might want to look at your daily itinerary / hiking schedule though. Tuolomne Meadows to Vogelsang is 7 miles, Vogelsang to Merced is 8 miles, so a comfortable days hike between those camps. However that means you have a full 15 miles from Merced HSC back to Tuolomne Meadows.
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Thanks. That helps a lot. We will keep the reservations. The third night is actually at May Lake, not Merced. We can't hike from vg to ml, so I think we will take the shuttle to the trailhead.
Also, I was planning to fly into San Francisco. Is that what you all would suggest? How is the public transportation? I thought that we would spend one night in sf before going to yosemite the next morning and one additional night at yosemite after the night at may lake. Is there any chance in getting a room at a lodge from a cancelation? There aren't any openings right now.
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I'd recommend flying into Oakland if you can. Often the flights are cheaper, there's a convenient connection to BART/Amtrak, and weather doesn't delay flights like it does at SFO. There are some convenient hotels near the airport, and many have shuttles.
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I'd recommend flying into Oakland if you can. Often the flights are cheaper, there's a convenient connection to BART/Amtrak, and weather doesn't delay flights like it does at SFO. There are some convenient hotels near the airport, and many have shuttles.
There are some advantages of flying into Oakland versus SFO: it's closer to Yosemite (if one is driving to Yosemite directly from the airport), there's a less likelihood of weather-related delays, and that there's a good possibility of finding a lower air fare.
But annadoug stated that they want to stay their first night in San Francisco. If that's the case, then it's far more convenient to take BART from SFO than it is from OAK since there's a BART station inside SFO unlike OAK where one needs to board a non-free shuttle bus (AirBART) to get to the Coliseum/Oakland Airport BART station. (And talking about dodgy areas, the SFO BART station is a lot more pleasant one to wait for a BART train than the Coliseum/Oakland Airport BART station.)
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I find a some people talk about "staying in San Francisco" because they don't know the area and don't have a feel for the layout. Nobody has to stay in San Francisco as a layover to get to Yosemite. It may in fact be extremely expensive, as San Francisco has some sky high hotel rates.
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I find a some people talk about "staying in San Francisco" because they don't know the area and don't have a feel for the layout. Nobody has to stay in San Francisco as a layover to get to Yosemite. It may in fact be extremely expensive, as San Francisco has some sky high hotel rates.
When I hear that someone wants to stay a night in San Francisco before heading out to Yosemite (a request I have gotten often from friends and family over the years wanting to visit Yosemite) it's always been because they want to take in the sights of San Francisco (a world-class tourist destination in its own right) before heading off to Yosemite, hence spending a day or two in the City before leaving to Yosemite.
Also note that while the hotel rates in San Francisco and at the Yosemite Lodge are high, the rates for staying at a High Sierra Camp are high too. In other words, people who can afford to spend multiple nights at a Yosemite HSC can usually also afford to spend a night in San Francisco and a night at the Yosemite Lodge.
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Actually there is a slim possibility of a very affordable night in Lee Vining little known about that 's available if you are planning a long time ahead. At Murphy's Motel they have have 5-6 rooms in the back which are much smaller than all their other rooms. These rooms are the same in all respects to the larger rooms including a small refrigerator. The only difference I've noted is that the shower has a curtain rather than a sliding glass door. The bed is a single queen suitable for one person or a couple sleeping together. In the past I beleive I've paid about $65. a night for one of these smaller rooms on advance reservation but you have to know about them to ask for one. This has been great for me for flying into Reno and using Lee Vining as a headquarters between day hikes and overnight hikes strictly in the high country when I have no plans to go to YV.
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Personally, I can't imagine sleeping in close quarters in a tent cabin with a bunch of strangers. I have enough trouble getting sufficient sleep at home without all the distractions inside a tent cabin.
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Personally, I can't imagine sleeping in close quarters in a tent cabin with a bunch of strangers. I have enough trouble getting sufficient sleep at home without all the distractions inside a tent cabin.
It's almost certain to have someone snoring loud enough to cause before within a 5 mile radius to go sterile. I, for one, can't deal with that.
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Personally, I can't imagine sleeping in close quarters in a tent cabin with a bunch of strangers. I have enough trouble getting sufficient sleep at home without all the distractions inside a tent cabin.