A gameplan begins to form.....

We will be leaving El Paso next week.  Paul has finished all the projects that needed to get done, and we feel like life here has settled down a bit, and his mom will be ok.
     The biggest decision we had to make has now been made.  We are going to Yosemite and Fresno.  I already booked a place to stay outside of Yosemite since the campgrounds in the park fill up the day they are available for booking.  I put a reminder to myself in Outlook to remember to book Yellowstone for next spring.  Paul would like to stay there a month, and it would be nice to stay part of the time inside the park.
Because of the snow in Yosemite and the roads still being closed, I called and spoke to a ranger yesterday to find out if its worth coming out there in early June.  The road closure doesn't affect Half Dome, except, if its closed due to snow, then there may be snow on Half Dome as well.  He thought we should be ok if we come the 2nd week in June, so thats what we'll do.  We hunted for a room in a lodge inside the park for the night before our Half Dome hike, since its an hour and a half ride in from our campground.  The only thing available was an unheated tent, so we booked it for a Tues. night.  Hopefully the weather will cooperate for a long hike on Wednesday.
With that timetable, we'll have about a week to get to CA,  so the maps have been out and a rough course plotted.  Our first stop will be Silver City, NM (finally).