After spending a breathtaking few days hiking and experiencing Yosemite, we headed straight for Fresno, CA.  Unfortunately we had to get a few things fixed up on the camper, which brought us to the next big city outside of Yosemite.  Fresno was hot as hell (pardon the language), dusty, dry and industrial.  We had the pleasure of camping in the Elite RV Repair Shop parking lot on night one (which, by the way, those guys were AWESOME!).  It might as well have been located on Aurora, South Tacoma Way or Sprague, depending on your town.  

It took the part needed an extra day to arrive (we got upgrades for the wait) so we ventured outside Fresno and camped at Millerton Lake.  At a 107 degrees and limited shade, the lake was a refreshing change.  Although (quote by me) "I'm TOO HOT to change into a swimsuit to swim".  It was that hot.

Well, we survived!  And I will admit that Fresno had some great Mexican food.  A few days in that kind of heat made us itching to get back to the coast.  We headed directly west to Monterey and are currently traveling south through Big Sur.  And it's absolutely gorgeous.