NCWriter wrote:
This year I tried online to get a site in Yosemite for midweek in May but they all sold out immediately and there aren't many close to the park entrance. So we will stay at the KOA in the town of Mariposa about 45 minutes away. While reading a guidebook, I discovered that there is a low cost shuttle called YARTS (Yosemite Area Regional Transportation system) that picks up right at the KOA and takes you into numerous points in the Yosemite Valley. Senior price runs about $9 roundtrip per person.
We do the same thing a for Sequoia NP. We stay at the KOA in Visalia and take the shuttle from Visalia to the park and back. Cost is $15.00 round trip and includes park entrance fee. Once in the park there are free shuttles to all the major sites within the park.
I believe this is a good solution to reduce the strain on the park system.
