One-half mile below the grove the main road passes beneath the rustic gateway which marks the boundary between ~Yosemite National Park~ and the ~Stanislaus National Forest~. There are two possible auto camps in the next mile, but neither are very good. Bearing westward the road follows down the canyon of ~North Crane Creek~. Good camp sites will be found at the crossing about two miles below the park line. ~Hogdon Ranch~, a little more than a mile further, is another good place to camp. At this abandoned cattle ranch an old road branches to the left. It is impassable because of washouts. A mile and a half further along the main road is ~Carl Inn~, a mountain summer resort on the ~South Fork of the Tuolumne River~. Accommodations are excellent. Gasoline and oil may here be obtained. There are many fine camp sites in the vicinity and fishing is fair. One may obtain saddle or pack animals at the hotel for trail trips in the region. Just west from the hotel is a main road junction. The ~Big Oak Flat Road~ to Chinese Camp, Knights Ferry and Stockton continues down the South Fork, while our road crosses the New England Bridge and bears northward. One mile takes us to another junction where the ~Hetch Hetchy Road~ (Road Trip V) branches to the left. The Tioga Road turns eastward, ascends a rather steep grade thru a fine forest of pine, cedar and oak, and in 4.2 miles again enters the park at ~Aspen Valley Ranger Station~. Motorists should stop and register. A government telephone is here available. There are excellent camping places in the vicinity and a good spring about two hundred yards northwest of the ranger cabin. Two miles inside the park is ~Aspen Valley~, another abandoned cattle ranch. The long meadow offers a delightful camp. The ~Carlin Trail~, which is used chiefly by cattlemen, branches to the westward at this point and makes a rough descent to ~Ackerson Meadow~ six miles distant. Leading southeast is a trail to ~Tamarack Flat~ on the Big Oak Flat Road. Over most of its six miles it is so brushy as to be almost impassable and it is now little used. About one mile north of Aspen Valley the seldom used "~Packers' Trail~" begins at the left of the road and bears northward toward ~Hetch Hetchy~. From Aspen Valley eastward good camping places are so numerous that several will be passed each hour. They will therefore not be mentioned in the following text. Our road now ascends ~Long Gulch~, passes over a low divide, and in 4.2 miles crosses the ~Middle Fork of the Tuolumne River~. This is an attractive auto camp but horse feed is scarce. The stream is well stocked with rainbow and eastern brook trout. We now follow along the well-wooded banks of the Middle Fork and in about three and a half miles, where the road makes a big bend toward the southeast, we find the beginning of the trail to ~Harden Lake~, ~Hetch Hetchy~, and ~the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne~.