We spent the Memorial Day weekend in Yosemite National Park. It was a crazy adventure. We knew it was going to rain but we had the reservation for a while and it's very hard to get one in high season so we decided to just go.
The first morning this beautiful bird joined us for breakfast.
Me trying to be a gourmet camping chef....
Hot chocolate, pancakes and syrup, omelets, and strawberries.
Our tent. This was the first run. We just got it a few weeks ago for Chris' birthday. We loved it and it kept up nice and dry. 
Inside the tent. Yes....that is an air mattress and down comforter. We camp in style. I'm not one of those roughing it campers. 
It was nice to have lots of extra space inside this tent. Our old one was just big enough for the air mattress. 
The first day out...IN THE RAIN. Even in the rain....it was BEAUTIFUL! 
The view of Bridal Veil Falls.
Just enjoying the view. 
The View...
A close up of Bridal Veil Falls
The tunnel that we come out of just before you see the incredible view. 
Deep in the forest.
I don't know the name of this. But it is cool. 
Driving on the windy roads.
This bridge was Chris' favorite spot of the park. It's called swinging bridge.
This is Chris doing a Zen like look. 
More pictures from the bridge.
I loved the trees there. Their bark was so cool.
It's like Nature's camoflauge.
On the trail to lower Yosemite Falls.
A picture of upper and lower Yosemite Falls.
The Lower Falls.
We went back to the Swinging Bridge spot the next day when it was clearer. You could actually see Yosemite Falls this time. We loved this spot. 
More views of the spot.
Hiking up to the top of Yosemite Falls. This was about 1/4 of the way up.
Columbia Rock Lookout. 
It started to rain at this point so we decided to cut the hike short because of the downpour. It was really slippery and we knew it would only get worse so we headed back.
The view from Columbia Rock. You could see most of the valley. Then it was the drive home....it took WAY longer than it was supposed to between, a rock slide, bad brakes, a bad map, crazy rain, fog, and traffic. When we got home we had so much cleaning up to do from all the mud and rain. The tent had to dry out over night so we set it up in our parking spot. After two hours we finished and realized we had a nail in our tire and the tire was flat. Awww....what a weekend!! We really did have a fantastic time!
5 comments:
That is awesome! I am so glad that you made it!!!! :) And for the record,
THAT IS MY KIND OF CAMPING!!! HECK YES!!!
Nice bed, Comfy blanket!!! YUMMY BREAKFAST!
And that is so pretty! :)
We should go camping this summer, Wanna? :)
This post made me jealous. California is so beautiful! We are regretting not making more of our time there, visiting places like Yosemite. I grew up right by Yosemite, too! And only drove through a couple of times (I think my parents took me when I was little.) J-E-A-L-O-U-S!
I love your pictures, they make us homesick. Was that Italy, or Marin? Yes, that looked like Marin to me. Anyways, Yosemite is one of our most favorite places in the WORLD. Glad you went, and had a good time.
Awe I miss you guys so much! WE are going camping next month at some random place north of Mt. Charleston that Brian found,and I wish you guys were going with us. We stayed at Yosemite a couple of years ago when we went to Napa to visit my bro, it was spectacular. the road that takes you to Napa was closed because an earthquake damaged the road, so we didn't get to see everything, but now because of your awesome pics we did! We should meet up there and camp since it is about half way between our towns. So fun, Here-here to the camping in style, I am not down for caveman roughin in when it comes to the wild either!
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