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 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!






























