Saturday, November 12, 2011

Yosemite

After we went to Disneyland we continued our vacation by going to Yosemite. Kasey and Ady are really big into Disneyland and all, but it is not as much my thing. I really love National Parks. And I enjoyed Yosemite more than I did Disneyland. Here we are at Yosemite Falls.
While we were walking through this meadow we saw this buck. We saw lots of coyotes and deer.

El Capitan was impressive, but I definitely liked Half Dome the best.
This is us at Vernal Falls right before we decided to be crazy and climb the stairs up to the top. Note to others who have interest in hiking to Vernal or Nevada Falls, don't take kids with you!
I have to show a picture we took of Nevada Falls from Clark's Point just to prove that we made it this far. We all had a bit of a cold and did not take enough water for the 2000 foot vertical change and 6 mile round trip hike while carrying kids. Great view, but when the ranger tells you that it is a 6 hour round trip hike and not a hike for kids, believe her.
Here we are at the Tunnel Tree. The Sequoia's were freakishly huge and very impressive at Mariaposa Grove.