YO-YO-YOSEMITE!

We are on our hike to the base of El Capitan, I believe that these are the Cathedral rocks behind us. When we were at the base and looking straight up the biggest slab of granite in the world, and camera case fell from one of the rock climbers. We yelled and yelled and finally got their attention to let them know where we put it, but then it started getting a little scary because rocks were falling...pretty big rocks. We got out of there in a hurry!

Here we are at the bottom of the lower falls.

This is Yosemite Lower Falls, it is flowing really good because there was lots of snow melt...so guess how cold that water was. We hiked to the bottom of the falls and got completely wet just from the mist, but we had our waterproof jackets thanks to Seth...so we didn't get cold.

Seth is in awe of how big the waterfalls are....and creating ideas about how he can hike up to the top of one...sounds like him doesn't it?

This is Half Dome in the background, our camp ground was right under Half Dome...so when we looked up through the Redwoods we would see the face of Half Dome. Also, the bears have been getting a little more tricky, so the camp ground rangers made us sign a contract about our food and use a Bear Box. On our first night I hadn't yet figured out how to lock it completely and I look over and a Coon is already trying to get my Oreos....So it is a coon and bear box.



I was looking everywhere for this rock, because this is where my Dad always takes a picture of us when we go. It is really neat to see us grow in the timeline of pictures, but the background stays the same. Seth and I are going to start the same tradition, and watch us grow through our visits to Yosemite!

This picture is from Tunnel View, where you can see the whole valley. When my parents took me to Yosemite, this would be our first stop. One time I saw a wedding party taking their wedding pictures at this spot...wouldn't that just be amazing!