Yosemite

Branden and I love camping and have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of camping season. With the arrival of spring and beautiful weather (ok who am I kidding, it's always beautiful in California), we decided somewhat spontaneously to book a camping trip in Yosemite. We got a site in the valley the week before and planned to spend 2 nights. We arrived on Friday evening around 7pm and saw some amazing waterfalls as we drove into the park. Bridal Veil Falls and Yosemite Falls were both roaring! I had never seen them so strong in person and this was Branden's first visit to Yosemite.

We quickly set up our tent and gear since we were trying to beat the dark and we finished just in the nick of time!

On Saturday we woke up with the sun and cooked some breakfast burritos with steak! They were so delicious!

After breakfast we went off to go on a hike. We decided to do the Mist Trail and go to the top of Vernal Falls. The views were absolutely gorgeous and I could not believe how beautiful the waterfalls were. We made it to the top and hiked a little further so we could see Nevada Falls. Then we turned around to head back to camp for lunch!

 Yosemite Falls in the distance

 There was still snow at the top of the mountains.

We got wet on the Mist Trail but it wasn't as bad as I expected 

 View from the top of Vernal Falls

 Nevada Falls in the distance.

Back at camp we enjoyed relaxing and soaking in the sun. It was about 75 degrees so the weather was just perfect. We brought a dartboard along and nailed it to a tree and got to play some darts. We also brought our TRX along and did some upper body workouts with the TRX.

After we were rested we took the shuttle to Yosemite Falls and jogged the path to the lower falls. I was amazed at how beautiful the two falls (Lower and Upper) look when they actually have water!

 Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls

 At the base of Lower Yosemite Falls (we actually felt the mist from this waterfall too)

On our way back we decided to run across the field to get to a bus stop that was further along and closer to our campsite. I was able to snap a beautiful photo of Half Dome as well as a deer that was grazing in the field. It also proved to be another great photo spot for Yosemite Falls.

It's amazing how small Lower Yosemite Falls looks when you compare it to Upper Yosemite Falls

When we got back to the campsite we got a fire going and began dinner. We spoiled ourselves this trip with another steak meal. We had steak, potatoes, and asparagus. The steak being cooked over the fire was DELICIOUS! We thoroughly enjoyed our dinner. There is nothing quite like cooking over a campfire :-)

Sunday came along and we cooked breakfast (pancakes and eggs today) and packed up our stuff. We were planning to hike to Mirror Lake but both of us just decided to skip it and head back home. As always the weekend went by too quickly but we had a great time. I can't wait to go camping again this year and go back to Yosemite in the future!