Yosemite trip

[maillotpois]

We just got back from a week in Yosemite. We camped 4 nights at Tuolomne Meadows, and then spent 3 nights at the Wawona, an old fashioned lodge hotel with sweeping lawns and a parlor where a wonderful man plays piano and sings every night.

While we didn't bring bikes this time, we did do some epic hikes, and took some photos....

Hiked up to Young Lakes (13.5 miles round trip, up to over 10,000 feet elevation - definitely the most epic hike of the trip):



Ragged Peak - over Young lakes:



View on the way from Young Lakes - these are the mountains which surround Tuolomne Meadows:



Meadow:



Kids in river at campground (PP and one of her cousins):



Hiking to Cathedral Lake:



Cathedral Lake:



I hiked up to Chilnualna Falls from Wawona by myself (only 9 miles round trip, but pretty epic when you're out there on your own):



The PP and I on a ledge overlooking the Valley (you can't tell til you see the next picture):



And this is why we had to sit down:

[Veronica]

OHHHHH.... so pretty. I just finished reading a kid's book about John Muir. We are so lucky that man had such vision.

V.

[maillotpois]

I just wish he'd been able to save Hetch Hetchy. That was supposed to be almost a carbon copy of Yosemite Valley. Hard to imagine.

[SadieKate]

Wow. I haven't been to Yosemite in years and then it was mostly winter trips. Beautiful.

What about the photo de resistance though? You should share.

[maillotpois]

Wow. I haven't been to Yosemite in years and then it was mostly winter trips. Beautiful.

What about the photo de resistance though? You should share.

Well, I didn't put it in because it wasn't really descriptive of Yosemite.... but here it is:



The Madonna and child. Note the LRRH T-shirt on the child....

[spazzdog]

Great shot of the dots! Definitely framable.

Are 4 legged pals allowed to hike with the two-legged ones at Yosemite? I want to go, but would really like to take Quid.

spazz

[Brandi]

I have been in the wawona! It is really a neat little place. My husband and i stopped in and had a beer there. We went to yosamite in the fall two years ago. It is really nice that time of year. We stayed in the tanya lodge.