Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Yosemite

Day 7 and 8 (Sunday and Monday June 22 and 23, 2008)
So, we opted out of going to church at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and headed on to Yosemite. After only a couple of hours we arrived in the midst of so much beauty. Unfortunately, we also found hoards of people. We made the best of the situation and took in as much as we could. We saw the Yosemite Valley with clear views of the Half Dome and Bridalveil falls. It's really quite stunning and pictures really don't do it justice.

Monday we awoke to ash covering everything. There was a controlled fire in part of the park and made all of the views we saw the day before slightly hazy. We drove to the southern most tip of the park to view the Giant Sequoias. We took a hike amongst the trees, but at a high altitude and smoke filled air it was quite hard. We also took a little hike to the base of Yosemite Falls and felt the intense spray from the falls.
After a busy and tiring day, we made camp again in Yosemite.