Coursegold, California

After the Sequoias, we were excited to be heading to another great place, Yosemite National Park.

The drive from Visalia was suppose to be quick but unfortunately we arrived at our next campground to find out it was full (the internet said there were sites available) so we had to drive back down the winding, narrow road to the campground that had space.(Incidentally, it was also the campground that we had passed a few hours earlier.) Let's just say it was a stressful day and leave it at that.

El Capitan, the largest monolith of granite in the world.

Of course, we were reminded why we made the trip as soon as we arrived at Yosemite. It was an absolutely gorgeous place to visit. We took some short hikes and packed a picnic lunch which the kids devoured in one of the parking lots!

Enjoying lunch on the side of the road (literally!).

Bridalveil Fall

Andrew and I hiked to the base of Bridalveil Fall and were rewarded by the wind shifting and blowing gallons of freezing cold mountain water on us! LOL Tom gave me the camera so he and Kaitlyn could make their way up but the wind never kicked up and they came back dry as a bone!

Drenched but happy.

Yosemite is one of those places that you could visit many times and never see it all or do it all. My only advice is to make your reservations early and for as long as you can and then submerse yourself in the park. Yosemite is VERY popular and crowded so brace yourself for that too.

Tom and the kids at Yosemite.

Another pretty pic of Yosemite National Park.