Yosemite

Over Memorial weekend Dad, Laurie, Danny, Molly and I all went to Yosemite for two days. We had to stay outside of the park due to last minute planning and the fact that it was a holiday weekend with a huge line to wait in. Next time I definitely want to camp in the park and get the full experience but I have to say it's quite nice going to an air-conditioned hotel room to clean up at night. It's was a long winding road through the park which makes camping look really good once you are there you don't really want to turn around and face the road again. We went on a few small hikes and saw many pretty waterfalls. Dad, Danny and I climbed the first mile on the path to Half Dome. It was all uphill and that mile was no problem but I would not want to do another 7 miles to the top. On the way down, it was just as hard as going up because you were now going down a steep hill. You had to keep yourself from running the whole way down and hurting yourself as your toes jabbed into your shoes. It was a short but sweet trip. It was quite pretty up there! I'm glad I can now say I have now been to Yosemite.