More Yosemite Pictures

I wanted to share some more Yosemite pictures and some comments, but its been a super busy week. In order to cut down on time, Im going to do this in bullet form.




-We needed more than 3 days in Yosemite. Most of you who have been to Yosemite will be horrified that we had such a short amount of time in the park. In fact, we had roughly 1.5 days. We packed it in though - hiking to two waterfalls, one lake and various trails. The kids were great. We hardly had any complaints. When we got too hot or tired, we'd stop by the many water areas in the park and let the kids swim and wade around for an hour or more. I love that about Yosemite. Everywhere you look, you can find random people hanging out in the streams and waterfalls.


- We got to Yosemite the first day around 6pm. We still had plenty of light so we did the short hike to Bridal Falls. We scrambled a bit on the rocks in order to get closer to the fall. In Summer the waterfalls at Yosemite arent as raging as they are in Spring. The kids played in the stream coming off the fall and Barb got this nice family picture of us. Its so rare that we get pictures taken of us as a family. I was so pleased that she got one of us in Yosemite.

-Barb, by the way, is my mother in law. We planned our trip to Yosemite with her in mind. Barb had never been to Yosemite and we thought it would be fun for us to experience as a family. It was the kids first time in the park too. Technically, Seamus had been before. Matt and I visited Yosemite for the first time when I was about 6 months pregnant with him. I think Seamus enjoyed that distinction - that the trip was his second time in Yosemite. ha ha

-We rented an RV and drove up to Yosemite. It took us about 7 hours I think. I wasnt really paying that much attention because we were watching movies most of the way up. I think renting the RV was half the fun for the kids during our trip. They had never experienced riding in a motor home and I gotta tell you, it was a much easier affair than driving up in our minivan. We were able to spread out and watch movies. I could keep the kids away from Matt while he drove - most of the time anyway. It was fantastic. Id love to do it again, but it was pretty darn expensive.


-Finn really surprised me on this trip. Out of the four of us, he enjoys the outdoors the least. He's not exceptionally coordinated and he doesnt like to exert himself too much. He really doesnt like extra hot weather. But he was SUCH a trooper on this trip. I was really proud of him. I cant remember hearing him complain once the entire time we were in the park. Sure... he asked how long until we were done with a particular hike and he periodically asked when we were going to go back to the RV. But seriously, the kid was a joy.

-One the way home, we decided to take an unexpected detour and visit Sequoia National Park. None of us had ever been there before. Boy was it worth the trip! Unlike Yosemite which was very hot, Sequoia felt like Fall. It was very crisp and cool up there and the air smelled sooooooo heavenly. It also looked like the Ewok village in Return of the Jedi. Matt and I got a kick out of that. The trees were ENORMOUS and full of life and like Yosemite, the pictures really dont do the park justice. Its gorgeous! Matt and I agreed we could love to go back there with the kids and camp. Hopefully we can do that soon.


Crikey! Ive gotta go. Ive been on this computer far longer than I had expected.
More later. :)
Happy Wednesday.