Dad and I spent yesterday at Yosemite National Park. It was an absolutely gorgeous, sunny day. With that blessing, however, came the mobs of tourists (ourselves included!). Call me my father's daughter, but I have a hard 
time enjoying a beautiful park when I practically have to jockey for position to take a photo! We stuck it out though and hit up some of the really touristy spots of Yosemite Valley and Glacier Point, which are touristy for a reason. The views were absolutely incredible. After Glacier Point, Dad and I headed to Mariposa Groves, which is where the huge sequoia trees are. When I say huge, I mean HUGE. It was so awesome to see them. I don't think pictures do them justice...you can't grasp how big they ar
e until you are standing next to them. Even then I felt like I was in some version of "Honey I Shrunk the Kids." While in Mariposa Groves, I talked Dad into a taking another hike (shocking since he is still complaining about the one at Yellowstone!). I told him it was only 1.6 miles round trip to the Giant Grizzly, a mammoth sequoia tree in the park (the diameter of the base is almost 30ft in circumference!) that is more than 2000 years old! Once we made it to the Giant Grizzly, I'm not sure what prompted us more to keep hiking...wanting to see more of the sights listed on the trail map or to get away from the crowds! Either way we kept going and by the end of the day ended up hiking probably around 6 miles. I think the best part of the day was when we got out into the middle of the woods where there was no one else around and we could really appreciate the park. Things went a bit downhill when we got back to the car. It seems someone had clipped the bikes (which are on a bike rack on the back of the car) with a side-view mirror (we're not positive that is what happened but that is all we could come up with) and had broken the rack and put a dent in Dad's bumper. The rack was still working but everything was crooked and probably wouldn't hold for the entire trip back. We stopped at Lowes on our way to the hotel so Dad could get some zip-ties to piece the thing back together. It was too dark when we got to the hotel so he is out there this morning working on it. The good thing is Dad has the uncanny ability to rig things so that they work. Hopefully I didn't just jinx him writing that! Once we get things back together (fingers crossed!) we will be hitting the road to head to the Grand Canyon! It's about a 10 hour drive from here so hopefully we can make it there today and go to the park tomorrow. I also hope that nothing more happens to the Camero because I don't know how much more Dad can handle!
time enjoying a beautiful park when I practically have to jockey for position to take a photo! We stuck it out though and hit up some of the really touristy spots of Yosemite Valley and Glacier Point, which are touristy for a reason. The views were absolutely incredible. After Glacier Point, Dad and I headed to Mariposa Groves, which is where the huge sequoia trees are. When I say huge, I mean HUGE. It was so awesome to see them. I don't think pictures do them justice...you can't grasp how big they ar
e until you are standing next to them. Even then I felt like I was in some version of "Honey I Shrunk the Kids." While in Mariposa Groves, I talked Dad into a taking another hike (shocking since he is still complaining about the one at Yellowstone!). I told him it was only 1.6 miles round trip to the Giant Grizzly, a mammoth sequoia tree in the park (the diameter of the base is almost 30ft in circumference!) that is more than 2000 years old! Once we made it to the Giant Grizzly, I'm not sure what prompted us more to keep hiking...wanting to see more of the sights listed on the trail map or to get away from the crowds! Either way we kept going and by the end of the day ended up hiking probably around 6 miles. I think the best part of the day was when we got out into the middle of the woods where there was no one else around and we could really appreciate the park. Things went a bit downhill when we got back to the car. It seems someone had clipped the bikes (which are on a bike rack on the back of the car) with a side-view mirror (we're not positive that is what happened but that is all we could come up with) and had broken the rack and put a dent in Dad's bumper. The rack was still working but everything was crooked and probably wouldn't hold for the entire trip back. We stopped at Lowes on our way to the hotel so Dad could get some zip-ties to piece the thing back together. It was too dark when we got to the hotel so he is out there this morning working on it. The good thing is Dad has the uncanny ability to rig things so that they work. Hopefully I didn't just jinx him writing that! Once we get things back together (fingers crossed!) we will be hitting the road to head to the Grand Canyon! It's about a 10 hour drive from here so hopefully we can make it there today and go to the park tomorrow. I also hope that nothing more happens to the Camero because I don't know how much more Dad can handle!
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