Yosemite National Park should be on everyone’s “Things I must do before I die” list! It is so beautiful. There are miles and miles of hiking trails. We came in from the east side, Tioga Pass. It just opened three days ago due to the winter weather. It normally does not open until late May. The mountains are stunning. Some of them are surrounded by streams and waterfalls. Just beautiful.

I think we took just over 300 pictures. Unfortunately, I can’t post them all, but you can at least get a taste.

We saw lots of climbers, which made me jealous. I want to climb those rocks! (Mityob, are you reading this?!?) They move very slowly (not like at the rock climbing gym). I guess that’s because they go thousands of feet and not eighty.

It’s hard to give one part of the park preference over another; it’s all so grand. I really liked the drive in from the East side where it is high (altitude) and still very snowy and cool. Some of the mountain views there made me cry (well, almost). On the other hand, the waterfalls and streams were also eye-wetting (hah!). So, I wish we had another day to do some more hiking (Char is glad we don’t—I like the 8-10 hour hikes, she likes the 1.5 hour hikes). But it was a great trip. Give yourself three days if you like to hike; you could spend years here.

Find more pictures here: http://www.onetwopi.com/pics/Day6/