We started early on Wednesday by talking with my Uncle Charlie about things to see and do on our adventure, and then got on the freeway and headed down to the park. We stopped and ate at In N Out Burgers in Manteca, Ca. We stopped at our first farmers market in Cali and bought some fresh peaches, oranges, blueberries and Matt got a glass jar of honey with a real honeycomb in the middle. The girl who checked us out actually had an Aunt from Floydada, small world!
Here is a picture of The Don Pedro Reservoir right before we actually were in the park!
Here we are at the entrance to the park
Next we drove on some windy roads through the park where we saw our first waterfalls. Over and over again on this trip we heard so many people comment on the amount of water coming from the falls. California had record snow this year, and it is all melting and making for some wonderful falls to look and marvel at. In these pictures you can see a waterfall in the far background and the Merced River flowing from there.
We headed to Bridal Veil Falls first, we finally got a parking spot (there were LOTS of tourist from all over the world) as we began our walk up to the base of the falls we saw lots of SOAKED people coming down. The mist was heavy and the water flowing from the falls was powerful and beautiful!
Next we parked and began a walk around Yosemite Village, in the valley. And then headed up to the base of Lower Yosemite Falls. The mist was even more powerful at Lower Yosemite Falls compared to Bridal Veil.
Here is a look of Half Dome we took on our way home that night.
That was the end of our first day in Yosemite National Park. We ate some yummy Mexican food at a local place called Cocina Michocana in Groveland, Ca. Matt got some "marriage advice" from an old man who had retired in the area with his wife. Finally we headed to Jamestown, Ca to stay in our cottage for the night.
