Woke up today to a nice hot shower, the first one with working hot water in a while. This morning we woke everyone up early and got all of our stuff packed up quick because we had heard that there was free donuts and coffee in the morning and we all wanted to get our hands on that before we went hiking up in Yosemite. Turns out that those donuts were for "Memeber" only, which stunk. Undeterred we decided to walk up the hill a bit and try to find some kind of breakfast at the convenience store on the corner there. To our luck, the store was closed and wouldn't open for another hour, and we only had a couple of minutes before we had to leave. Hungry and agitated we walked back and met up with Tait, we all piled into the vans and headed out. We stopped for gas and to put air in the tires on the way so we finally thought this was our chance to grab some grub at the gas station. NOPE! the place was closed until 9, a whole hour later, we were beyond aggravated at this point and the drive into Yosemite was one filled with yawns, groans, and heavy eyes.
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| El Capitan |
A couple of miles away along the road the massive granite peaks began to peek out over the horizon, Half-Dome and El Capitan were visible, side by side at the right angle from where we were along the road. As we got further into the park, there was a stretch that put you right next to the face of El Capitan which was truly a wonder to see. If you looked hard enough you could see a couple groups of people who had bivvy'd out on the face for the night and were slowly ascending the mountain.
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| A look at the mist trail from atop the waterfall |
Our chance for sustenance came once we got into the park and we all disbanded for lunch and to check out the shops. Everyone grabbed some and some cool things to bring home and we all met back up at the van. We finished our lunch and headed into Yosemite Valley. We did an awesome hike up the mist trail which had us walking up rock stairs and boulders all alongside a giant waterfall that sprayed you with mist the whole time. We did a bit more hiking at the top of the waterfall before heading back down.
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| Farther upstream |
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| On the Misty trail |
From what I head among the group this was many peoples favorite hike, personally, I thought there was too many people and it reminded me of waiting in line for a roller coaster at six flags. Nonetheless, it was a great time and after we got to the vans we headed out to meet up with Taits friend Mike who was kind enough to let us sleep at his farm for the night. We went to the store and bought burgers, buns, and some other cooking supplies and Mike let us use their grill to cook everyone dinner while him, his wife, and Tait all went out for dinner. It was a nice relaxing night just cooking and hanging out with everyone.
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| Photo of the class on the mist trail |
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