This day we explored Yosemite. We started in the Visitor's Center to plan our day. The first hike we chose was to this waterfall.
The upper and lower falls together make this the tallest waterfall in North America. Pretty cool.
While we were wandering and hiking, the older three kids got to climb. Tyler took them on a little climb and they thoroughly enjoyed being able to scramble around.
After that adventure, the kids were a little hot so we headed back to our van for lunch.
After lunch, we got some more coffee and headed back over to the Visitor's Center to learn a little about how the granite formation of Yosemite were formed. Oooo, ahhh.
Then we took a walk through the meadow where we had a nice view of Half Dome.
Again with Half Dome.
After that, we walked to a beach along the river. It was a much longer walk than I had anticipated when I suggested it. We also planned on wading across the river there to get to our van. The river was too deep. So I left Tyler and the kids to play in the river while I took a long walk back to our van. Only one kid ended up drenched from falling in the river. We'll call it a win.
We stopped as we drove out of the valley to admire the view.
After that, we took yet another hike. This time we were going to see a grove of sequoias. Each of the kids found a walking stick for the hike.
After much, much walking we found a sequoia!
This is a dead sequoia that someone long ago cut a tunnel through. This used to be a road so cars could drive through the tree.
After our very long walk down to the grove, we had a very long walk back up. The little boys weren't able to handle it so they were carried. Tyler even carried both for a bit.
And then we both carried one. It made for quite a workout.
So by the time we got back to our site for dinner, we were hungry! Mmm...hot dogs over the fire never tasted so good!
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