Detoy, Erin and I left on Friday morning and soon got stuck in some pretty slow traffic on the freeway. We passed the time playing car games [thanks Detoy] and asking ridiculous "would you rather?" questions.
We stopped at In 'N Out for lunch and got back on the road for the last leg of the trip. Gaaaah, it seemed to take forever to get there!
We were super stoked to finally be in the mountains with all the trees and fresh air. The view was amazing as we got higher. We reached our campground, which was about half an hour outside the valley, and set up camp before it got too dark. We were high-rollers and had steak and corn-on-the-cob for dinner.
We were super excited to explore the next day. We started off driving a billion miles to Glacier Point and taking a billion [incredible] pictures. You can see everything from Glacier Point and it was really cool to see Half Dome, a hike we would conquer the next day.
That same day, we drove down to the valley and parked in Curry Village to do a hike. We decided to hike the Upper Yosemite Falls trail, though we didn't go all the way up. The trail was basically a ton of steep rocky stairs, arranged in switchbacks that went on forever. It was a shock to my not-in-shape body, but the views at the top were amazing and totally worth the 6-mile round trip hike. We could see where we started the trail, which was waaaaaaay down there, and had the views of all three waterfalls.
We got back to the bottom of our hike and were desperate to jump in a cold river. Detoy was the first brave one to get in...that water was freaking ICY cold. Though painful at first, it was refreshing to numb our bodies after the long hike.
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