Finally, after two years in North California, we were able to organize a week-end with eight of our friends at Yosemite National Park!
Yosemite is visited by over 3.5 million people each year, with most visitors only seeing the seven square miles (18 km²) of Yosemite Valley. Designated a World Heritage Site in 1984, Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, Giants Sequoia groves and biological diversity. About 89% of the park is designated wilderness...
We took off around 5 am saturday morning at two cars to drive the small four-hour drive that separate us from Yosemite. We lost our car's friend on the road and we were not able to find them later since none of our cell phones had coverage in the park...
Entrance fee is $20/per car (valid for seven days in the park), $40 for the Yosemite annual pass and $80 for annual pass to all Federal recreation sites. We chosed this last one since we plan to visit other parks this upcoming year.
It was a little foggy when we arrived at Yosemite which made the scenery even more beautiful.
Our first stop was to take pictures of El Capitan, the largest granite monolith in the world!
Then, we parked the car at Yosemite Valley where there is a small museum and an indian village to visit.
Hiking action started with the 3 miles (4,8 kms) of Mist Trail to go to the top of Vernal Fall, one of the few Yosemite waterfalls that is not yet dry. This trail is said to be strenuous in difficulty and 1,000 foot (305 m) in elevation gain.
We rested at the top to eat our picnic, surrounded by some kind of squirrels obviously very interested in what we were eating.
With fall season, trees shows beautiful yellow, red, pink colors.
It was the perfect time to visit the park.
On the road back to the parking, we found our four others canadian friends! As we were all tired, we went to the Mariposa Lodge which is located at one-hour drive outside the park (we booked two 2-queen-size-bed rooms x 1 night at $89/night + tax = $195.80, or $24.475/person...). The quality and cleanliness was quite good for this kind of hotel. I will recommend it.
Then, well, we slept...
Yosemite is visited by over 3.5 million people each year, with most visitors only seeing the seven square miles (18 km²) of Yosemite Valley. Designated a World Heritage Site in 1984, Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, Giants Sequoia groves and biological diversity. About 89% of the park is designated wilderness...
We took off around 5 am saturday morning at two cars to drive the small four-hour drive that separate us from Yosemite. We lost our car's friend on the road and we were not able to find them later since none of our cell phones had coverage in the park...Entrance fee is $20/per car (valid for seven days in the park), $40 for the Yosemite annual pass and $80 for annual pass to all Federal recreation sites. We chosed this last one since we plan to visit other parks this upcoming year.
It was a little foggy when we arrived at Yosemite which made the scenery even more beautiful.Our first stop was to take pictures of El Capitan, the largest granite monolith in the world!
Then, we parked the car at Yosemite Valley where there is a small museum and an indian village to visit.
Hiking action started with the 3 miles (4,8 kms) of Mist Trail to go to the top of Vernal Fall, one of the few Yosemite waterfalls that is not yet dry. This trail is said to be strenuous in difficulty and 1,000 foot (305 m) in elevation gain.
We rested at the top to eat our picnic, surrounded by some kind of squirrels obviously very interested in what we were eating.
With fall season, trees shows beautiful yellow, red, pink colors.
It was the perfect time to visit the park.On the road back to the parking, we found our four others canadian friends! As we were all tired, we went to the Mariposa Lodge which is located at one-hour drive outside the park (we booked two 2-queen-size-bed rooms x 1 night at $89/night + tax = $195.80, or $24.475/person...). The quality and cleanliness was quite good for this kind of hotel. I will recommend it.
Then, well, we slept...
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