Blogs from Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, United States, North America - page 10

We were in the US at the time of wildfires, so there was no access to some parts of the Yosemite Valley. ... read more

Na ongeveer twee uurtjes rijden kwamen we vanmorgen aan in Yosemite National Park. Wat ons opviel is dat het er echt heeeel druk is. Maar Yosemite (uitgeproken als jossimmetie) is erg mooi. We zijn naar Yosemite vallei gereden, een mooie plek met verschillende watervallen, een beek met veel rotsen, mooie bergen etc. We wilden er eigenlijk vandaag wat meer rondkijken in het nationaal park, maar het was er zo druk dat we onze auto nauwelijks konden parkeren. Het leek wel of dat we bij de Efteling waren. Toch nog een klein stukje verder gereden, maar al snel zijn we richting uitgang gegaan. Na even rijden zijn we aangekomen in Groveland, een leuk cowboy stadje. Het stadje ligt even buiten Yosemite National Park. Morgen gaan we de natuur in! Waarschijnlijk gaan we aan de rand van Yosemite ... read more

Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes. Slept in today, but still had a full day in Yosemite Valley. It is quite possibly the most beautiful place that I have ever seen. There are giant granite towers on all sides, lots of water, and pine trees everywhere. Saw a bear when I was walking back from Lower Yosemite Falls. Vernal Falls was a hike, but completely awesome when I got to the top. Got a little bit wet from the mist coming off from that. Going to get something to eat tonight and take a soak in the hottub. Planning on going to the Tulomne Meadows area tomorrow.... read more

We were peeved to find that we had to put our name down and wait 15 mins to get a seat at breakfast. Breakfast itself was quite decent, albeit with limited options. We'd planned two hikes today. The 1st, Mariposa Groves to look at the giant sequoia trees. It's only a short drive from the Wawona Hotel and we arrived shortly after 9am. Armed with our $0.50 map, we head off to check out the main attractions. The trees are pretty damn big. Not quite as high as I'd imagined, but very thick trunks. Amazingly thick trunks. You'd have a hell of a time digging one of them out of your back yard! The grove is full of bloody big trees, and there's a bit of a hike between them. In all, we climbed 1000 ft ... read more

Yosemite is set up for people on short breaks that don't mind spending lots of money quickly. The price of accommodation in and just outside the park is stupid expensive, and once you´re booked into these places you´re held to ransom to eat in their overpriced restaurants because there's nowhere else to eat nearby. So me and Lynn stayed well away from all that in an little country town called Mariposa 43 miles from the park entrance. It was nice, nice and cheap and surrounded by mountain scenery. By luck when we visited Yosemite it was Spring and we found out that that has important benefits. In Spring glacial melt off the mountains feeds spectacular waterfalls into the valley that are all but gone by Summer. I think I read that two or three of the ... read more