Since I first saw it in my animals of north america class, I always wanted to go to Yosemite National Park. After graduating and thanks to the generosity of my family, I was finally able to go and even brought my brother along.

I booked a room at a very nice place called the Tenaya lodge. The room was nice with very comfy beds and a spacious bathroom. They had a couple of restaurants there and the food was fantastic! Every morning we got the free buffet to load up before being outdoors all day and in the evening we got our choice between a upscale dinner or the bar-grill. Both were nice, but the bar-grill was the best with the massive burgers that you could choose the toppings. They even had a ricotta cheesecake that was delicious.

So for about two days we got to explore the park. We went to the Mariposa Groves where they have the giant sequoia trees that towered the other trees and had been growing for thousands of years. needless to say they were beautiful. Too bad we got lost and ended up spending a good 5 hours there lol.

When we entered the main park, the Tunnel View point was breath taking. You could see the entire valley and it almost didn't look real. It was like someone painted it as a backdrop. Thankfully the waterfalls were flowing so it broke that illusion.

We mostly explored the waterfall areas of the park. We looked at Brideveil falls, climbed all the way to the base of the lower yosemite falls, and hiked up to Vernal Falls. Vernal falls was the best because not only could we see the massive valley and it had beautiful rainbows emerging from the base, but I managed to climb there with a cold.

Yes, I said a cold. i kind of got sick on the trip. It didn't bother us too much, but we weren't able to see much because I got so tired I was almost falling asleep on strangers on the shuttle. Not the worst thing as it turn out the rain was coming in and we got out before it. Also it left us with more to explore the next time we went.

It was a great trip. I not only got a ton of good exercise and got to see some wonderful sights, but I got to spend time with my brother who I usually don't see for more than a couple days a year. All in all, it was a fantastic and memorable time.

I'll be posting pictures too.