Esther at the campground blowing raspberries and getting a lesson on thrumming her lips with her fingers from my dad!
Poor Elliot! He is SO allergic to mosquito bites! Look at his eye all swollen from a bite he got on his upper forehead!
Adrian in front of Vernal Falls
A real trooper, Darin that is! Look at those granite stairs we climbed! It was probably half a mile of just straight up!
We made it to the bridge.... only .7 of the way! Now, on to the top!
Esther's carriage
Darin at the Glacier Viewpoint with Half Dome in the back.
Esther and Miranda with Nevada Falls in the background.
The Yosemite Valley from Glacier Point
The view from Glacier Point with Half Dome in the background.
It doesn't matter what the warnings say, he'd climb it anyway!
A cool dip in the stream below Yosemite Falls.
Lower Yosemite Falls
The Family at the Tunnel View Point. Breathtaking!
So, on Tues after the wedding, my parents joined us for a trip to Yosemite, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia National Parks. The drive was kinda long, but it is worth it. I have decided to make it a new life goal to visit all the national parks in the US before I die. We'll see....AK has a lot of parks! Maybe I can knock off two life goals at once and visit Alaska AND the national parks there. AK is the last state I have to visit of the 50 states to complete the life goal of visiting all 50 states. Anyway... Yosemite was pretty, but I've decided that Zion is just as pretty, closer, and less crowded. We camped there for 3 nights and saw all the sights you can see for such a short visit. We took a hike to see Vernal Falls. It took us 6 hours to do the 3 mile round trip. It has 1,000 feet of elevation gain in a mile and a half. So, it took a while to hike it with the 3 kids in tow...or rather, to carry them! Darin carried 80 pounds of kid for at least a mile and a half of the 3 miles! Way to go, Darin! It was STEEP!
