It has been a little while since the last time I posted, but I only have one thing to write about really...so it's not that bad.
Two weekends ago, Eddie and I went camping in Yosemite. We went with our best friends here in Merced, a couple from our ward...Corrin and Ryan. Corrin is in the Young Women's presidency with me and Ryan works with the Young Men and is our chiropractor.
We went to Yosemite on Friday (May 7th) and came back on Sunday. We got there pretty late Friday night because we couldn't leave until both Eddie and Ryan were off work and we were lost for about 45 minutes trying to find our campground. Friday night after setting up our tents and making a fire in the dark we just hung out. We had smores and talked around the campfire. I was afraid Eddie and I were going to be cold because up in Yosemite at night during this time of the year is normally under 30 degrees. I brought 7 blankets plus our air mattress so we wouldn't have to sleep straight on the ground, we were nice and warm. I felt bad for Corryan (is how we abbreviate their name, heheh) because their air mattress deflated completely throughout the night, and Corrin was freezing! Overall it was a good night...no bears! ;)
Saturday morning we started our day with a delicious breakfast. We brought our little camp stove which was nice and very convenient. Corrin made delicious pancakes, Eddie made the bacon, I made the eggs, and Ryan was in charge of the fire and hot chocolates! We were nice and full and ready to start exploring the park.
(The tent in the background are Mr. and Mrs. Flintstone...we will never forget them! Let's just say that the camps were extremely close to each other, the walls on a tent are very thin, and they were not shy AT ALL!!!!!)
Anyway...
First the boys went fishing...or tried to at least. They didn't catch anything...well, kind of...Eddie caught a nice stick, hahah.
Then we drove around the park just to admire the BEAUTIFUL views and all of the creations of Heavenly Father...it was an awesome trip. Yosemite is surrounded by beautiful mountains, tons of waterfalls, lots of trees, lakes, rivers, etc... I was in charge of pictures so here you go...
Beautiful huh? My favorite part of the whole trip was visiting Bridalveil Falls, we didn't feel like doing a super long hike, some of us don't like hiking very much so we did this one, and it was nice and paved and easy and GORGEOUS! When we were going up we noticed that everyone was coming back soaked! It didn't make sense though because it was cold outside, there was no way in heaven that these people were playing in the water. Well, not too long after we understood. At the base of the waterfall it was like it was pouring rain. Bridalveil Falls is tall, big, and is a straight fall (not through rocks) and consequently just by standing close to it you get soaked. It was so much fun!! The pictures are not very good because the camera got a little bit wet, but it's the best I could do under the circumstances :) ...
Very cool isn't it? Well, we went back to camp in the afternoon and had Nathan's hot dogs (the best) for appetizers, then cooked a delicious foil dinner (Corrin's idea), and later we had some peach cobbler. Three-course dinner, not bad for camping eh? We played some games around the fire and talked for a while after dinner and then went to bed.
It was a great trip and I recommend it to anyone who ever comes to visit this area of California. You are welcome to stay with us if we're still living here... :) I hope you liked the pictures!
