It was so exciting to revisit Yosemite last week with Zach! I can't believe it's been over 20 years since I last had visited. I'm old! But this valley is even older and is beautiful! We made the 12 hr drive through Reno visiting family on the way and attending a good friends wedding in Yosemite. Beautiful weather and wonderful company made for a great road trip!
We first stopped off to see Bob, Sherri, Erin, and Cooper in Reno for a lovely pasta meal. Cooper was more then entertaining to the group. Sherri was being honored for winning the Silver Cup Golf Tournament (basically State Champion for Women in Nevada) that evening so we missed her for dinner but were excited for her award.
Zach and I headed out early the next morning for the journey to Yosemite via the Tioga Pass. We barely made it in time for the ceremony and frantically changed in the parking lot. Grant and Shawna are a beautiful couple and extremely in love. They treated the guests to a tour around the valley after the ceremony and a delicious dinner in the Ahwahnee, the historic hotel of Yosemite. Late that night we headed to our camp site only to find 4 climbers from BC had made themselves at home. 11pm at night didn't seem like a good time to negotiate camping spots but the next day we learned they were sweet young men following their climbing dreams. Yosemite is perfect for climbers and watching them scale up the side of El Capitan is a sport in itself. Wow!
Zach and I didn't have nearly enough time to do many activities in the park but next time I made him promise we will climb (hike that is) Half Dome. Looks right up our alley !
We headed north again for another stop in Reno to visit with Ben, Jeannie, Erin, and Luke. We managed to maneuver through a rather "Reno" Italian Festival downtown and then had drinks on the river. My mother made a delicious meal and we enjoyed conversation and part of the Ken Burns documentary on National Parks. We want to rent the series when it comes out because we haven't had time to watch them all. Lot's and lot's of pictures to share but only going to post a few...if you want more let me know :) Thanks to my wonderful family for hosting us as always!
2 comments:
You certainly know how to pack a lot into a long weekend! Great to see you and Zach. It was a lot of fun. xoxo
YOSEMITE RULES! Everyone deserves to see that place, it's amazing to say the least. Thanks S for the great roadtrip!
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