Yo Yosemite!

Well today started nice and early with a 5.30am dawn chorus in the tent, so up with the larks, quite literally!

After packing up the tent and hopping back in the car, we headed into Yosemite park proper, aiming to see all the big sights, take a hike then head back to our camp spot at Camp 4 for the evening. We got to the park and were stunned by the amazing sights - El Capitan, Half Dome, Yosemite Falls, each view incredible in its own right. 

Yosemite Falls

El Capitan

We even saw a baby bear crossing the path on the way to the falls, about 5 feet away, luckily he was a baby and mummy bear didn't come to find him... 

Baby Bear....

We then made our way to Camp 4 to find out that it was full for the night already but we didn't mind too much, plenty to see and lots of other camps to choose from. 

So we planned the rest of our day, Sherrie hiking up to Nevada Falls, Joanna to Mirror Lake. We both had a great time, then headed past Tolumne Meadows on the way out of the park and spotted some more wildlife, in the form of a Wolf who was fortunately distracted looking for dinner in the opposite direction.

We could have stayed at Yosemite for a few days longer doing all of the hikes and trails, but we saw so much in a day and are so excited about the rest of the trip that we headed out of the park and southwards. We passed through Mammoth Lakes, Mono Lake and headed down the 395 to Bishop where we found the lovely Vagabond Motel with much needed free wifi and continental breakfast! Night!

there are lots more pictures to see on the photo gallery page too...

Joanna and Sherrie