Our next stop at Yosemite was for 4 days 3 nights. 1st day was spent mostly travelling from LV to Yosemite. Looking for a place in Yosemite was tough! One of the major highway was closed due to major rock slide and this had narrowed down our choices for accomodation. Yosemite National Park itself is a huge place and it can take close to an hour to get to the point of interest in the park, such as the Yosemite Valley and the Glacier Point from the entrace, depending on which park entrance you are at. Still remember our last visit to the park, which was more than 10 years ago…the place we stayed took us close to 2 hours to get to the Valley and this time round we hope to minimise the travelling time with Mal around.
There were lodgings within the park but were more expensive. People here booked way in advance for trips like that and thus I guessed those cheaper and better ones were taken for those dates that we wanted. After a lot of time spent searching…finally we decided on the bed and breakfast place which was in Oakhurst, a town 2o minutes from the South park entrance. Travelling time to and fro the point of attraction in the park was much shorter than our previous visit…but still…tiring for Mal and the more elderly travellers in our group. So end up up most of them were sleeping while we drove through the park.
Luckily the point of attraction in the park was truely breathtaking and that more or less made up for the scenery that were missed along the way. Even for Mummy and Daddy who had been there before find the scenery awesome and the tiredness we suffered travelling became insignificant. Will let the pictures do the talking…
finally reached the valley…light at the end of the tunnel!!!
the famous Half Dome…guess you can tell why this name from the picture…
the Bridal Veil Fall…
?? and ??….look like honeymooners…hehehe
we are in the Yosemite Valley….
our 1st stop at Yosemite Valley …
Daddy had to stay at the car…cos Mal was sleeping inside…
if I could dig out the photo we took more than 10 years back at the same location…it will be fun to compare how much we had ‘aged’ or ‘matured’!!! too bad…they are all back in spore….
another familiar setting for the photo…
little white flowers…
this one was a different fall…it was the Yosemite Fall…
us…and Yosemite Fall
heehee…so who’s the one who come out with the pose??
another shot with the fall…
to get close and personal with the fall…we need to take a hike…taking break during the hike here..
it was hot and Mal was too tired to walk…lucky Daddy was there to carry him…
diaper changing time during the hike… so in touch with nature !!!
finally we reached the lower Yosemite Fall…
the water fall was huge and powerful… and with the wind…it felt like drizzling with water being blown our direction
standing here longer would make us drenched!
snack time!!! GOTCHA!
finally…a photo of us with the fall…this was the best shot out of the many we took…the photographer’s skill really sucks!
a walk to the restroom….SO SCENIC!!!!
leaving the Yosemite Fall…
looking back…you can catch a breathtaking view of the whole water fall…which consists of the upper and lower fall…
at the bus stop
waiting for a bus to take us back to where we park our car…arrrgghhh…time to call it a day….
guess what?!
yeah…our car tire punctured on our way back to the bed and breakfast place…luckily we had a spare tire and with Daddy skillful hand…the tire was fixed in 15 minutes time!!!
end of our 1st Day Exploration in Yosemite Park!!!
our 2nd day in the park…this time at Glacier Point..looking at the Half Dome from another angle
can you spot Uncle Eddy ??? Remind us that we are so teeny wheeny compared to the world of nature…
??and ?? and the big trees
wildflower…
Mal was coming down with a sore throat…Daddy thought that having cold ice cream will be a good substitute for his lunch…soothe his throat and fill his stomach…
lunch break for Mal…he had fried rice…due to his sore throat…he only ate a few mouth…
and a break for drink….
hey cool dude!
hey you calling ME? or the DOME??
it’s getting more difficult to take pic with this guy! Too cool to be photographed!
the brave pose…
another brave pose…mummy’s legs were shivering….cos if you will to turn and look down…omg! will make mummy’s leg turn jelly!
daddy and mummy and the dome…
daddy and mummy and the valley
uncle Eddy and ?? and the valley
?? and ?? and the valley
us hiding in the shade under a big rock while waiting for rest to finish with the photos…
another hike …this time to see the big trees in the park…
this tree fell down 300 years ago….look at the huge root! We took photo at the same spot more than 10 years ago!!! Now Mal was here to take the picture with us!
Mal playing with the water in a small stream we saw along the way to see the giant tree
wild deer we saw along the way…
finally we saw the Grizzly Giant who was 2000 over years old…after a long hike…3 cheers to Daddy who had carried Mal ALL THE WAY!!!
after the Grizzly Giant…?? and Uncle Eddy proceed to see another giant…this time this giant has a big hole in it which can fit the size of a car! ?
the rest of us were too tired to continue the hike..it was only about 400 meters away…but the the upslope was too much for the elderly and Mal…
finally a picture with the deer on the way back to the car…
all ur travel pics are awesome! really tempting. but guess if we wld to go over, u’ll be tired of gg to these plcs liao. sob sob…got to be on our own then, sigh.
really, u have made good this stay in USA!
don worry…there are many many places in US that we have yet to visit…