Yosemite

Daniel took leave this week and we were able to go up to Yosemite National Park. It's about a 2 1/2 hour drive from our house. We stayed at the Tanaya Lodge. It was beautiful up there. We took lots of pictures and I am really sorry that I posted so many pictures, I just want to let everyone see what we saw.

We stayed in the Cottages. The Tenaya just got them back in December.

This was the balcony that we had.We went for a walk around the Cottages and found a little garden in front of one of them.

They had a playground we played on.

The swimming pool

The arcade was painted.

They had all sorts of things in the lobby. There was a cool thing over the doors. It had a minature cabin displayed with deer and trees around it. I tried to take a picture, but the window behind it let in too much sun light to get proper lighting.

We had a little walk to get to the pool so Daniel had to put his socks and shoes on.

Daniel spent some time figuring out which way was best for carrying Emma in the snugli.
We went on a guided tour. We got on a bus at 8:30 am, which took us through the Park. We made several stops and learned information about the Park. It was a great way to learn about the history of the park and the interesting areas to visit. We saw some Sequioa trees.

Snow flowers

This one is the biggest one, with branches that are 6 feet around.

A long time ago, people cut tunnles in the trees to get carts around easier.

We saw some deer when we stopped to get pictures on a waterfall.

Bridalveil Falls
We got to go right up to it.

Yosemite Valley

Yosemite Falls
We got to go right up to the bottom of it.

This is one of the hotels that is in Yosemite Valley. You have to pay lots to stay here around $400-$1200 a night.

Half Dome

The next day we went thourgh the west entrance so we could see new things.

Rock tunnel

Yosemite Valley from Glacier point.