Wednesday, June 18, 2008

As for the rest of the trip...

First, I thought I'd post a photo of Half Dome, since some of you may not even know what it is. Basically its this big rock that makes up part of the valley. It's called half dome, because it is simply that. Half of a dome. It's got a very flat face. And for some reason I'm totally obsessed with this big rock. We hiked all the way from the elevation of this photo (valley floor) to the very top!
On Friday afternoon, we arrived around 1pm. After setting up our campsite, we decided to wander the valley floor. It was kinda warm so we thought we'd go for a swim at Yosemite falls (okay not a swim really, since it is snow melt and that water is cold).
But by the time we got there we were cooled off by the mist. Next we wandered around for a few more photos of the valley floor, but the lighting wasn't very good since it was the middle of the afternoon. I did the best I could. Then we gave up and headed back to camp. We bought some california cheese (good cheese comes from happy cows!) on the way up the highway. We stopped at this shop where they make cheese, you even get to watch the California cow commercials! So we decided to have wine and cheese as an appetizer and play some uno.
Then it was off to the river to soak our feet that would be oh sooo sore the next day and enjoy more wine. After dinner, we were both pretty tired. We purposely didn't get much sleep the night before so we could go to bed early. So after a little campfire and some marshmallows it was off to bed (~9pm).
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This week we finally decided to have our front patio done. We are getting stamped concrete where our HUGE flower bed was. This thing was such an eyesore. We are just not home enough to keep up with it, so it basically turned into a weed infested area. But it's all gone now and the patio should be done shortly. in fact we don't even have a sidewalk anymore! I'll post photos once its done. I can't wait to be able to sit out there on weekend mornings.

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