Well I had a FANTASTIC time in Yosemite. Nick, Major, and I all stayed at the Yosemite View Lodge. We got this fantastic two night deal through Living Social. The hotel was great! It was right on the river, had a fireplace, and a hot tub in the room! Overall it was about the size of our apartment so it was just enough space for us. The lodge was about 2 minutes from the park entrance. We did not go into the park because we are going to be camping there in about a month, so we just enjoyed a relaxing time at the lodge instead.
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| This is a photo when the sun has not completely gone down but the moon was already out. It was really nice to be able to see some stars- it is really hard to see them in downtown. |
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| I think Nick took this one. It was when the sun was just coming over the mountain the first day there. |
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| Close up of the river- the water was beautiful- but FREEZING! |
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| Nick, Major, and me when we walked down to "test the water". Even Major put his little paw in. |
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| This is a little farther up river. The stones here were more like boulders. |
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| This curious little guy came to visit out balcony on our last night there. He was not afraid of us or Major. The photo is really fuzzy but he sat there cleaning himself, yawning and stretching for about 10 minutes. That was our only wildlife encounter on this trip. ^.^ |
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| This was the morning of our last day there. I took some photos between the rain. We made sure to take off before the cold rain and wind turned into snow. |
Here is a video off our balcony at the hotel. The river sound was so soothing. I wish we could have kept it open at night...but raccoons were around.
On the way back to LALA land the wind was so strong Nick was playing "frogger" with the tumbleweeds and the car. I wish I could have snapped some photos- but everything was going to fast with the high winds.
I also snapped some photos so that I could use my photo panoramic program. This is the river outside the hotel- you can see it from the balcony.
So we had a beautiful time and I cannot wait to go back next month to go camping!
