Friday, September 22, 2006

Conquering Half Dome and El Capitan


Half Dome
Originally uploaded by hyuhan.
Well. Not quite. But we did conquer our first trip to beautiful, picturesque Yosemite National Park with the girls. And we did brave the steep hike to Vernal Falls. The girls even walked a large portion of the hike, which is rated "Moderately difficult." This is a major feat considering that the difficulty of those hikes in the books are not rated by preschoolers. We have two future mountaineers in the making. Yosemite is hands-down my favorite national park. I could not stop taking pictures and staring at the 360 degrees of beauty. Here are only a few highlights from our excursion.

I think my favorite moment from our 3 day trip was renting bikes and catching all the wildlife and scenery along the Yosemite valley with the girls in their little bike trailer. For Joe I think it was the thrill of being the fastest car in the park, twisting through the windy roads in a minivan (I'm sure it would have been more exhilarating in a Ferrari, but then, where would we put the kids?). For the girls, it was probably swimming at the hotel and sipping hot cocoa while watching Dora from our hotel room. It was truly a trip for the whole family to enjoy.

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