Yosemite

I heard last week that on Thursday, Yosemite was having a "free entrance" day for Veteran's Day. I thought, what a perfect way to go to the park without paying the $20 to get in. So I got all packed on Wednesday and we were ready to leave when David got up in the morning.

On Thursday morning, I made a big breakfast, sack lunches and got the boys in their warm clothes.

The drive was okay, until we got into the park itself. There was road construction so that held us up another 30 minutes, so the boys were super anxious to get out of the car. We made it to our first destination at 1:15.

After our first hike, we had a picnic lunch on some broken tree branches and we were off again. We walked around the little corner store and looked at nik-naks and hikes some more. We had so much fun! The boys weren't excited about having to hike the "easy" trails, but we will wait to hit the more exciting ones for a couple years and when our pending medical bills are paid off.

All in all it was a great trip. On our walk back to the car, we saw some deer walking and eating just off the path. It was amazing. The boys were in awe of the wild animals that they have only seen on TV. Will we do this again? Yes. Will we try to spend the night next time? Yes. it was a really long drive!