We arrived at Yosemite and weren't sure what to expect. We knew that Yosemite was a huge name when it comes to national parks but couldn't think of what it was known for. When we entered the park there was a long drive to Yosemite Valley. You have to drive through a mile long tunnel to get there, but once out of the tunnel you are greeted with a beautiful overlook of the valley. This was one of my favorite spots to see. This park was one of the most populated parks we've been to thus far. It made it very hard to enjoy the nature with all of the traffic and people to get around. Aside from that there were no complaints about how gorgeous Yosemite is. We hiked to Bridal Veil falls which was a waterfall that dropped off of the mountain top 617 feet down into the river below. There were tons of boulders and rocks at the bottom of the falls that the tourists were climbing all over to get a closer view. These rocks were dry but very slick because they were polished over time by people climbing all over them. We also drove to Glacier Point to get a view of the mountains / rock faces. You could see the upper and lower Yosemite Falls from this lookout. they were so small visually compared to the landscape surrounding it from this perspective. We did not stay at this over look too long after we read a sign that said the squirrels and some other wildlife were recently infected with the PLAGUE and to stay clear from them. This wasn't a chance we were willing to play around with so we got some photos and left. Apparently there was a 4 mile hike down to the bottom of the mountain to see Glacier Point Lake among the mountains. As beautiful as this sight probably was, we called it a day at Yosemite.
