Yosmite National Park

We had a grand adventure at Yosemite National Park in California. We arrived on a very crowded Mother’s Day. Happy Mother’s Day Mom! The first thing we saw was lots of really big waterfalls.

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Uncle Matt stopped at some near vistas and we got to see what names Yosemite Valley famous. The trees were a welcome break after weeks in the desert.

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The waterfalls seemed to get bigger and bigger as we explored.

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We visited the village area and checked out the museum and learned about Native Americans. I learned a lot about obsidian and tool making. It was cool that they used part of a deer antler to shape the obsidian! We also got to hold a real atl-atl.

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Up next we hiked the Lower Falls Trail to the base of the waterfall. Matt and I braved the rocks a bit to explore closer. I worked on my Jurnion Ranger badge by cleaning up trash as we walked along.

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Some people were nuts and walked right out to the raging waterfall and slippery rocks. We played it safe.

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There were some slack liners over the upper falls but we couldn’t get a good photo of those nutty people. We looked a park relief map and saw how many hiking trails were in the park.

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There were many trees down across a section of a smaller river. I begged to cross the river.

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I made it all the way without falling in or even getting my shoes wet.

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Yeah me!

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We took a trip out of the south entrance to see the Mariposa Groves aka Big Trees.

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This is a giant grove of sequoia trees. They are very fat but not that tall.

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I was tuckered a bit and lagged behind at my own pace for a long time.

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Finally catching up at the Grizzly Giant. It was gigantic!

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There is even a tree that people used to “drive” through with horse drawn carriages.

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More Big Trees.

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We earned ur Junior Ranger badges and patches.

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The badges are made of WOOD! No plastic like the other parks.

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