Yosemite

[without Jess, Hannah, & Ammon?!]

Before Ammon was born, Jess suggested I take the kids to Yosemite after the baby’s born to give her some peace and quiet and b/c the kids LOVE Yosemite more than any place in this world.  So, with Grandma Becky here to be with Jess and the 2 youngest, Madi, Caleb, Lucy and I set out.

We try to go every year and tent camp in the valley.  Next year I want to go early in the season to experience the full flow of water in the rivers and waterfalls.

Although we missed our better 1/2, we had a great time …

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One of my favorite things …

Yosemite is one of our favorite places in the world. In high school, I almost died there during a spring break with a few of my closest friends. We got stuck in the snow up above on the panorama trail during an all day hike that turned into an all day and night adventure – including about 11 hours in our skivvies on top of each other for body heat surrounded by snow. I’ll have to share that story sometime …

Most recently, we’ve had a family tradition of camping there during the summers. This is a beautiful time lapse video of the park. Not really shown is my favorite part outside the valley itself … Toulemne Meadows. This is one video you need to see in full screen mode.