Yosemite Park

I wanted to go to a National Park in the US for very long because they are, of course, entirely different from all the forests you can see in Asia and the landscape and climate is has also much more variety.

Two of us went coz the other's guy's girlfriend said she has a "bad feeling" and hen-pecked and no-backbone him withdrew from the trip. It was a 4 hour drive and it was my first time driving in such a beautiful scenery where its a sea of golden mellows everywhere along the route of California. No wonder they call California a golden state. So sunny and golden!!

We drove up the steep and windy road up the mountains and before we even enter the park the view was breathtaking. Huge waterfalls turn into rivers and huge mountains in the distance. We saw some unmelted snow on the ground too.





so we parked and explored the park and decided to hike up the yosemite falls. the upper one. The weather was so cooling that I didnt even sweat a bit.



It was a torturous 4 hour climb up and 2 hour climb down. My legs and body hurts so much, and that was that for the day.







Oh we stayed at Curry Village, which really like a campsite but with more amenities. they have like campfires and story tellings and there were no lights at all!



This is where we rested for the night and the night was FREEZING because we were like in a valley between two mountains. I think it went down to 0 degrees or somewhere near.

Second day was much simplier, we just walked and walked along the trails of the lower Yosemite Falls and we saw a deer along the way. I was hoping to see a bear or a mountain lion but no luck.

The whole park can be covered in 2-3 days and they have free shuttle bus from one place to another.
I love nature! Especially with pine trees all around, its so christmasy!

I hope to see some bears some day.