Things to do in Yosemite

You don't need me to tell you there are many wonderful and varied things to do in Yosemite. Here is a little snapshot of what The Kwon Family likes to do in Yosemite besides play a thousand rounds of Scrabble. Sorry...Kwon/Abell Family.

We like to get free food. Free gourmet, organic, food. Here is my mom making nice with the carrot cake ladies in order that Jane and Sean can go back later and pretend they never got any. It was that good. Why did we get free food at Yosemite? Because it was Earth Day. And Mother Earth likes to give us food.

Later that day we hiked to the top of Vernal Falls. This hike includes over 500 steps to the top. We lost my mom somewhere around step 50 as she proceeded to give back to Mother Earth the lunch from that day. Well, she gave it a good go. My dad gallantly stayed with her...or rather sat glumly as the rest of us passed them by. My dad has made it to the top a few years before, and thus, he was bummed he could not prove how fit he still was at 62.

After this hike, we went on a small trail to Mirror Lake. To Jane's dismay the trail we went on was the horse trail. We spent 1.5 miles tramping around in horse doo-doo. The other side had people. We could not get to the other side. We came back in more doo-doo. This was not our favorite trail and no one took pictures.

Later that night...it snowed.

And snowed.
And snowed.

I think we were the only car that brought snow chains that weekend. My dad was quite proud of himself at his preparedness as about 50 cars behind us stood in a long line having to either turn back or spend $80 getting snow chains right there. Also, they had to wait for everyone else to buy and put on chains. We sped right on through. No other car made it, and we pretty much had the whole road to ourselves on our way back. My dad is one smart dude. We laughed at all the other cars. Jane and Sean wisely took the southern route as Sean assessed they might need snow chains on the northern route. Again. The Kwon/Abell clan wins.