An Au Pairs Adventures: Yosemite National Park

I am so fortunate to have been able to see so many of Gods beautiful creations in nature. Yosemite National Park (pronounced yo-se-mi-tee) is definitely one to view in your lifetime, and I am so grateful that I was able to experience a whole weekend filled with hikes, waterfalls, walks, smores and fun in this beautiful park!

We left San Fran on Friday morning, and arrived at the park in the early afternoon. I was in such awe with the beauty of this place! We were in Yosemite Valley, so on both sides of the valley, there are rock faces, some up to 3000f (1km) high! The park is famous for its waterfalls and hikes and I was lucky enough to walk 3 of the falls.
We set up camp and I met the other 4 families that we were with. There were 10 kids, 10 parents and 2 au pairs, so our party was big! The camp site was right on the river and was among tall pine trees. It was very pretty. We didn't go on a hike on the Friday, but we walked to a waterfall called, 'Yosemite Falls'. It was exquisite! We went off the trail a bit and walked in the forest with all the kids.

That evening we made pizza on the fire and then had smores :)

The next morning we all went on a hike up Vernal Falls through the Mist Trail. Its called the mist trail as the falls are so heavy at one point that you get absolutely drenched walking past! The path was super steep and there were so many people on it! We saw many rainbows in the mist! It was a very tricky walk up the falls as it was very steep, but at the top it was BEAUTIFUL!! The water rushing over the edge flows at super speeds and the river before it is filled with rapids and sprays! You only realize how high you're hiked once you get to the top, and it was far!

We all had a picnic lunch at the top and relaxed there for about an hour. When you look back from where you've come, it seems really high-but when you look forward to the next fall, you look incredibly low!

The families all decided to take the kids back down, but the other au pair and I decided that we wanted to hike up to the next falls-Nevada Falls. This hike was a lot more strenuous and we had to hike over large boulders! It felt like forever before we got to the top, and we were finished!!! I feel like its one of my biggest accomplishments, and I truly got to view one of the most beautiful sights of all time! Again when we looked down, the Vernal falls looked super far down and far away!

We spent some time marveling at the view and greatness of it all!

It took us an hour to walk down back to the start.

That evening, the other au pair and I decided to go for a walk after dinner. We bumped into someone we met on the trail, and he told us that there is a party near by. We asked how it's possible, as you are not allowed to make a noise after 10pm, but as we came up close on the party, we noticed that it was none like we've ever been to!!
It was behind this MASSIVE rock, and everyone was wearing headphones and there was no music? We put on a pair and heard the DJ's music playing through them-it was a silent rave!! Was so so different! the dj was jamming and people were dancing, but when you took your headphones off, it was all to no music!! But we had lots of fun anyway!

We got n early start the next day and all had a picnic at the bottom of Al Capiton. The 1km high rick face. There were rock climbers on it, and it takes them 7 days to ascend! So they have these tents that hang from the cliff that they sleep in every night!.

It was a great weekend full of new and exciting things!!