Yosemite
A couple weeks ago we attended the wedding of our friends Derek and Patty in Yosemite National Park. The newlyweds are both avid rock climbers who recently scaled the face of Half Dome, so the Yosemite valley was the perfect setting for them to tie the knot. It was a great party (with amazing scenery of course)! Congrats to the bride & groom; unfortunately we had forgotten our camera so I don’t have any photos to post. This is the first wedding we’ve been to with Leo, who I may have already mentioned is quite mobile these days - we spent most of the evening chasing him around…
We stayed for the rest of the weekend and hung out in the valley with our friends Bob and Rich, his wife, and their twin daughters. They graciously sent us some of the photos that they took, and I’ve posted a few of their pictures below…
Rich had rented a surprisingly nice house in a small housing community within the park called Foresta, so we were able to cook our own meals, do laundry, etc. Rich’s daughters had fun chasing Leo around the establishment, and Leo had fun playing with all of their toys. We managed some short walks with the kids - up to Bridalveil Fall, and down to a sequoia grove near the western park entrance. And we spent part of an afternoon hanging out at Sentinel Beach on the banks of the trickling Merced River, which was a great spot for the toddlers (OK, the grownups too) to splash around in the cool water for a while.
I must say that it was refreshing to see a sky full of stars. As we sat on the deck gazing up at the Milky Way cutting across the clear dark sky, I realized that I need to make a point of “getting away from it all” more often…