For the first week of summer,
my family and I decided to go to Yosemite National Park. We left on June 15th.
It was a very long two day drive. We drove for a long time until we stopped at
a hotel in Fresno. The next day we continued to drive until we reached
Yosemite. The place we were living in was a place called "Curry
Village". It was like a village with tent houses. The interior of the
houses were a wooden frame. The exterior was water proof fabric. On outside, there is a bear box to keep our where bears can't get to it.
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| This is a tent in Curry Village. |
The first thing we did was
unpack all our stuff. We then took a rest because we were very weary from all
that driving and sitting. Next we went to the Visitor Center. In the Visitor
Center, it had a 3-D map of Yosemite Valley. It also had a 2-D map of the whole
Park hanging on the wall. I want to the section where it explains about
Yosemite's history. It was very interesting to learn all that stuff. On fact is
that John Muir founded Yosemite.
The next thing we did was to climb to
the top of the side of Yosemite Falls. We first climbed the right side of
Yosemite Falls, which was shorter than the left side. Then we decided to climb
the left side next and we did! All in all, it was very fun.
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| This is Yosemite Falls. If you look closely, you can see people climbing the slope. |
After that, we
went to Mirror Lake. Mirror Lake was shallow and the water was clear. You can
even see the refection of Half Dome! That is why they call it Mirror Lake. Mirror Lake's water is just melted snow from winter. People could wade in the lake too.
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| This is a section of Mirror Lake. |
The next day we went to Glacier Point. It is a steep
4.6 hike to the top. We spent seven hours hiking up the steep mountain but we
made it. The view was absolutely amazing. We then hiked down after we rested. The hike down was much faster and we got back at nine o' clock.
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| You can see Half Dome from Glacier Point. |
On Wednesday, we hiked to Vernal Falls. It was a 3
hour round trip, but it was easy. The water there was very fast and could sweep
you away. The top of Vernal Falls was very high up. About fifty yards away, there was a lake that supplied Vernal falls with water. Some people where even swimming in it!
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| Sometimes, you can see a rainbow while hiking to the top of Vernal Falls. |
After all, my trip to Yosemite was very exciting and
fun.
Have you ever been to Yosemite?
If so, which places did you visit?
