Friday, March 18, 2016

Yosemite with Eli & Emi!


Nikko giving the air "high five"... Kai not looking, and their parents being silly...
... and their parents tagged along as well... After a fun ride towards the bug, we had a nice meal at the bug and met up with the Craigs.  We settled in quickly and got some rest for tomorrow.

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The kiddos enjoying a special hot chocolate in the morning after they ate their breakfast.
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we drove in to Badger pass for some snowplay...
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unfortunately the kiddos didn't want to get in the sled, and weren't cooperating... 
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so after approx 100 yards, we took a lunch break.  And I went on a quick 30 min sprint on my skate skis.  
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and made it back to make a snow man!  
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stopped at tunnel view on the way down to the valley so Nikko could soar!
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And quickly noticed the crowds and the cars lined up along the way waiting to catch a glimpse of the firefall... what a zoo...
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Hey... I got a good idea... let's go to the most beautiful place in the world... sit around for 6 hours and wait to catch a glimpse of the most photographed phenomenon... FOLKS... walk around.  Enjoy NATURE.  Not your camera... sheesh... yup... you just heard it here... forget your camera and enjoy it... 
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Yosemite Falls with it's huge snow mound at the base...
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site of our wedding...
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Kai and I skated around for an hour or so.  That was really fun.  We did see an older lady fall and probably got a concussion... I think folks should definitely wear helmets ice skating.  Much more so than skiing...
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On our way back, we had good timing as the traffic was insane... 

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... pretty cool...

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firefalls
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Crazyness...
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The next morning, we decided to hike out to Lower Yosemite Falls...
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Deer!
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Kiddos!
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Sleeping human!
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With a bobcat slowly approaching!
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Basking in the sun...
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The kiddos were singing Raffi the whole way home...
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nice sunset..


Firefalls
http://snowbrains.com/yosemite-national-park-where-a-waterfall-turns-into-a-firefall/

If I didn't discourage you enough... and you want to stand in the herd of photographers to catch the firefalls... check this out for an indepth look.
http://blog.aaronmphotography.com/2015/12/20/horsetail-falls-2016-yosemite-national-park/


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