Friday, April 18, 2008

We got off to a good start as Aidan woke us up at 7:00 on the dot. It looks like he waited for his clock to say 7:00 before coming back to our bed! We had some breakfast, and planned to head to the showers by the playground so Aidan could play while we took turns showering, but those were under construction. We ended up in a different section of the campground, but Aidan managed to entertain himself with pine needles and gigantic pine cones. We had a minor mishap when the grey water backed up through the shower floor. Guess we need to pay the $5 to dump in this park after all! We stopped by the general store to register and buy firewood, and pay to dump. Finally we were on our way to Yosemite National Park. We quickly discovered that our 20 mile drive into the camp was going to take a lot longer than expected, since it was all mountain road. Also, we had to drive through quite a bit of the park itself to get to Yosemite Valley, where all the major points of interest were. We wanted to make sure to hit the busy spot today, rather than on a weekend. It took us about 2 hours total to get from our RV park to Yosemite Valley. Part of the road was under construction in the park, though, so we had to wait about 30 minutes as they let oncoming traffic through. Fortunatly we had a nice view of the river. We stopped at a roadside pulloff to have lunch then take a short hike to Bridalveil Fall. Aidan liked the fall, and wanted to go back so “Aidan and Daddy and Mommy more wet!” We drove on to the valley, where we visited the General Store, saw a short film about Yosemite, and took a shuttle bus to the Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls overlook. They were pretty amazing. By that time, we had to start heading back home if we wanted to build a campfire for dinner. We headed back to Yosemite Pines, where Dave built a fire while Becki got pizza sandwiches ready to build. Aidan helped make his sandwich, and actually ate almost half of it, too. He did really well around the fire. We sat out and enjoyed the fire, then headed in for a little computer time before bed.