As part of Spring Break this year, we booked a tent cabin at Camp Curry and headed to Yosemite.
As usual, our kids had a blast, and we hit basically perfect weather the whole time.
But my favorite part of the trip was before we hit the Yosemite Valley.
On our way, there were fields and fields of wildflowers that were so pretty. We just kept oohing and aahing, so as I drove, I turned off onto a dirt road to get a closer look.
We got out and started creating a bouquet of wildflowers that was so charming, that we put it in front of our tent cabin for the duration of our stay.
And every time Navy and I walked into our cabin, it made us extra happy to see the bouquet we had picked.
Another perk of our wildflower jaunt, was the rattlesnake that had been run over moments before — that was still rattling and amusing our whole car for fifteen minutes.
When we finally hit Yosemite Valley, it was as beautiful as ever.
The whole trip was packed with hiking, rock-throwing, story-telling, collecting, etc.
Another best part of the trip was the sleeping. Micah and I were worried about the sleeping arrangements with all of us in the same tent. But after days full of adventure, we showered up in the family bathroom, and then each kid got in their bed (or tent for Pippi) and listened as I told stories from when they were young, and I was young. And with a few songs to follow the stories, the kids were zonked out. And in the morning — they slept in until after 8am. About 5 minutes before their dad woke up.
On our way driving out, we stopped to see if we could see any climbers on El Capitan — and amazingly enough, we did!
It took so long for our kids to find the tiny specks of color on the mountain, but they were so satisfied and amazed when they did.
And this insanely beautiful picture was from one of our three stops on our way out of the Valley’s twisty roads.
Poor Scout was almost green he was so nauseous from the roads. But a quick walk through the fresh air and pine trees fixed him up pretty quickly.
But then Dash started having a sick tummy.
And then Navy.
But I am pleased to report that there were no “incidences” that had to be cleaned up in the car — or anywhere else for that matter.
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