What I Did on My Spring Vacation

Remember the good ole days when the teacher would have the whole class write an essay about what they did on their summer vacation? Well, I'm not going to go that far, but I thought I would share highlights of my trip to Yosemite with my family and my boyfriend.


The first night that we were there it snowed! I'm a Southern California girl so I've only seen it snow once before. This snow was so big and fluffy! It felt like we were inside a snow globe. 

(This is the view from our hotel room)

We layered on all our clothes and went out for breakfast at the Ahwahnee Hotel so that we could enjoy the fresh snow from their floor to ceiling windows in the dining room, not to mention their delicious food. Yosemite Valley has an amazing shuttle system. All the buses are hybrids and take you anywhere you'd want to go around the valley. So we simply got on a shuttle and were dropped off at the door of the Ahwahnee.

To work off just a few calories we decided to take a "hike" to some waterfalls. It's "hike" because most of the trails are paved and aren't too strenuous. 

(the boyfriend and me in the upper left hand corner and the sister and me in the lower right hand corner)

We enjoyed the Yosemite museum and as we walked out of the short film Spirit of Yosemite the sun was shining and melting some of the fresh snow. Which revealed that Spring was really trying to reveal itself.

The whole trip was really a mixture of good food, relaxation, family bonding time and appreciation for nature. I can't thank Galen Clark and John Muir and all of the many people that came after them for preserving such an amazing piece of land.