The Mousepods' Yosemite Trip

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Heather and I went to Yosemite for the weekend. Last October, we stayed and Curry Village, and while it was charming and all, I decided that for this trip - which was my anniversary gift to Heather - we should stay in a room that had heat and a bathroom, so we stayed at the Yosemite Lodge at the Falls.

We walked around the valley floor on Friday evening, and generally hung around and gazed at the Lower Yosemite Falls (since they're fed from the snow pack, they were dry last October).

Saturday was overcast in the morning and rainy in the afternoon, so we took the Mist Trail up to Vernal Falls (and a little beyond, but not all the way to Nevada Falls).

On Sunday, we decided to do as much of the Valley loop as we could (Glacier Point and the Panorama Trail are still closed for the season), and we wound up walking out past Mirror Lake - we'd never gone beyond Mirror Lake in the past, it was one of the most beautiful hikes we've ever taken.

No bears this time, just plenty of birds, deer and squirrels.

Here are a few snapshots: