I’m sharing part II of our Yosemite trip and a few pictures from a day in San Francisco with my family.  Yesterday’s post featured pictures from our first two days at the National Park and today I am giving you a look at the historic Wawona Hotel and the giant Sequoias in the Mariposa Grove.

The hotel was about a forty minute drive up into the mountains from the valley floor.  We stopped to take pictures of the main structure and the cottages on the property and decided to stick around for lunch.  It was the best meal that we had during our three days at the park.  I had homemade tomato basil soup and a little bit of Chris’ roasted turkey club sandwich with avocado.

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I’m back to my normal routine this week after a fun week with my parents are older brother last week.  They stayed for 8 days and I had a jam-packed schedule for them.  Normally I let our guests relax but it was my brother’s first visit to California and he had a lot of sites on his wish list.  He wanted to see Pebble Beach, Carmel, Monterey Bay, Yosemite, Big Trees, Tahoe, and San Francisco and I tried my best to fit everything in.

Yosemite was definitely the highlight of the week, we spent 3 days at the National Park.  None of us had been there before and we couldn’t believe how beautiful and magical it is.  My pictures hardly capture how grand it really is, there is a stunning view around each bend and all of the waterfalls were running full force.  It really seemed surreal at times.

Because the park can be so busy this time of year I set up our reservations to stay back in January.  I did a lot of research and ended up finding a great room for us at Yosemite View Lodge.  We had a two room suite with two bathrooms a kitchen and a large balcony over the river.  The lodge had a nice restaurant where we had breakfast and dinner and we were able to pack a cooler with lunch goodies.  I would highly recommend staying at the lodge, it is just a few miles from the north gate of the park.

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Chris and I headed up to Napa for a quick trip late last week and we had such a great time.  We wanted to get up there before it gets too crowded this summer and before the winter special ends at Indian Springs Resort.  They offer discounted rooms and free mudbaths from January to April.

Business is going really well for Kuzak’s Closet and it is just going to get busier so it was good timing to go.  I needed a few days to chill out.  April is already full booked with organizing sessions and 4 estate sales and May is booked out until the last week, crazy!  I am so blessed to be able to get paid to do what I love!

I brought my DSLR camera to Napa but I never got it out of the case.  Instead I snapped pictures on my phone so I could edit them in Instagram.  On this trip we hit all of our favorite places and tried a few new restaurants and wineries along the way.

This is the picture I took after we dropped Harper off at Klub K-9 Doggie Daycare, I was so excited to hit the road!  We made it in record time, only a 90 minute drive…

Our first stop (after some brief Napa outlet shopping) was at Bottega.  It is my favorite place to splurge on a great meal.  Everything on the menu is great!  We had grilled short rib meatballs, calamari, spring risotto, lamb pasta and homemade donuts, yum!

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