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.
