This is the map of our hike. Our hike is highlighted in blue. It's hard to tell the river from our hiking trail so I am pointing to a portion of our trail on the map.
Matt at the beginning of the hike.
The incline was like this or steeper for 4.6 miles. The combination of this incline and the thinner air was exhausting! Do you see the bird on the path? We saw a lot of those. It almost looks like a Blue Jay but it's head is black and it's body is blue. They were beautiful!
This was our first rewarding view on our hike.
A second rewarding view.
We stopped at Glacier Point to refuel with food and water. The view was amazing and even better than the day before because we earned the view by hiking all the way up!
This crazy squirrel kept trying to take our food. It would get a foot or less from us. We kept throwing rocks in it's direction and yelling, hoping to scare it off. Nothing worked, we fought him for a good 10 minutes or more. Here he is hiding in the bushes behind us, waiting for the perfect moment to surprise us with an attack! Luckily we were able to out smart him!
Taking one last look of the view before beginning the second part of the hike.
The second part of the hike was downhill for the first 2 miles, we were feeling awesome!
Matt was very amused with the size of this pinecone. Our amusement didn't last long because after the 2 mile downgrade we had another 1.6 mile upgrade.
The upgrade took us to the top of this waterfall!
We then had to climb to the bottom. This is where we met the mass Memorial Day weekend crowd. For the last two miles of our hike we had to dodge a large number of people. After an all day hike, our patience was very thin and we became annoyed rather quickly with the large crowd of people!
Despite the crowd, the view was lovely!
This is us waiting on a shuttle to take us back to our car after our long hike.
It was a mess getting out of the park! Note to self: never go to Yosemite on Memorial Day weekend.
Our hike was long and exhausting and it didn't end in the most pleasant way (having to dodge the crowds and waiting in traffic for hours). Regardless, we are glad we did. It was such a great way to see the park! We even met a fellow Ohio State Alumni on our trip! He graduated from OSU in the 80s and he played in the marching band. Matt's dad was in the marching around the same time. We told him Matt's dad's name and the instrument he played and the guy seemed to remember Matt's dad! It was a neat connection and it showed just how small the world is!
After our strenuous day yesterday, we are spending all day today driving from Yosemite to Zion National Park!
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