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In tune with nature | Yosemite National Park

Right, back to continue on our honeymoon adventures!


Don from the B&B recommended this 2h tram tour within the valley of the national park.  He said it is highly recommended as the park is huge; the tour takes you to see what you need to see, and afterwards you can do you own hiking.  Sounded good to us.  Admittedly we took our time to leave the B&B (those chats just never could end!) and we arrived close to 1130am which meant lots of time was wasted.  We booked our 2h valley tram tour at 3pm but with lunch thrown in between, plus the shortest hike is one hour, the timing really wasn't great for us.  Even though they provided free shuttle buses within the accessible part of the park during summer, it really took quite a bit of time to get from point A to point B.  K was really upset because he couldn't wait to hike but the 2h tour seemingly was disrupting our plans. :(



Anyway the tram tour was good because we saw the must-see things within the valley, and heard from the guide on how this park was formed, the different animals and trees, etc.. all pretty interesting.  I'll be honest to say that most of the people on the tour were older folks. heh.


I loved this photo spot the guide brought us to.


The avid hiker





K took a really good shot of our little friend here!  What a little poser.

Saw lots of squirrels in the park

We managed to do two simple hikes that afternoon which were not what K had in mind.  He wanted those in the forest with no proper walking path - even better if it involves climbing of some sort.

It's quite sad to know that the 4 year drought has reduced a lot of water bodies to their lowest point, including this river.

After a full day in the park, we headed home - again close to when it got dark

K wanted to do a proper hike the next day… next up, Hetch Hetchy Reservoir.  Seems never ending isn't it?!

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