Here is the view as we came out of a tunnel and started heading to the valley. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Pictures also don't seem to do justice as if you were actually there in the park.
The rocks were also awe inspiring just seeing the marks, colors, and height, it honestly didn't seem like they were real.
El Capitan is very popular for rock climbing. Yosemite supposedly has the best rock climbing school around. A lot of people would just sit on the ground and watch the rock climbers. El Capitan is famous for is massive bulk of largely unbroken rock and its sheer, vertical face soaring 3,000 feet into the air. This monolith is composed of a particularly durable granite, allowing it to withstand the pressures of glaciers and erosion.
Bridalveil Falls. It was a nice little hike to walk up to the falls. The sound of the water fall was awesome! When we were walking up to the falls people probably thought we were crazy because we were just wearing t-shirts. Everyone else was in coats... but people in California are also pretty wimpy as well. However the water was very cold, you could just feel the coldness from the water, but it wasn't bad. We also couldn't believe how fast the water was moving, you definitely wouldn't want to fall in.
When we were at Bridalveil Falls we couldn't believe the sound and how loud it was. We wanted to capture that magnificent sound without getting the camera too wet. We just did a short video because the mist clouds at the falls was quite large and wet.
Once we got done seeing Bridalveil Falls we drove a little further to go more into the valley. It was BEAUTIFUL and to me the surroundings didn't seem real at all, kind of like Jurassic Park. The surroundings were so marvelous it didn't look like it was real, it looked like it was pictures that was placed around you.
Once we got into the main part of the valley we parked and were able to walk around and take buses because parking was limited in certain areas. We were sure happy that we got here early when we did because by the afternoon the park was crazy. It was so busy and traffic was stopped in the main part of the valley. When leaving the park we even got honked at by the person behind us because we weren't following the people in front us close enough. Traffic was stopped and you couldn't go any where, but here in California you are suppose to drive as close as possible to the car in front of you and don't let anybody pass you or cut in. Everywhere we have gone we have experienced that. California drivers are crazy. But here we are at Lower Yosemite Falls. We had hiked up to the falls and of course you couldn't hear anyone talking and got pretty wet depending on where you were standing. If you watch the video you can see a bridge and that is where you got the wettest. It was really cool to see these waterfalls up close.
Here is the full picture of Yosemite Falls. We had just hiked up to the lower falls and their is also a hike to the upper falls that is pretty difficult and long. When we were walking back we didn't even know their was a full view of the falls here until we kept seeing people stopping and taking pictures. We turned around and here was the view. We are so grateful we saw everyone else looking behind us because we probably wouldn't have seen the full view of the falls. Yosemite Falls are the tallest falls in North America reaching 2,425 feet which is the size of the Sears Tower and Eiffel Tower put together. This is the worlds 5th tallest waterfall.
When leaving the park we actually got a little lost because we missed a turn and went to a different entrance that was further South. While we were driving along we thought we were on a different road because the scenery was different. Luckily the turn off that we needed wasn't too far back into the park and we were able to see different things. While on the El Portal instead of Big Oak Flat we were able to see these huge rock hangings. It was pretty cool. We had actually exited the park and found out where we were to head back in the right direction we had saw the Arch Rock Entrance, we didn't get a picture but is was cool to go through a rock. I was so amazed by it I didn't get a picture, but just imagine a rock coming up on the left in the picture.
We had also passed some different waterfalls while on our little detour as well.
On the way back to Oakdale we had some very long switchback roads. The road on the right we had took on the way to Yosemite that was very steep but shorter. The road on the left we took on the way back that was longer and not as steep.
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