S'more please...

After landing in LA we headed for Yosemite in the smallest car America has ever seen, stopping overnight in Bakersfield to sample America's finest In and Out burgers, a Vagabond Inn, and Walmart for some essential camping equipment...

I also became the best wife in the world upon discovery of Cherry Garcia ice cream at a garage...

Yosemite here we come!

It's definitely true that Yosemite is at its best at this time of year, we are only a week into it's season and the snow is still melting on the mountains so the waterfalls are absolutely stunning... here's very appropriately named Bridal Falls...

Our little pitch at Upper Pines was just perfect, complete with fire pit, picnic table and bear safe storage lockers!

A little afternoon hike beckoned on arrival to Mirror Lake, for those who don't know, last time I was here with Ciarán, this was the hike which culminated in us realising far too late that as it was August the lake had probably dried up... we ended up hiking twice as far as we should have done! So Ciarán, this one's for you... X

We spent the evening discovering the delights of S'mores (thank you to John and Margaret!) over our fire pit... Yum!

The next day my husband made his best effort to kill me on an 11 hour, 15 mile hike! We woke early, so by 7am we were off on the trails... from the valley floor we hiked a long and zig zaggy uphill climb...

...to Glacier Point, where we were rewarded with a stunning view across to Half Dome over the valley and waterfalls... 

...note the snow on the mountains in the distance! You can see Vernal Falls (right) and Nevada Falls, which is where we were headed next...

On the way back down (what I actually mean is down, then up, then down, then up... every time I thought we'd be getting closer to the Valley Floor again, we kept going back up hill!) we joined up with the 'Mist Trail', so named due to the waterfalls you pass and they spray they create. Well, perhaps later in the year they might be a mist, definitely more of a 'soaking' at the mo I would say!!!

However, this is such a beautiful place! We really did love our time here, Alex has his eyes on Half Dome for the next trip!

Here's our highlight, which we spotted just as we were leaving...

...luckily ( for us! ) Mummy Bear was nowhere in sight :)

Much love, more soon! x x x