Yosemite (Yosemite National Park, California)

As my fiancée had never been to Yosemite, I thought it appropriate that we should take a weekend to camp and see the amazing sites the park has to offer. I made all of the arrangements and we headed down to the park. As is tradition, we had to stop at Whoa Nellie Deli for a meal . . . best gas station food anywhere!!

We camped at Wawona and had a terrific site. throughout the trip, we visited many of the famous areas: Tuolumne Meadows, Mariposa Grove, Glacier Point, and of course Yosemite Valley itself.

On our final day though, we visited an area of the park I had not been to either, Hetch Hetchy. John Muir thought of this valley as a near twin to Yosemite and fought his most passionate battle to preserve it's majesty. In the end though, he lost and the O'Shaughnessy Dam was eventually built to create a reservoir out of the valley. Such a shame and something that I doubt would happen in today's world, a world he inspired to preserve such things.

After a couple of days of camping we broke camp and headed home. I think Cass enjoyed the trip though, and as close as Yosemite is, we will of course return.