Yosemite

My father thought it was a wonderful idea to spontaneously go to Yosemite last weekend. The drive consisted of the most insane winding roads. We stayed at the Wanwona Hotel, which my father thought was dandy since Roosevelt and Bryans have stayed there. However, the drive from the hotel to Yosemite Valley, where most of the waterfalls, restaurants, and activities are, was a forty minute drive. I thought this was insane seeing how the hotel was inside the park. Anyhow, other than these complaints, Yosemite Park is well worth the visit. The smooth granite was paved by glaciers. You may choose to rock climb there, but I was a bit frightened by the steepness. So instead, my sister and I biked through all the trails. There were also some interesting facts I learned. Sequoias need fire to reproduce. Light colors against the granite represents new rock fall. The falls do not have water year round. In fact, beginning in the Fall, the water decreases. In the Winter, it all freezes. Then again in the Spring, the snow melts and the process starts again. Water is always changing the landscape of Yosemite, but it is difficult to see and record on the human time scale.