Katie, Beau, Marcos, and I road tripped it up to Yosemite Valley yesterday, spent the night in Curry Village, and proceded to see every waterfall we could in the valley before we left this afternoon. No spectacular shots, but it was neat to see the valley so wet, as every time I’ve been before the waterfalls were all but dried up. Much to our amusement, the Mist Trail to Vernal Falls was open (it’s closed over the winter because it gets covered in ice and becomes extremely dangerous), so Beau, Marco, and I managed to get ourselves soaked hiking the quick route to the top of the falls. After drying out on top, we opted for the longer route down, via a section of the John Muir Trail (see signage below). It was a quick, but fun trip, and we managed to make it back to Pasadena about 9 this evening, 27 hours after we left.

Next weekend Katie and I are heading to Death Valley to do some camping before it gets too hot, and because we really need to use our new tent. A preview of what we can expect to find can be found here courtesy of Nick, who stopped by DV on his way home from Vegas last weekend.