We started on Saturday morning at 8am. We - that's my apartment and the apartment under us. 7 persons in total. It took us around 4 hours to reach the Yoesmite NP. This was the route we took:
We had a quick break at Starbucks but the 4 hour drive went by very fast as we had some great conversations! Thanks to Stephan for driving all the way!!
The landscape changed really fast after we left Hayward and there were beautiful places!
This one was taken not far away from the entrance of the nationalpark.
From left to right: Stephan, Meikel, me and Andrea
We navigated our route with our mobile phones which we charged simultanously. But 1h before entering the park you have no service at all! No phone connection for the next 2 days... when I left my mobile still had 96% of battery. When we arrived we parked at the parking lots of our "accomodation" which was... a tent! The weather was still great so we decided to hike up to the Vernal falls. The whole park has a free shuttle service which we took to reach our starting point. It took us 1.5h until we saw the falls and another 0.5 to get on top of them. Down was easier in about 1hour.
The whole crew from left to right: Tom, Andrea, Meikel, me, Jana, Sarah and Stephan.
Stephan, Tom, Jana and Sarah decided not to reach the top of the falls as they planned to make the campfire. So Meikel, Andrea and I were the only ones left and started to move up again... The view was fantastic!! And we were pretty exhausted as the steps were very high.
This pic doesn't look at all like - holy shit we finally made it - ... Guess my cam takes good pictures ;-)
On top of the Vernal falls are the Nevada falls which make a small lake before going down the Vernal falls.
We went down just in time because ist started raining... like hell... then it stopped... and started again...
This was our tent... It is very simple with a bunk bed, one camp bed and a bigger bed... for 7 people ;-) This was going to be interesting! The rainy weather and the cold temperatures weren't any good either!
The guys made campfire and each of us got a can of ravioli. Later we grilled marshmallows!
Unfortunately Stephan's can exploded a bit while opening and I was the one sitting next to him... My face and my jacket looked as if I took part in an CSI Miami episode... Still have no idea how to get that tomatoe sauce out of my jacket but heeey...
The problem while sleeping in an tent are the bears. There is quite a chance to meet one - if you want to!?!? But to avoid them you have to store your food in bear lockers.
We saw some coyotes and deers and squirrels but no bear! Yesss!
The night was crazy. Everyone was freezing like hell... it had about 8 degrees celcius. I wore around 7 layers of clothing. I was the only one who brought a blanket to the camp. And I was the only one who was glad I made so ;-) Andrea and I shared a bed the night and we both were really glad we had such a blanket! All the others only had a very thin rug and yeah I guess they were freezing. It rained like hell the night and I dreamed that our car was washed away - haha!
The next morning was pretty! At least at first...
Our tent was located next to a small river with a beach! Guess its the most awesome tent in summer... but camping definitely is nothing for me! At least I learned that ;-)
We drove to the Glacier Point on Sunday morning. During our drive there - another 1h car ride up the hill - I snapped that photo:
Glacier Point is a touristic point - grea to take amazing photos! It is around 3,200 feet above the village and the clouds went over so quick! The view was amazing but it was soooooo cold! While driving to the Glacier Point there even was snow on the streets!!
The ride back home was a tough one as the weather was bad and everyone was super tired. We stopped at Wendy's ( I am a huuuuge Pulb Fiction fan...) - first burger so far!
It was a fun trip and thanks to the tent a very low budget one. It was cold as hell, without the campfire I would have frozen my ass off... I was happy to have my blanket with me and Andrea was too - LOBESCHULTER ;-)
Distance on an airplane: 6723 miles
Distance rode on a bus: 234 miles
Distance in a rental car: 454 miles
Time on airplanes: 15 hours 15 minutes
Time on a bus: 6 hours
Time spend in a rental car: 8 hours
Time spend on the pool so far: 12 hours
Amount being called sweetie until now by woman: 5
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