Saturday morning, about 8:30AM, we started the 1.5 miles hike to the top of Vernal Falls. It wasn't an easy hike, its uphill ALL THE WAY with the last section consisting of steep stairs that can get slippery from the Mist from the waterfall. It took us about an hour and 15 minutes. (You can see the hike in the last picture.) Stopped to eat an early lunch there since we worked up the appetite! Its such a beautiful place up there-- forested with lots of rocks to sit on and the wonderful sound of the water rushing by. One warning though: Watch out for the squirrels! People feed them so they're not afraid and they'll even go in your backpack to steal food. Do your part and scare them away!
You can continue on up to Nevada Falls, but we headed back down because we had so much to do! The hike back down all those stairs was pretty scary considering the lack of hand rails and steepness, oh, and all the people making their way up. You just have to take it slow and be patient. If you look into the mist caused by the waterfall, you can see a rainbow much of the time. By the time we made it to the bottom of the stair section, we all had wobbly legs. But, the rest of the hike down is pretty easy from there! Much more to come!
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Jenn, your blog is making me miss Yosemite! Such a beautiful place. We always took groups of CLU students each summer and camped in Upper Pines and hiked Half Dome. Hope you are well!
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