Yosemite

We spent last weekend in one of California's gems: Yosemite. The plan was to make the 4 1/2 hour drive Thursday night after work. It was a question mark all week whether or not Tim would be able to leave on time, or even go at all, because of work, but fortunately we made it and left about 6pm. We got some Jack in the Crack for dinner (London had her first kiddie meal) and we were on our merry way. Traffic on the 101 slowed us down a bit, but were still making good progress. We passed through Los Banos (literally, the bathroom of CA) and more farmland that smelled like a bathroom. In the backseat London kept saying "poo poo" and "pee pee." The girl's nose knows! We hit a fork in the road. The signs weren't clearly marked, so Tim asked someone at the Carl's Jr where we had our potty break which way to go. We got lied to. Unfortunately, we drove about 100 miles in the wrong direction before figuring that out! So our 4 1/2 hr. drive ended up being 7 1/2!

We rented a cabin with four other families and it was great. We split up the cooking and cleaning and took some great hikes together. We played games, looked at the stars, and even watched BYU lose to Tulsa. Everyone sang happy birthday to me and I got to blow out my 28 candles. London had a great time playing with the other kids. The only thing she didn't like was being stuck in the backpack. We had to sing girl's camp songs to keep her happy, which is hard to do if you're hiking uphill! It was a great trip and I can finally say I've been to Yosemite after living in CA for most of my life!