Upper Yosemite Falls Hike

See the Rainbow?

Yosemite Falls is the highest waterfall in the USA and is a beautiful sight if you are lucky enough to be in the park when it’s flowing. The crazy thing about the waterfalls in Yosemite is that they are powered by snow melt! When I see all that water flowing over the falls I wonder where its all coming from because there’s not much snow left.

This week Matt and I hiked up to the top of Yosemite Falls. This was the hardest hike we’ve done so far. Round trip this hike is about 7.5 miles. The hard part it that you hike up about 2,000 feet in elevation then have to hike that same amount back down. The hike offered great views of Yosemite Valley and pretty views of Yosemite falls as you climbed up. Once you get to the top you see where the waterfall pools before plunging all the way down to the valley. It’s quite a sight!

 I’m glad we did this hike and I most def got a great workout doing this hike (it took us a little over 6 hours!). Honestly though I thought Vernal Falls was more worth the hike. I think it’s neat to say we hiked all the way to the top of Yosemite falls but the views at the top of Vernal Falls was more impressive and the hike was much easier. Here are some more beautiful scenes from our hike-

More rainbow at the bottom!

What did you drop??

Excited to have service! There's not much around Yosemite.

Right before the water falls all the way to the valley

I Cleaned a Trout!

I feel majorly accomplished because I cleaned a trout and cooked it! Matt caught a nice 14 inch trout and I knew it would be big enough for us to eat. It was time to try my hand at cleaning a fish.

washing the fish out!

For those of you who’ve gutted a fish before this is probably no big deal to you but for me, it’s huge! I’ve never butchered any animal and it was so crazy to see the trout alive and looking at me until I cut it’s head off (sorry I know it's gross). It freaked me out to clean a fish and I felt horrible when Matt whacked it on the head so that I could start slicing it open but, we ate that fish and enjoyed it very much so, it’s life wasn’t wasted.

I liked eating a fish that was caught and cleaned within the same day that I ate it.

To cook our trout, I dredged it in cornmeal then fried it up in butter. I’d most definitely clean and cook a fish this same way again but only if the fish is at least as big as the one we just ate.

Are you aware of how good it smells to fry something in butter? Now I know.

Scenes from Yosemite Valley

Beautiful Ahwahnee Hotel

Quite a dining room

Vernal Falls- Yosemite

Yosemite has the most impressive water falls and rushing rivers I've seen so far. This week on a hot day we hiked up Vernal falls via the Mist trail because like the name says, the trail is misty! It was a great trail to cool off on once you get up to the misty part. Here's some photos!

The Good and The Bad About Living on the Road

As great as living in our Airstream full time is, there are a few things I miss about "normal" life.

Constant cell phone service and Internet. One the road you may not have internet for several days and cell service comes and goes. I knew all along but I'm ready to confess, I'm addicted to the internet and my cell phone.

An oven. Cooking pizza, cookies, frozen meals, cake…. Frozen meals were so easy to cook and there are many times when I just want a giant slice of cake.

Gardening. I’m pretty excited to have a garden again someday.

Of course I miss seeing my family and my friends! I wish there was instant travel so I could hang out with them for a few hours every week.

Things I Love-

Being outside everyday. We also sleep with the ceiling vents and windows open almost every night.

Nature. I never really knew how pretty nature is. And I looove seeing wildlife!

Seeing so many new things.

Freedom. My biggest worries are planning where to go next.

Soaking in new cultures. It's funny how different people are across the USA.

Meeting new people. We've met lots of interesting people and had lots of conversations. There's so much to learn from others!

Provisioning. This used to be called grocery shopping but on the road (or if you live on a boat) you call it provisioning because you have to have enough supplies to last you until to make it back to the store. Before living on the road I’d go to the grocery store every time something popped in my head that we needed because it was close and easy to stop by. I became very tired of going to the store. Now I plan out how many meals we need for the amount of time we will be away from a store. I love seeing a nice full fridge and cupboard.

Having our own little home with us wherever we are.