Yeah, yeah, I know, I didn't post when I sadi I would. SHUDDUP!
So how was your July 4th(American readers)? What's that? You want to hear about my Yosemite and San Fran adventures? OK!
Yosemite:
OMFE I'm never doing that again. First day was fine, we hiked a mile and a half. Not too bad. I mena, it was uphill, but it was short so who cares?
Next day, 8 FRACKING MILES! EWWWWW! Although we met up with some cute boy scouts along the way ;) One's name was Cory or Cody or something like that and he was really cute and pretty friendly. We kept passing the boyscouts and then we would take a break and they would pass us and then they got really far ahead but they were slow and I was fast so I totally caught up with them and then Cory would make some funny remark and shake his head or soehting. I was fun.
Day after that was 6 miles. But the boy scouts were there again so it wasn't so bad ;) They started hiking 45 minutes before us but I caught up to them within the first mile. I'm good 8}
So let me explain the whole thing...
My parent's friend Steve put his name on this lottery thing that was for people who wanted to go to Yosemite and hike and stuff. The 2 camps we stayed at, May Lake and Glen Aulin, are lottery only, so yeah. Anyway, he won the lottery and he invited my mom and dad and me. He was going to go too and bring Soren and Garrison, as featured in the birthday vid. (They're his sons)
So we were all going to go, but then when he asked for time off from work, his boss said that he could be fired if he decided to go. I'm not exactly sure why, but point is, he couldn't go.
So My mom invited some of her friends from work and the Zen Center she goes to, and one, Punit, said he could go. So we all went.
Now, here's the cool part: The food and lodging are provided! Yeah, so we didn't have to bring a butload of food and tents and sleeping bags and crap like that. We got little tent-cabin things with actual beds and squeaky but comfy mattresses and blankets. And we also got full, multiple-course meals. And they were amazing. And you can also get bag lunches to take with you on youer hikes. One night for dinner we got this amazing garlic soup. It kept the vampires away though, unfortunatelym, as did the sunny weather. But it did not, also unfortunately, keep the mosquitoes away. There were about 5 bajzillion mosquitoes. And I'm not even joking. I got a bunch of bites, and it was itchy. I'm still itchy, in fact. And in very uncomfortable areas, too.
But anyway, the camps had flushable toilets(0.0) and showers (O.O). But the showers were freezing, so I opted for swimming in the ice melt-off May lake on the first day. Bad idea. Well, it was fun, but it took about 20 minutes for me toactually talk myself into doing it, then another 30 minutes to grow accustomed to the lake and fully submerge myself. Once I was desensitized to the freezing water, I was able to swim out kinda far. I did some floating and stuff and it was pretty fun. Besides the millions on mosquitoes awaiting me as I got out.
On the way to the second camp, Glen Aulin (the 8 mile hike), my mom, Punit and I all went swimming in McGee lake. We had to change behind a sheet tied betweet 2 trees with misquitoes trying to bite in unspeakable areas. That lake was a bit warmer, but that's not saying much. It was also muckier, but I had more fun swimming in it. Glen Aulin was definately my favorite camp. It has this amazing waterfall right next to it which makes it less mosquitoe-y. They don't like running waster, just still water. And it also had this rock/hill/big giant thing by it and you could hike up it and watch the sunset. It was pretty.
On the last day, I was just ready to get out of there though. We had to hike 6 miles, and my mom and Punit are such annoying slowpokes, so my dad and I went ahead. Once we were out of there, we drove another hour and a half to Curry Village. If you don't like camping or being without civilization, but you love majestic scenery and being outdoors, GO TO CURRY VILLAGE! It's like a little city. They have pizza, an amphitheatre, cabins, ice cream, a Vons like place, AND it's right next to Half Dome! And you can rent bikes and ride around, which we did. I rode a cute little hot rod bike with a sparkly seat and handlebars. It was awesome and it made me want one. The steering is a bit diferent than my mountain bike and the braking was the kind where you pedal backwards, so it took some getting used to, but it was still cool. I know it all kinda defeats the purpose of being in the outdoors, but it was my favorite part, besides the waterfall at Glen Aulin.
Anyway, that was really long, so I'll do the San Fran flashback in another post. ;)
I have to uninstall some stuff first which means I have to shut down Internet Explorer, so It may take a while.
