yosemite

Po San Franciscu sme zamierili naspäť do prírody. Aj keď SF bolo super, v horách som sa zase cítila ako doma. Ďalšia zastávka bola Yosemite. Rozhodli sme sa pre dlhšiu túru k Yosemite Falls (vodopády) – až na vrch Upper Falls, najvyšších vodopádov v severnej Amerike. Spolu (tam a naspäť) je to 11,6 km a prevýšenie je 823 m. A navyše bolo pekne teplo. Ale stálo to za všetky muky J Cestou sme sa pokochali výhľadom z Columbia Rock, asi tak v polovici cesty a hore nás čakala rieka (prekvapenie J) a krááásne výhľady. Trvalo nám to celé asi 5 a pol hodiny, aj s oddychom hore a samozrejme fotením. Na moju veľkú radosť sme sa rozhodli stráviťešte jednu noc v Yosemite a ráno si dať malú túru k Mirror Lake. V jazere by sa mali odrážať okolité vrchy. No, cestou sme ho minuli, keďže sme nevedeli, že to, na čo sa pozeráme vlastne JE Mirror Lake. Dávam to za vinu nedostatku vody, lebo sa tam toho naozaj veľa neodrážalo, aspoň nie tak, ako to opisovali. A značenie v Yosemite tiež nie je z najlepších. Ale neva, aspoň sme sa poriadne prešli a jazero sme videli aj tak J Potom si Mathias chcel požičať raft a plaviť sa dole riekou, ale bolo to drahé, tak na seba natiahol neoprén a plavil sa dole riekou aj bez člna. Dohodli sme sa, kde ho vyzdvihnem a ja som si zatial čítala pri rieke. Práve keď som sa chystala úsť pre neho to začalo vyzerať na búrku a stihla som to práve ako začínalo pršať. Nakoniec som teda ja strávila čas a dala túry v Yosemite a Mathias si zaplával v rieke, takže sme všetci boli spokojní a mohli vyraziť do LA J

After we left San Francisco we got back to our mother ;) That means we were back in the mountains which I absolutely loved (even though SF rocked). Yosemite was our next destination. We decided to hike to the Yosemite Falls – all the way up to Upper Falls, North America’s tallest waterfall. It was quite a hike, let me tell you. It was 7.2 miles round trip with 2,700 feet elevation gain and it was freakin‘ hot. But it was worth the torture ;) We enjoyed the view from Columbia Rock, about half way up and up top a river (duuh) and gorgeous views were waiting for us.  It took us about 5 and a half hours, chillout and picture time included J We decided to spend one more night in Yosemite (which made me really happy) and hike to Mirror Lake on Sunday morning. It is supposed to offer „beautiful reflections of surrounding cliffs“. Well, we passed it not knowing that what we are looking at actually IS Mirror Lake. Not enough water in the lake I suppose. The signs in often Yosemite aren’t extremely helpful, either. Blame Canada, right? But it was a nice hike anyway. Then Mathias wanted to rent a raft and ‚sail‘ down the river. It was quite expensive for what it was though, so he put on his wetsuit and floated down the river while I read. We set up a place to meet. A storm was coming and I picked him up just in time when it was starting to rain. Too much fun. I got my time and hikes in Yosemite, Mathias got a swim in the river so everybody was hapy and we could head to LA J