Mariposa Big Tree Grove Wawona

The very first trip we were travelling east to west and it was towards the end of our trip so we didn't book accommodation in Yosemite. We weren't sure exactly when we would be there or how long we would want to stay; amazingly we managed to get a cabin in Curry Village at 5.30pm on the night that we arrived but it was very obvious that we were …

After breakfast, we went to the store to buy things for a picnic lunch and then onto a shuttle bus to the Mariposa Grove of Sequoia Trees. We were undecided whether we were going to do one of the hikes around the grove or walk back to the hotel. We aren't really into trees even massive, awe-inspiring ones like these and the trail around them looked …