Vernal Fall Yosemite National Park

De afstand naar Yosemite was niet zo ver, maar onderweg stopten we even zodat we via internet onze reservatie voor een hotel in San Francisco konden regelen. Dit ging vlot, via AirBnB.com (thx Els voor de tip) vonden we een leuke dame die een aantal kamers in haar appartement verhuurde aan toeristen. Het appartement zag er goed uit en was goed …

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We got up early again and packed up. We stored our stuff in the office and headed out for our morning hike. When we were first picked up a few days ago Chris told us he wanted to take us on a certain hike but he couldn't because three people had died there the day before (Oh yes, can we go THERE please? :S) Now a couple days had passed and although …

... ganze Tal, auf die ganzen Berge und die vielen Wasserfälle war einfach umwerfend. Neben dem Halfdome sah man den Nevada Fall und den Vernal Fall, zweimal stürzt der Merced River hier in die Tiefe. Wieder zurück im Hotel sind wir nach dem Essen ...

... .  That’s one way of breaking them in, I suppose.  The following day we set off on a walk to the top of Vernal Fall – another steep ascent but most of the early part of the walk was paved and there were rock steps some ...

... a tree could grow to be so large and the base so thick, until you actually stand there beside it. Incredible! Yosemite National Park is a different world in itself. Almost untouched and unaffected by humans, it was such a nice change from the main ...

... ce que je vous ai dit plus haut. Comme si je n'avais pas assez vu de chutes d'eau, je m'en fais une petite dernière, la Vernal Fall, quelque chose d'amusant dans la montée, au pied de la chute on peut voir les gens tout en haut de la falaise, mais si ...

... along a river, which has a beautiful waterfall and valley vista off to the right (Illilouette Fall); we then arrived at the base of Vernal Fall, which is a pretty big fall and kicks off a lot of spray.  We got to walk right up beside it, getting ...

... from the cafe and waited until the afternoon to make a grocery run!  The hostel is in Midpines which is outside of Yosemite National Park.  To get into the park it costs $5 per car or $12 return on Yarts public transport per person. Second ...

... walk but it was so very hot that probably the best we could do considering and Asia gave up half way and went back down to the Vernal Fall footbridge to wait for us, we now know why it's called the mist trail, got wet from the mist coming off the Vernal ...

... good and was situated really well, so we were allready looking forward to it. In the afternoon we arrived at Yosemite National Park. We drove into the park along a really curved and beautiful road, and went trhough the beautiful Yosemite Valley. Our ...

... und Tipps geholt. Für heute Nachmittag hat er uns einen kürzeren Hike empfohlen, rauf zum Vernal Fall. Gesagt getan...mit dem Park Shuttle Bus (kostenlos erreicht man mit diesem umweltfreundlichen System alle wichtigen Punkte des Valleys) zum Beginn ...

... zu sehen, die man mit den Bildern allein gar nicht fassen kann. Wie zum Beispiel das Klettern zu einem versteckten Wasserfall, die Aussicht am Glacier Point über ein Viertel des Parks oder das Wandern zum Vernal Fall am 2. Tag unseres Yosemite-Trips. ...