Yosemite -- Vernal Falls

Day after Yosemite Falls....my legs sore....we climbed up to see Vernal Falls.

The final part of the climb...are a brutal set of steps.

Climbing through the mist!

I stayed at Vernal Falls....Onions went up to the top of Nevada Falls.

Yosemite -- Upper Yosemite Falls

Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls.  We climbed to the top of falls!

Turns out, Onions hikes like a mountain goat. He is nice enough to slow down so I don't feel bad about being slow.

And he is the kind of hiker that goes back to put stones in a water crossing to help the next hikers.

Halfway up.....still sunny.  Still have that wall of rock to climb.

At the top......we walked up that!

And then the clouds rolled in. 

Looking over the top of the Upper Yosemite Falls.

Yosemite -- Scenes of Half Dome, El Capitan, Cathedral Rocks.....

Yosemite -- Scenes From the Tunnel View

Spring Break 2016!  4 Days in Yosemite.  Alas, the sun only came come out to play for a few moments during our visit.  Here's the view into the valley from the Tunnel View on each of the mornings we drove into the park.

Big Basin Redwoods

Sunday in the spring with no plans?  It's why I love Onions.  9:20, I jump on him in bed, tell him, let's go hiking down near Santa Cruz.  9:38 we are in the car on our way!

Big Basin Redwoods is home to some coastal Redwoods (the same ones as up north near Oregon) and California's first (as in oldest) state park.

We hiked along the "Skyline to Sea" trail (which is a famous three day, two-night hike which I hopefully will get Onions to do someday).

The hike through the trees.....

Can't have mud on our shoes now....

The famed bananaslug, Onions' first!

About four miles in, we turned the corner to see Berry Creek Falls.

In and out in about three and a half hours.  Beautiful day.  Yosemite in a few weeks!