After Glacier Point we headed back to the village. I asked D to pull over at one point because the scenery was so pretty and fall-ish.
We tried to find parking around the village, but it was packed with people and cars. Frustrated and tired, we ended up parking the car at our campsite and took the shuttle. In hindsight, we should have done this the day before as well.
I had to take a picture of the kids with this phone booth at the campsite since they are so rare these days. They were quite surprised when they heard an actual dial tone!
Shuttle Shenanigans
I saw this woman outside of our shuttle sorting her climbing gear. I was so impressed I had to take a picture!
The kids completed their junior ranger packets and were sworn in. At Yosemite, you have to pay a little over $3 per packet, but it is worth it because you get a patch and wooden pin (as opposed to plastic).
We bought this reversible jacket for n from Target right before our trip. Not sure what the face is about.
Watching the kids try to catch the falling leaves were some of my favorite moments from our trip. When there was a little gust of wind there were some many leaves falling at once–it felt magical!
We checked out Curry Village (now known as Half Dome Village) and agreed we would rather sleep in our own tent than risk Hantavirus.
We ate dinner at Pizza Patio in Half Dome Village.
We split a garden salad and a medium pepperoni pizza.
We also split this soda that we had bought earlier in the day to keep our sandwiches cold. This orange mango flavor was really good!
D was wearing his hat really high to avoid a headache.
After dinner we returned to our campsite and made s’mores.
The next morning we headed out fairly early because k had to be back home for a girl scout meeting. We went through the Wawona tunnel one last time.
‘Twas nice to visit you in the fall. Maybe next time we will visit in the spring!
Once we made it out of the park we stopped at a nearby McDonald’s for breakfast. It was neat that there were all of these cool photos of Yosemite on the walls. D said that he did not even notice–haha!