Yosemite Part 1: Join Together With the Band

We arrived at Yosemite yesterday afternoon around 4pm. We had a good hour of driving within the park to get to our camp site at North Pines, so we stopped off midway to climb up Olmsted Point (seen in the first photo). At the top, we had an amazing 360 degree view of the park. You can see our car as the tiny black dot in the bottom-left corner of the picture.

Then we setup camp (apparently we were extremely lucky to have gotten reservations on just 2 days notice). We were site number 531 out of 531. After getting the tent up and enjoying a couple delicious hot dogs we started playing some music, and that is when we met our California friends.

Seen above from left to right (front row) Amy, John, Tian, Tyrone, (back row) me, Jake, Sarah, and Tabitha. Once again, we were uplifted by the character and open hearts of our camping friends. John invited us to play guitar with him at their camp fire- we shared stories, food, music, and good times. They were all on a big trip together with their church. We exchanged contact info so hopefully we can keep in touch with our new friends. Tyrone works for Apple Inc.- the greatest computer and consumer electronics company in the world. Major props to him for his work on Boot Camp!

Also, we got a voice mail from Keith yesterday as he is back in NY, NY and doing well. Keep on keepin' on Keith! Can't wait to catch up.

Yosemite is a vastly different park than anything we've seen so far. A climber's paradise, there are gigantic rock formations every which way you look. Thank you glaciers, its beautiful.