The three of us hiked to the upper cathedral lake and took in vistas that made us all repeat the words "beautiful" and "amazing" over and over again. The hike itself was 7.7 miles round trip and ascended over 1000ft to an altitude of almost 10,000 ft. The first assent was breathtaking, quite literally for me, but we made it. Even at Yosemite's peak season, we only encountered a few other people on the trail. It was one of the most tranquil and pristine places we had ever been. It made me think of Shangri-La. The sky was too perfectly blue and the greens so saturated that it didn't seem quite real. It was as if we were somehow transported into a work of art.
At the lake Emily had the idea to see if we could see the lower cathedral lake from where were. We trekked through the woods for a little while and were rewarded with the most amazing overlook yet. We had a snack break on a piece of granite that overlooked the lower cathedral lake and surrounding valley.
We decided that had we overused the words "amazing" and "beautiful" on this trip and so tried to think of new candidates. We tried out words like "fantabulous" and "splenderific" but in the end we decided that there were just no words that could begin to express the beauty of this place.
After the hike we started towards the bed and breakfast were we were to stay the night. We made the mistake of trusting Garmin to know where he was going and had to resort to looking for hard to see house numbers on dark and windy roads that never seemed to end. We found it though and it turned out to be a charming and cozy place.
- Posted by Sara from my iPad
Location:Yosemite National Park
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