We played at the foot of Bridal Veil Falls and Survived!!!
We were blessed this week to have Wayno's parents travel out to stay with us! This was their first visit to our new home and we had fun sharing our new surroundings with them! They enjoyed a beautiful trip out on Amtrak. It was fun to hear the stories of their travels to our home by train! We had fun showing them our new life! The days were warm while they were here and so water seemed to be our theme! It was hard to drag Wayne and his Mom away from their afternoon of searching for Gold in a nearby lake!!!! They had so much fun collecting all the glittery pieces! The rest of us spent the time searching for just the right rocks! Green rocks, striped rocks, polka dotted rocks and MORE!!!! Of course most of the rocks we found were in the lake so we kept cooled off as we played. We journeyed up to Yosemite one day! The drive there through the foothills is amazing! The wildflowers are covering the sides of the hills and mountains yet and the color is awesome. The national news has been covering the events at Yosemite with the Falls being so amazing this year because of the extra snow the mountains received! It is however an experience beyond words!!! To stand at the base of Bridal Veil Fall and hear the roar, feel the cold of the air, and to be saturated by the mist is an experience that one can only truely understand if they have ventured there. The powere of Nature is awesome and quite humbling! El Capitan stands tall and proud beyond the meadow and it is a gift to stand at his feet. Half Dome stands there in the distance and captures your attention without a care! It dominates the park and blesses all that enter its surroundings! This is a place you cannot leave the same person as when you arrived. And yet the blessings continued as their time with us crept to an end. We spent an afternoon in the foothills having lunch and talking in a beautiful little outdoor cafe on the side of a hill next to a stream. The sun was warm and the wildflowers were in bloom all about! We spent time traveling the area showing them local orchards, the children's school, introducing them to the friends Wayne works with as well as some of my favorite vendors at the market. I have spoken often of my amazement of the fruits we are blessed with here and was excited to share this with them during their visit. The markets were full and they were able to try many types of fresh picked fruits during their stay! They were amazed with the choices as well as the flavor!!! All in all, we were blessed once again by memory making moments to cherish and hold with us as they travel over the many miles back to their home!