Jan 31 - Feb 20 Journal

This past week, Robert and I were in Yosemite for the annual trip up to the national park. We were originally supposed to leave on Sunday but snow delayed us to Monday. Because of the heavy snow, the usual Crane Flats campsite was inaccessible so we stayed in Yosemite Valley at the Yosemite Lodge. While this was not our original plane, I actually enjoyed staying in the valley more than at Crane Flats because we were at the center of the many attractions. For example, out hotel was right in front of Yosemite Falls (pictured below). On our first day of activity, the Winter Survival group was split into three different groups and my group and I got together to pass out lunch and discuss our day plans. While waiting for our group counselors from Naturebridge, we played in the snow and had a snow ball fight. After our counselors arrived, we hiked over to Yosemite Falls. At the base of the trail, we went through Spider Cave first. This was a cave made from large rocks that fell from the...