Yosemite 2

Here are a few more cute stories from the Yosemite trip:

1. Maren, the 5-year-old, was very entertaining throughout our trip. It was often fun to watch her running around with her pretend dog without shoes, jabbering away to no one in particular. On one of the first mornings, us five teenage girls were still lying in the tent when we heard Maren demanding that Ben take her to the bathroom (their tent was right next to ours). But Ben was not ready to take her yet, and she wasn't dressed. After a few seconds of arguing, we hear the unmistakable trickling sound of you-know-what, right by our tent. Then Maren said, "see!(accusing Ben) I needed to go!"

2. While we were waiting around camp after breakfast, we soon discovered a marmot wandering around nearby and poking through fire pits. We sat and watched patiently as the marmots slowly got closer and closer. They came all the way to our fire pit *while we were sitting around it* and one passed within a foot of my foot. It was very exciting and cute.

3. On the hike out to the cars on Sunday, Kristine and I had seen a few deer in the meadows, but nothing was as exciting as when suddenly, Kristine yelps and jumps back toward me. I look up and see the back end of a deer jumping across the trail only a few feet in front of her. It scared her so badly. We move around to get a better look, and I realized that it was a buck! and we were so close! We didn't get a good picture of him, but it was still really fun to see a deer with antlers from so close.

4. At every chance I had, I would fill up my water bottles with fresh spring water. It was so deliciously cold and tasty! I've always been a tap-water kind of girl, and mountain tap water is the best kind!!