Yosemite National Park

After a long drive up a hill on a narrowing and winding road we finally arrived at one of the campsites in Yosemite National Park. There had been huge fires here during the past weeks, and there were still some areas where the fire still wasn’t under control, so we were happy to find our campsite for the next two nights was still there. On the way we had seen massive areas that had been affected by the fire and realized how amazing it was that the firefighters actually had managed to take control over it.  No houses within the area had been damaged either. There were signs in one of the little towns thanking the firefighters for their bravery. On the first night we didn’t have that much time but to have a look at one of the scenic views in the park. There were lots of people there waiting for the sunset to cast on one of the mountain walls. Instead of waiting until it was dark we had to head back to the campsite to make our first “homemade” meal of the trip. We had bought a bunch of food before heading to the park. The meal wasn’t great but it had to do for now. The next day we took a short hike to a place called Mirror Lake only to find it to be, ironically enough, completely dried out. The scenery was still pretty amazing so we didn’t suffer much. Next we found a great spot by a lake where we got a great shot of El Capitan, the most iconic mountain in Yosemite. I don’t know if, again, we had seen too many amazing things before coming here that I didn’t find it all that impressive, or perhaps it looked quite a lot like Swedish nature, that I have seen most of my life growing up, and therefore didn’t move me as much. It was still very beautiful though! The last night we decided to make a fire and have a BBQ which turned out to be a great ending to our trip before heading to L.A. to spend our last days.