Yosemite

The night after we got out of Death Valley we had Bike and Build Prom- which was a night of playing dress up and bowling with our "dates". I asked Kalli during one of our Death Valley rides during lunch with a semi choreographed song and dance. 

Our rides into Yosemite were filled with beautiful California weather in the low 80's. We heard intimidating things about the climb in through Tioga Pass but as we conquered it we recognized that it wasn't as bad as some of our past mountain climbs. This was both a relief and a little eye opening, realizing that the hardest parts of our trip were behind us. Once we were in the park we followed a two lane road for 60+ miles with no shoulder and a very windy path. It was so tempting to race down the dips and banks but I was riding wth Sarah and Jenna, and Sarah is terrified of downhills (to put it nicely) so we took it slow. Traffic was bad and not a ton of cars wanted to pass so we had to utilize the pull off points along the road. 

We stayed at a family camp with permi tents and cots just outside of the park and spent our off day in the valley hiking trails and chasing waterfalls. Brian, one of our leaders, had 6 permits to hike Half Dome but I figured I should save that hike for a day that I can afford to be sore afterwards. Yosemite was a gorgeous place to spend an off day and I can't wait to go back... preferably in a car next time though.