I have been trying to get the family to Yosemite for over a year; once it was cancelled due to pandemic and then we cancelled for a major fire in Yosemite. We finally prepared to go in spring break this year. The weather forecast there was very nice in March / April, but suddenly the temperature would drop drastically in the midst of our trip. We hesitated a bit and we decided to keep the trip anyway and enjoy a snow day. We arrived the Tenaya Lodge on Sunday afternoon. Since we could not check in yet, we drove to Wawona to visit the Heritage Park. There was a beautiful creek and cool structures, so it was a good start.
The lodge was a nice place. We got a room in a cottage, so we could have our car parked outside the building and we were only 3 mins walk to the main lodge. The hotel had a nice deli and a good restaurant, and they were where we had most of our meals. The place also had an awesome playroom, so the boys and I had spent some good time inside. I was able to play quite a bit of pool which I loved, and I taught the boys some basics as well. The only drawback was that Stuart had to be with Buddy, thus we could not all go play in there together.
We had a big snow day on Monday, but since we had planned to spend a day in, it was beautiful to hang out and watch the snow. The only thing we had forgotten was snow gears for Buddy. This was the first time Buddy saw snow; and he was quite excited to touch or walk on them. But without the snow gears, we had to keep him out only up to 30 mins at a time, so we could not go for a snow hike.
The next day the sky was all cleared and we had a sunny day, so we planned to drive inside to the Yosemite Park. We were given a worry as the traffic was super slow and it took us 30 minutes just to get to the gate and the ranger warned us about ice during the drive. Fortunately there was no snow and the drive was uneventful. We immediately came to the must see “Tunnel View” and captured some good pictures. Then we headed to Bridalveil falls which had plenty of water and was breathtaking. The area was closed for construction but we were able to walk around it to check it out. Then we went to the village, did a bit of shopping and had a picnic lunch. Afterward, we managed to find parking and took a stroll at the Yosemite Falls. Again, the fall was beautiful and the pave hike was very nice. There were a couple more hiking spots that I had marked down that allowed doggies, but by then in late afternoon, we decided to head back to the lodge and said goodbye to Yosemite park. We were happy to have a smooth visit and easy drive for this day trip.
After another nice evening and a good morning at the lodge, I signed us up for a session with archery after lunch. The archery was quite fun; all four of us had some good practice, and Buddy was keeping himself content just watching us too. With that, we hopped on our car and had another nice drive home to end our spring break trip.





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Here are the photos from our trip.
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