The Laughlins

This past weekend, Mark and I went to Yosemite with: Mom, Dad, Kyle, Charlie, Jake, Sheri, Zach, Vic, Ben, April, Amy, Jonathan, and Boulder (the dog). We had tons of fun!! It was run, run, run from the time we got there. Mark and I arrived on Thursday around 11:45am, but no one was at camp, so we drove to Bridalveil Falls and went to the lookout point (which is really a very wet, thick rain zone). We then hiked along a trail towards El Capitan. We drove back to camp where we found signs of life, and Dad, Charlie, Mark and I went on a bike ride in a loop that ended up in Curry Village. We had reservations at the Awahnee Hotel restaurant, where we found out (unbenownst to us) that they had a dress code. Oops. We're camping here, folks!! Anyways, we had a lovely (but late) dinner and went to bed. On Friday, we went rock climbing at Camp Four for most of the afternoon; we rode our bikes there. Jonathan was good enough to belay us all day...thanks, John...you're a trooper. We had pizza at Curry Village for lunch, took short naps, and then headed for Vernal Falls. The boys hiked/ran to the top, and Sheri and I went to the base and took pictures. It was great fun :) Back at camp, we made foil dinners (yum, yum) and sat around the campfire talking about The Best of Will Farrell and other such things. We mostly laughed at Jake, Ben, and April's impersonations. On Saturday, we packed up camp, went to breakfast at Curry Village, and then Amy, Jonathan, and Vic took off. The rest of us spent the afternoon walking around the Yosemite Valley. We walked to the bottom of Lower Yosemite Falls and wandered around the meadows. There was SO MUCH water everywhere! Everything was gushing with life, and the weather was beautiful!! There are LOTS of pictures below as well as two funny :) videos to watch. Enjoy!

April's Version of Veggie Tales Over a Grill (.mov)
Mark and Jake Show Steve Zissou How to Really Warm-up Before a Run(.mov)