I'm normally the vacation planner in our house, but Matt really wanted to plan a hiking trip in Yosemite. He handled it all…booking the cabin, mapping our route, planning our meals and organizing our daily hikes. He did a great job!
He booked a cabin in The Redwoods in Yosemite in the town of Wawona. It is just inside the south gate of Yosemite and sits right along the river. Our cabin was a 2 bedroom 1 bath with a beautiful deck, cozy fireplace and gorgeous scenery all around.
We were able to check in early, unload the truck and then head out for our first set of hikes.
We started just up the road from our cabin at Chilnualna Falls.
I constantly had my eye up hill after seeing Mountain Lion Spotting signs all around, but luckily we never saw any! We followed a steep trail up along the stream
to the falls.
A beautiful first hike!
Then we drove a few miles Meadow Loop Trail. This was a 4 mile hike around the golf course and meadow in Wawona.
We loved that the only sounds you could hear were birds chirping and the wind blowing through the trees.
We had a few tense moments and laughs when we thought we had gotten lost, but we successfully completed the hike and
ended at the Wawona Hotel before going back to our cabin. Matt grilled steaks and we had a wonderful dinner together. We all made note that it was the first time we have sat together at the dinner table in quite a while.
We ended each day with a fire in the fireplace and s'mores.
