Yosemite
Half Dome over the Merced River, Thanksgiving Day 2025. I'm finally getting around to writing up my experience at Yosemite National Park on Thanksgiving Day of 2025. I think I put it off because the experience was, well, off-putting. I think I will avoid visiting a national park again on a holiday. Even though it was the "off season," the park was so crowded as to be absurd. If you are going, go on a random weekday between holidays. Upper Yosemite Falls Despite getting an early start, I found myself waiting in a line of cars that stretched off into the distance and disappeared up a hill. This was somewhat due to me staying in Visalia, close to Sequoia but a solid two hours from Yosemite. When I first made the hotel reservations, I hadn't realized that Yosemite was within range so it became an add on to the trip. So I left early, but still arrived mid-morning, along with thousands of other tourists. Lower Yosemite Falls The Yosemite Valley is, no doubt, one of the most...
