MLK weekend we went back to where it all started - Yosemite. This was our first winter trip and we enjoyed sledding and ice skating. After an easy mid-day drive up, we checked in to the Ahwahnee hotel, a beautiful almost 100 year old hotel right in the valley. It was a real treat to stay there.
The dress code for the dining room was not in effect.
This photo is a selfie looking up in the elevator. What a ceiling!
Saturday morning we let the kids sleep in and we walked to Yosemite falls.
On the walk there we walked by some housing for staff, human and equine.
The western ranch scene with half-dome in the background caught my eye.
Back at the hotel we rousted the kids and walked to Curry Village.
Snow angels in front of half dome
Walking to ice skating rink in Curry Village.
Selfie with Half Dome.
Famil photo with Half-Dome. There was a fire and s'mores at the ice skating rink.
Elsa skated gracefully.
The men, not so much.
Snowballs were thrown. It was a good day.
Sunday I went out to photograph the sunrise. There a little pink but it was distant and the clouds over Half Dome didn't get more colorful than this.
We walked to Mirror lake and brought the sleds.
There were rock climbers on the cliffs.
I had my telephoto.
And my wide angle.
In the summer time trips to Mirror lake we would climb that rock and jump in the water.
Now the kids played with the ice and were kind enough to pose for photos.
Then we went sledding.
And took more photos.
The sunset was pretty.
On our way out we took the kids to see Yosemite falls.
My, how they've grown since 2013:
