It was a Chiu family vacation this past weekend in Yosemite. We rented a house in La Grange at Lake Don Pedro which was about 45 minutes outside of Yosemite National Park. The house was big with lots of beds, but the place had musty air and was a bit out-dated, but also walking distance to the lake. It was a hot weekend and hot and crowded in Yosemite! A tip: don’t go on a Saturday in the summer. We spent a bulk of our time in the car in bumper to bumper traffic trying to get to different areas within the park. My hope was to see the falls, especially since we had El Nino, but there was barely a trickle coming down the mountain side. We’ll have to find another time to go again and really experience Yosemite.

We stopped at Cathedral Beach inside Yosemite for a picnic lunch and everyone dipped in the water.

El Capitan

Lower Yosemite falls. Barely any water, so the kids went rock climbing in here instead.

On Sunday morning, Tyler woke up at the crack of dawn with Uncle Way and the two of them walked to the lake to go fishing. Tyler caught several large bass. In all, they caught (and released) 12 fish!