Yosemite Trip

Wow...I can hardly believe that we made it to yosemite...R was away on a business trip to Wichita...so I was busy doing something like this.


R comes home late friday and I have an upcoming release for which i had been working for the past one month...so I work till late ensuring everything goes smoothly and it does! So next morning on saturday we decide to go to Yosemite impromptu..just like that...wow...vrooom ..we went...at 11.30..
Stopped over for a quick bite and reached the park at 3.30 pm.
First we went to Bridal Veil falls ..just at 5 mts walk..but the view was great...a fresh waterfall in that summer heat was so welcome..and I felt so much happier just by being near it..:)

Dont know much about this fall but it was beautiful..small but good.

Next we went to Vernal falls..it was a good 3 mile hike one way..and my oh my was I tired...hehe..dont ask such a dumb question..well of course yes..I was and R was pushing me inch by inch at some point of time thinking I might trip over the edge..hehe..but no..I was fine..only thing was while climbing I wanted to stop often so as to catch my breath and not get too tired..

But the hike was worth what I saw at the top of it...Vernal falls..!!
Amazing breathtaking scenary...just mindblowing...its supposed to be the widest falls in yosemite..and yosemite the highest in US..can u believe that..?


When we were climbing up..and nearing the waterfall..and people coming down in the opposite direction as us...one of the men was wearing a plastic raincoat..and he asked me if I wanted then I can have it..and there you go me in a yellow..rainshield..hehe...well.. shield or no shield I would have either ways enjoyed it..and i did...as you can see from the picture..it was such a beautiful time of the year and so beautiful..A thing of beauty is a joy forever...!!!

The climb down was that of 5 mts...!!! can u imagine we had spent around 3 hrs to climb up and to come down only in 10 mts or so..we simply ran down...and happily jumping down like small kids..hehe..

Had a full buffet meal after all that exercise..and returned home satisfied and peaceful...by the way this day 9th June marked a year of mine having come to US for R...!!!

Memorial Day Weekend

My first time of memorial day weekend here in US...and we had planned to go with our friends all in all 12 to Bass Lake..a favorite American vacation place.
We had rented a house overlooking the lake and it was just perfect.

We left late on Friday evening and reached the place at around 1. Obviously we got up late next day on Saturday and we had warm bread and butter awaiting us in the kitchen..who else but our early bird friends had got it for us.

After getting ready we went on a rental boat. Now this was a unique experience for me. There was a floater attached to the back/ rear end of the boat. One by one each couple dived in on the floater and enjoyed the sail. We both went too and fell the first time we went in within a couple of minutes of sail!!!

Next r went alone as he thought he could balance well, and I went with Shivani.
I enjoyed it thoroughly and would have never known what the experience was had I not got into it!!!

Thus the day well spent we came back home and barbequed paneer capsicum, chicken and veggies...they were just mouth watering.
Then we made some biryani and cauliflower manchurian.

At night we played couple of group games namely casino royale and tabooo...just the perfect end to a perfect day!

On sunday we went to the lake again and splashed around in water. We were fully drenched and had a wonderful time, returned to the house and had pasta...!!!

Put on some music and had pure fun..such was the end to a beautiful trip along the awesome Bass Lake..