During our trip to San Francisco, we picked up a hire car and navigated the city traffic, heading east over the bay to Yosemite National Park, about a four hour drive away.

The scenery wasn’t very interesting until we got into the mountains, and descended into the spectacular Yosemite Valley. Driving in we didn’t know where to look first, with magnificent waterfalls streaming over the huge granite cliffs on either side. Yosemite Falls ... (more)