Winter in Yosemite

We spent the last few days relaxing in Yosemite National Park. Dan got a good deal on their historic hotel and the park was beautiful with snow on the ground and bright blue skies.

The hotel was still decorated for Christmas, so Emma had a great time examining their Christmas Tree

Emma had a great time looking for bears. Luckily, the closest we got to any were the ones in the gift shop

We walked to Yosemite Falls. Emma enjoyed running across the "Snow Bridges"


It was really cool to see steam rising from the snow. It made for great pictures, too.

Bridal Veil Falls in the distance

The moon was rising over "Half Dome" When we took Emma to try out Ice Skating

Emma shows off her skates

Warming up by the fire

Skating around the rink

On the hotel grounds, we found some fun creations...
A snow fort

And a little snow family

The hotel had a great fireplace to warm up by

On our way out of the park, we found a great sledding hill to try out