Abruptly Awoken by Holly

This morning I was awoken by Ellen screaming "ughguthgh!!! it's 7:16!!! get up!!!" i was so tired but absolutely terrified to not do what she said. it was that scary. we were going to get up at 6 to pack up our stuff and go reserve a site at a first-come, first-serve campsite in the valley. The valley is sooo the place to be, you know. So i followed ellen to the car, still in my pjs, super frizzy hair, and glasses. cute. we drove almost an hour to the new site (but saw a wolf running across the road!). we realized that the line was long and really slow-moving, and needed to get back to the old site to pack up and let the rangers know we weren't dead (we arrived after-hours and couldn't check in last night). so i stood in line while ellen drove back to the old site to pack up. Success! we got a site for 2 nights!

After setting up camp, Ellen and I did our own things. I took the trail to Mirror Lake. It was so pretty! I stopped to climb a few rocks and wade in some water and took some nice pictures. I spotted a snake right after getting on the trail, not sure what kind, but I sure didn't want to get any closer. I followed the trail along further, getting farther away from most of the people. I passed some people who warned me of a mama bear and a cub up ahead on the path. Slightly nervous, I decided to continue, although annoyed that I wasn't sure where that stupid bear bell was that I spent $4 on. Instead I clicked my lens cap around, which usually really annoys me. After awhile of still not seeing any people or getting closer to the end of the trail, I turned around and came back. So no bear encounter for me, but that's ok, I think I like it that way. From there I went to view Yosemite Falls before meeting back up with Ellen to watch sunset reflected on Half Dome. w00t.