Early April morning in Yosemite
Video taken from Yosemite Housekeeping Camp on April 5th 2026 (sound on)
Video taken from Yosemite Housekeeping Camp on April 5th 2026 (sound on)
Gloriously warm weekend and the mornings were absolute gold at the Falls. Stayed at the Lodge for the first time and could not get over the sound of the water. Morning coffee and a walk every day. This was our last morning there.
I painted a small (30x40cm) watercolor of the beautiful falls viewed from Sentinel Meadow. I started with an even smaller color draft done en plein air (second photo, it’s Plein Airpril!) during my visit on 3/27 and finished the larger pieces from the draft and photos.
I brought a shovel so no probs and it was spectacular and near empty valley. heading back in 9 days to Upper Pines again.
Went here as a kid with my family in 2016(crazy right) but my dad doesn't remember where it was at.
TIA
Hi I’m gonna camp at camp 4 and I also wanted do a night hike to do some astrophotography. Any tips on beautiful views that aren’t too hard to get to especially at night? 😁😁
Also just curious if it’s allowed to explore Yosemite at night alone, would you recommend or no?
STAY: Mariposa
FRIDAY:
Drive from LA to Airbnb in Mariposa
Explore Mariposa
SATURDAY:
8 am: parking at Happy Isles Parking for the Mist Falls Hike
2 pm (after hike): walk to Cook’s Meadow Loop & Lower Yosemite Falls Loop
Lunch in the Valley
Dinner in Mariposa
SUNDAY:
8 am: parking at Happy Isles for:
Cook’s Meadow Loop
Sentinel Bridge
Lower Yosemite Falls Trail
Swinging Bridge
IF OPEN: glacier point road
MONDAY:
10 am: Mirror Lake & depart Yosemite
What do you think? Anything we’re missing or any changes you’d make? Thank you!