This was our last day in Yosemite. We opted to do the short hike to Mirror Lake. Along the way we passed an area where there were several large rocks all stacked on one another and for some reason there was a cold breeze flowing out of them. Nature’s air conditioner! Felt so good on such a hot day. After lingering there for a while and cooling off, we continued on to Mirror Lake.
It’s immediately obvious why they call it “Mirror Lake” because when the water is still, it reflects perfectly the mountain behind it. If I was a painter this is a scene I would love to paint. So beautiful!
We waded in the water for a bit, then headed back to our cars. Next, we decided to go to Yosemite Village for some lunch and coffee, but we accidentally ended up at Curry Village instead. They didn’t have any coffee there, but they had a good pizza place. After lunch, we headed on over to Yosemite Village and had some coffee and we did some souvenir shopping in the village market.
The grand finally of our visit to Yosemite was sunset at Half Dome! We almost missed it, but managed to get there just minutes before the sun went down (thank you God)! We had a beautiful cotton candy sky and Half Dome looked like a big scoop of ice cream! It was like something out of Candy Land, lol!
Afterwards we stayed for the night sky ranger talk which was really interesting. It was incredible how many stars you can see in the sky out there! The ranger had this crazy laser pointer that shot across the sky like a huge light saber. I finally understood what it means when they say a star is “16 light years away.” It means that the light we are seeing was emitted from the star 16 years ago and we’re just now seeing it.
“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.” Psalm 19:1