You'll never guess what woke us up this morning... Only a friggin Grizzly Bear!! Sat in our beds, wondering what that massive thudding and rustling noise could be at stupid o'clock this morning... Almost had a heart attack when we peaked through the window flap!... Haha, just kidding you bunch of pillocks. We did get woken up by some strange noises though. Turns out one of the culprits was our friend, the Woodpecker. However, it's difficult to tell whether it's a Woodpecker or the Housekeeping dude. He's a sweet person. 

So, Yosemite is still closed. You can drive through... But if you get caught stopping to have a look at your greens, you get fined. 
"Nah, you're alright." 

After faffing about trying to get train tickets for today, we decided our best option would be to stay here another night (Yosemite Bug Hostel), then b***** (ha, bugger, erh) off tomorrow back to the Banana Bungalow. After all, it's pretty chilled here, the food is awesome and there are some birds we can throw stones at if we get bored. 

We decided to go on another little hike. Nothing is little here... Apart from the lairy bugs that get all up in your face. Took no prisoners today. Say hello to my little friend, INSECT REPELLANT. I don't think that actually worked, because they still seemed to like my forehead.  
So, I got my smart trainers on, Moses settled for his plimpsole thingies. We got hit up with a packed trail lunch each like proper gangsters, and off we went. 

My butt was aching from yesterday's 'Gym session'. There is no gym here. So I got creative. Threw my weight around, (literally). There were a pile of wood chunks, a bench, and some steps. It worked... But I think the rest of the camp crew (including Moses) think I'm mentally challenged.   

During our hefty hike... We saw some weird little bugs, weird bug habitats, greens, some browns, bit of water. Yeah, was alright... I pretended I was a dinosaur during some parts... Just made the walk a little bit more interesting. I also found if you changed your walking technique to a 'camp mincer's trot' (this involves substantially increasing your hip wiggle, and waving your hands gently side to side in a swaying motion)... You don't slip so much on the really steep parts. 
We climbed a few rocks, and found a really pretty stream. So we thought we'd take advantage of this pleasant spot and scoff our trail lunches. Took some great snaps at this spot. Got right in this Dragonfly's personal bubble. Paparazzied the poor devil to it's limits.

Right enough of that, I'm just looking forward to eating here again. Moses tucked into half a cow last night, and I had a Pumpkin Seed & Tofu Salad. I've only ever tried Tofu in a stir fry, so I didn't really appreciate it fully. I was trying to describe the taste to Moses. There isn't a taste? Just texture. Half way through eating my main, Moses describes Tofu... 
"If chickens could get milked..." 
A sentence nobody wants to hear whilst chewing on Tofu. 

I'm pretty bummed we didn't get to see the main part of Yosemite. However, it has been pretty cool just chilling out in the woods, killing time sketching, getting away from all the plastic, Hollywooders. 

Also... We didn't actually throw rocks at the birds, promise :) . 

Quote of the Day 

"I can't tell if it's the Housekeeper or a Woodpecker?!"