by Giovanni, San Mateo
One of the best times in my life was when I took a trip to Yosemite with my girlfriend. It was last year on October 18th. It was our one year anniversary. I’ve been planning this for a couple of months but I never told her. I woke up at 7am that day with my bags packed. I called my girl’s mom letting her know I was gonna pick her up. I ended up driving there and woke her up. I remember her waking up and staring at me like, “What the hell.”
I ended up telling her to pack her stuff because we’re going somewhere. Once she was all packed, we hit the road to Yosemite which was like a four (4) hour drive. It didn’t seem too long though because on the way we were talking, laughing and vibing to music. Once we got there, we checked into our hotel.
We stayed in a spot that was like a cabin. It was hella nice though. We planned on staying four days, so the first day we just chilled, got food, partied a little, while watching movies in front of a fireplace. It was definitely a night to remember.
The second day though we ended up going to a couple views, and enjoyed the scenery. We did a little bit of hiking and swimming. Also on the third day we did the same thing but we went to different views.
The highlight of that day was that there was a view that you could see a bunch of mountains and a lake at the bottom. Some of the mountains tripped me out because they had snow on them. We were high as hell so me and her were just looking at the scenery all tripped out. It almost looked fake.
My favorite day of them all though was the fourth day. That day we decided to take a hike to go see a waterfall. It was like a 2 or 3 mile hike. I don’t fully remember but we had hella water, cold watermelon and other essentials once we got there. When we got there, we got ready for the hike. It was hot as hell that day and carrying a backpack full of stuff did not help. I felt like I was dying, doing all that walking. I remember having to walk up hella stairs and paths, that went uphill. It frustrated me for a while on the way there. I seen a lady pushing a baby in a stroller and I was wondering how she did that going up all these stairs.
After about an hour of walking through we crossed a bridge and walked up some stairs and seeing a waterfall that close was crazy. It looked unreal and I felt high looking at it. I seen kids and adults swimming in it and there are little rocks you can get up at and watch the waterfall. Me and my girl quickly went to a rock all the way down closest to the water and we could feel the mist of the waterfall hitting us as we walked.
It felt so good after walking and sweating on the way there. We ended up putting our feet in the water which was hella cold that it made my feet turn numb. It felt hella good though. I then started rolling up woods and got high as hell. I swear we smoked like a whole five (5) pack. We ate watermelon too. I was feeling so good being there not worrying about anything just chilling there with her was like heaven. I couldn’t ask for more.
We ended up swimming not for too long though, since the water was hella cold, but we just chilled on the rocks for a couple of hours laughing and enjoying ourselves. We left and started driving back home. I remember talking about how much of a good time we had and all the shhh we seen while listening to music.
That was probably one of the best times in my life because being inside juvenile hall makes me miss the feeling of just chilling there not worrying about anything. It’s good though when I get out I’m a do something like that again.