When it comes to entertainment that fills, there are few things more rewarding than heading out to the great outdoors. We took off Sunday to Wednesday of Spring Break and went to the grand, sheer granite faces of Yosemite National Park.
25 guys across Koinonia 1 and Kairos went together and stayed in the ol' Bear House, which was full of all kinds of strange trinkets, paintings, and stuffed animals of bears. Frankly, with so many vacation-frenzied young men we were scared we were going to break the place to smithereens. our K1 sisters and K2 groups also went to Yosemite, stayed in the same Pine Mountain Lake area, and spent a lot of time with us throughout the trip.
The first night, all of K1 gathered at our house for ramen and steak. Kind of a strange combination, except you have to remember ramen is cheap and fast and easy to prepare. And steak... well, we had plenty of it that same day Easter Sunday at Gracepoint Fellowship Church at our first annual Easter picnic.
Monday, we all went into Yosemite Valley together. We tried the Nevada Falls hike, only to be blocked about a mile and a half into the hike by dangerous snow and icy patches that wouldn't allow our group to keep going. Some people up there kept going, not really acknowledging the warning signs, and eventually one old woman was having a difficult time getting down. It was a good thing we turned around. We ate lunch together, and then headed up to Vernal Falls, which was full of glacier melt and really wet, but extremely beautiful in the afternoon sun. That pretty much took the whole day, so we went home and prepared dinner. All of K1 and K2 (and Kairos!) got together at our Bear House for dinner, and after some laughter, we sat down and watched Glory.
The next day we went to Tunnel View, Bridal Veil Falls, and then had a wonderful time singing,"How Great Is Our God" (w/ Ben on the guitar), and praying in the middle of the Valley. The brothers finished the day in the Valley playing ultimate frisbee, soccer, and football beneath the shadow of El Capitan, headed home for a barbecue rib dinner, and then played games into the wee hours of the night.
After cleaning the house the next day, eating all the leftovers, doing one last hike at Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, we ran back down to the cars and made good time to end at a buffet. Stuffing ourselves silly seemed to be one of the themes of the trip. Wish you were there. Here are some other highlights:
- When to use roger, copy, and over.
- John K.'s quotable: "One thing I learned on this trip: Eddie's a pretty funny guy."
- John T. was a striker on an 18-0 soccer team.
- Apples to Apples is fun.
- 3 tubs of cookies gone.
- Daniel S. is the most beat-up-able freshman, according to Kenton.
- We're thankful for all the Easter Service leftover meat
- Singing in Yosemite Valley is awesome
- John K., Daniel S., Kevin T., and Jasper beat us (Eddie, Kevan, Mike) in football, 13-12 by ones, although the last touchdown was worth 12 points.
- Yosemite glacier melt is pretty dang cold.
- Everything tastes good when it's barbecued.
- John C.'s horse was eating his one flower.
- Food is key to having fun.
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