On the way, we passed Olmstead Point and Tenaya Lake. Olmstead Point has amazing "backward" views of Yosemite Valley. When we got to Tenaya Lake, there was almost no wind and the reflection on the water was just gorgeous. I don't know how anyone can see this and say that it evolved. It's just so obvious to me that a Creator had to design these wonders!!
On the trail, it has a steady uphill for the first half of the hike. We branched off to the right and went to Lower Cathedral Lake first. It was a bit marshy and we had to pick our way across the meadow to the lake. Snow was still present on the side of the mountain. We are lunch here. It's a good thing we brought bug spray... these mosquitoes were biting!! Ugh.
After lunch, we headed to Upper Cathedral Lake. It wasn't as impressive, in my opinion, as the lower lake, but it was still pretty. Bugs here too. We took a rest and then headed back. It was downhill, but sometimes I think that is more difficult than uphill.
One thing that I really liked about this hike was that Cathedral Peak was present almost the whole time. The shape of this spire is unique and changes at each different angle you see it from. That was definitely a unique aspect of the hike.
We finished off the 8-ish mile hike in about 5 hours- a pretty good pace since we stopped for lunch and at the upper lake. Uncle Paul treated us to chilled root beer when we got back in the car. (And I swear Justin's been on a root beer kick every since!!)
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