Yosemite Shuffle

"You guys went hiking??"A guy asked us just when we leaving a restaurant.
"Yes!!!" We said.
"We call that Yosemite shuffle :)". He said laughing at us.
Yosemite Shuffle " is what happens to you after you have hiked in Yosemite..You'll understand it once you have done it..
So we went to Yosemite this long weekend...
n we hiked...n hiked..n hiked...
We were there for 3 days in Yosemite. We did Panaroma Trail the first day..

Hiking Map(From Glacier Point to Happy Isles)

If you are in Yosemite I would highly recommend doing this hike..Worth every scrape, blister, soreness. Even if you end up walking like a zombie,dragging ur feet for next week and half, go for it..!Thats the "Yosemite Shuffle" that guy was talking about..:D..I am a hiking newbie..I like small hikes, on flat surfaces..so this was a big step for me...really a big deal..:)..

Do you see those 3 falls ~ the one on right, the left and in center, we crossed them all.

I know 9 miles in one day doesn't sound that intimidating to many but to us it seemed like we were never gonna see the end of the day..:D..It was mostly downhill, but it was hard on our knees n my toes. Trust me when I say it was bad. I even walked the end strech walking backwards as i just couldn't even walk downhill the normal way..I am never gonna underestimate any hike that says "its mostly downhill".

On top of that our water ended in between. Even the rationing(500 ml bottle between 6 ppl) of water didn't helped. If it wasn't for two  people on our hike who lend us water we definitely would have died exhaustion. No kidding..:D..They were really godsend..still with the new water supply we exhausted it quickly.
At end of day all we could think of was get down to a point where there was water,which was after 8 miles of hike..I just can't explain the feeling when we first saw the water faucet..:d..

For the rest of hike "Food" was our motivation. We just wanted some hot meal. so we walked more..:D..We even ran for shuttle bus(twice) with our sore, blistered legs so that we can get to some restaurant.Cheers to all the food n drink there is..Gobble..gobble...:D

After 3 days hiking, going to all the must do points in Yosemite, Just couldn't look at trail mix,bread- nutella or energy bars. I yearned for a good hot shower and snuggle up on our couch watching TV having "Dal-Chawal".I missed the city, cellphone signals, TV, blogging, food, Facebook.. All that traffic on road, the noise, the tasteless American food was more than welcome..:D....

So here I am sitting on my couch writing today's post...so thankful for the so called comforts/luxuries of life...:)...Loved each moment out in wilderness but want my comforts too..M asking too much??? who cares!!! Well at least I can rock a short skirt for a while now with all that toned legs..;)..
on that note,I bid adieu..the cartoon strips are from http://www.bootsmcfarland.com
keep walking..have a nice day...