The big hike has arrived. The Mist trail is the signature trail of Yosemite National Park. If you were to hike all the way to the top of Half Dome (Amber will not allow us), this trail is your route there. It’s called the Mist trail because you hike next to two roaring waterfalls that will get you wet. Many people wear ponchos. The round trip hike, using the John Muir trail back, is a 6 mile streneous hike with a 2000 feet elevation change. Amber’s back is feeling ok. She still plans to go the first 0.8 miles to the base of Vernal falls. Again, like rafting, it’s an adventure just to get there.