2015 Yosemite National Park — 8/10 El Capitan

結束Glacier Point的行程，我們決定回住宿旅店了！沒錯，天還很亮，時間似乎還早，但我們不想再跑了。
想玩得輕鬆，就要知道甚麼時候該叫停，【捨得】是一門很難的功課，我一直學不會。總是想值回這昂貴的機票錢，想玩遍每個景點，充分利用每分每秒，最後總是累得人仰馬翻，失去了旅行真正的目的。
這次之所以有所領悟，是因為清楚的知道主要任務是安頓好女兒的大學入住，玩，反而是次要的了。

她讀大學之後，能回家的機會越來越少，只希望能珍惜每一段相處的光陰，能玩到甚麼就不是那麼重要的事情了！

往回開，經過之前的Tunnel View。

我們再次回到了Valley，從這個方向看El Capitan，十分震撼！

El Capitan (Spanish for The Captain,The Chief) is a vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park, located on the north side of Yosemite Valley, near its western end. The granite monolith extends about 3,000 feet (900 m) from base to summit along its tallest face and is one of the world's favorite challenges for rock climbers and BASE jumpers.

許多遊客停下車往上看，甚至有拿望遠鏡的，或許是想找找看是否有人正在攀岩。

The formation was named "El Capitan" by the Mariposa Battalion when it explored the valley in 1851. El Capitan ("the captain", "the chief") was taken to be a loose Spanish translation of the local Native American name for the cliff, variously transcribed as "To-to-kon oo-lah" or "To-tock-ah-noo-lah". It is unclear if the Native American name referred to a specific tribal chief or simply meant "the chief" or "rock chief". In modern times, the formation's name is often contracted to "El Cap", especially among rock climbers and BASE jumpers.

The top of El Capitan can be reached by hiking out of Yosemite Valley on the trail next to Yosemite Falls, then proceeding west. For climbers, the challenge is to climb up the sheer granite face; there are many named climbing routes, all of them arduous. Some of these include the iron hawk route, the sea of dreams route, etc.

Hiking是我們一家人都喜愛的活動，但是攀岩，哈哈，敬謝不敏！