Thursday, July 5, 2012

Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite National Park









If this sounds like an advertisement for Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite National Park, that's OK. It is a wonderful lodge two miles from the southeastern Yosemite park gate. It caters to families with multiple restaurants, snack shops, two outdoor swimming pools with two jacuzzi pools, an indoor pool with two jacuzzi pools, an arcade, relatively reasonably priced room service and lots of special extras. Wagon rides, rock climbing, guided hikes, archery, biking and more. We enjoyed the family festival -- a summer outdoor all-you-can-eat BBQ picnic in a beautiful wooded area next to the hotel with delicious food, open bar, live music, horseshoes, gold panning, and making s'mores over an open fire pit. The parents could eat and enjoy while the kids played. The concierge offered tips for inside the park that made our time so much more enjoyable. When the kids are a little bigger, I hope to check out the lodge's exclusive Ascent Spa.