One of my favorite parts about this Airbnb is the balcony.
It was so nice sitting out here with a cup of coffee and listening to the birds.
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There's the laundry room.
They have laundry!
We're on the second floor, which is -- the stair case is really short.
Mhmm.
And this is where we're staying!
No smoking.
B206.
So this is our Airbnb in Yosemite West.
It's about 30 minutes to Yosemite Valley.
Originally, I wanted to stay in Yosemite Valley because it is the main area where all the hikes are located.
It's easy access, but there's only one hotel there, maybe two - oh no, actually, there's two hotels there and they get booked pretty fast.
I think you have to book six months in advance, at least, to stay there.
So I didn't book that far in advance, so Yosemite West was the next best option
and they have lots of Airbnbs around here.
It is on the expensive side because it is a pretty prime location.
But you can also stay in the Yosemite Valley area if you're a camper.
They have some outside camping with tents and they also have - I forgot what they call it...
like housekeeping tents where it's made out of cement blocks, so they have like a little kitchen...
they're like sections... they have electricity, so they have outlets and they have a stove, so it's an easier way of camping.
So that's an option too and it's cheaper because staying in those hotels are super expensive
and even this Airbnb - the one we're staying in is $300 a night
and they're all around that price
but if you split it between six people like we did, it's really not a bad deal.
And we had six people. There's two beds upstairs, there's a sleeper sofa down here,
so two people each bed...
there was a little bit of a problem with the sleeper sofa because the bed kind of caved in
so one of the guys had to sleep on the floor using the cushions and the other slept on edge, but it all worked out.
So, I'm just going to give you a little tour of this place to show you what it's like at an Airbnb in this area.
We have this nice kitchen. This kitchen we actually utilized a lot.
If you are staying in Yosemite, I highly suggest getting some groceries beforehand
because food -- or restaurants are very rare and it's like average food.
We ate at the food court and it was a nice food court, but the food was very average
and I don't think any of us really enjoyed it
so we went grocery shopping a little bit and one of our friends went into town to Oakhurst and bought some more groceries
and we had some egg muffins, some scrambled eggs, we had some yogurt, yogurt bowls...
so that really helped out and it's good to have lots of granola bars and trail mix too.
But yeah, so we definitely used this microwave and there's a toaster.
There's a nice stove here.
We actually had coffee everyday.
They have lots of utensils, bowls, cups, plates, so that's all there.
And then in here is the fridge.
Kind of like an extra area you can use to store your drinks, food, dry foods, whatever.
This is the bathroom. There's actually two bathrooms here which really helped us out with six people.
So one down here is a bathroom and then a shower as well and then upstairs in the loft...
So this is our bedroom upstairs.
There's two double beds. Me and Candy shared one and then our other two girlfriends, they shared the other one.
It was an okay bed. I felt like we had some trouble sleeping but, you know, it was comfortable enough.
And then back here we have a closet.
It's actually pretty roomy and we stored a couple of suitcases and some of us hung up some clothes and jackets.
The only thing was the light didn't work up here, so we had to use our phone to look for our stuff, so that was kind of an inconvenience.
And this is the second bathroom upstairs that we used.
Again, a shower, a toilet...
So yeah, it all worked out.
A couple of things to point out - there is no A/C, but we've been fine without A/C. They've got plenty of fans.
It does get a little bit -- I want to say, stuffy sometimes, but for the most part, it's been fine.
It's September, so the dead summer is over and so it's bearable.
And downstairs, they've got a TV, a little kitchen... so a lot of times in the mornings, we made breakfast before we headed out for a hike.
And surprisingly, they provide a lot of appliances.
They had a slow cooker, a blender... what else was there that I was surprised they had...
They had a separate toaster and and a microwave.
Sometimes they only provide one - either a microwave or a toaster.
Got a lot of pots and pans. Plenty of plates and cups.
There is an ironing board, but there was no iron, so if you're planning to do some ironing, you probably won't be able to do that
but our friends who wanted to iron their shirt, what they did was
they used the laundry facility to kind of put their shirt in the dryer for a little bit and that helped straighten out their shirts.
But you need quarters for that, so there is a laundry facility, but you have to pay to use it.
There was no shampoo in the upstairs bathroom, but they did provide soap.
Plenty of, um... we were here for four days... wait.
We got here Monday. Tuesday, Wednesday, and we're leaving Thursday.
There was plenty of toilet paper for the six of us. We didn't have to buy extra.
They also provided plenty of paper towels.
Plenty of towels... I don't want to say plenty. Just enough for the six of us.
The balcony was really nice. Actually, there's a grill on the balcony.
We didn't use it, but there is a grill on the balcony.
We did see a family outside that was eating on a picnic table and I think they were grilling.
So outlets... there wasn't that many outlets we could use, so one of us had a multi-outlet charger so we used that.
We also had to use the outlets in the bathroom at night to charge our phones or camera equipment
and there is a strip down there with multiple outlets but it was so hard to reach, that it was much better to just use the outlets in the bathroom.
But, you know, very minimal thing to worry about.
But if you're worried about outlets, just bring like an extra one if you have it.
But I mean, overall it was a very comfortable stay.
It was a pretty good location and we're still within the park and a 30-minute drive.
It is a task going up and down, so if you want to just stay there and have your day planned out on what you want to do, that's probably the best idea.
Some of the hikes -- we planned to do two hikes in a day but then we got tired from one of them
because the Mist Trail is pretty strenuous
so after that, we came back and rested and went out to dinner.
So it was up back and forth into Yosemite Valley and then back up to Yosemite West.
Yosemite Valley, Yosemite West.
But it all worked out.
And we all had a great time staying here.
One of my favorite parts about this Airbnb is the balcony.
It was so nice sitting out here with a cup of coffee and listening to the birds
and watching the squirrels do their little thing
and you know, just chatting with our friends and enjoying the nature
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