So I got my reservation today in upper pines for beginning of July!!!! I'm so stoked. I honestly can't wait for wait for July and wish I could just hope in a time machine and fast forward until then. I was so depressed last year that I couldn't get my reso for Yosemite, but I turned that frown upside down when my homies and I were able to go to Silver Lake instead, which is close by, and we still hiked and saw some amazing stuff.
Now, as a first timer, I'm sure I'm in the midst of Yosemite veterans. I'm going to be there for 5 days. I'm gonna enter the Half Dome permit lottery next month so besides the HD hike, what should I do and cannot miss as someone whose never gone? Best trails? Best sights? Best activities? I feel like a kid in nature's candy store