Friday, September 28, 2012

A Weekend In Yosemite

Next weekend we borrowed a bunch of camping gear from Rebecca and Jeremy, and Rebecca's car, and drove over to Yosemite NP, our third visit in a year. And for the first time, we never even got to the Valley.
Our modest campsite at Crane Flat, where nothing at all is flat, not even tent
platforms; we hadn't tent-camped since Ireland in April-May, 2009; unlike
Ireland, at least it didn't rain; looked like it hadn't rained in months in Yosemite
















But we enjoyed our first campfires in years...since the Bighorns in August, 2008
(the Chimaera, singular as they are, don't count); campfires are pretty much a 3rd
world thing, except in the US and Canada (where they charge extra)

















On the Tioga Road, en route to our Saturday goal...














Lembert Dome, overlooking Tuolomne Meadows, which Vicki had climbed in
1972















On the summit of Lembert Dome














Nearby Dog Lake














Driving back toward the Valley















Next day, hiking in the Tuolomne Grove of
Giant Sequoias



















Me in the dead Tunnel Tree














Before the Age of Spray Paint














And later in the nicer but less popular Merced Grove














Tree toucher














Looking up the same giant tree



















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