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.
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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 |
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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) |
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| On the Tioga Road, en route to our Saturday goal... |
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Lembert Dome, overlooking Tuolomne Meadows, which Vicki had climbed in
1972 |
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| On the summit of Lembert Dome |
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| Nearby Dog Lake |
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| Driving back toward the Valley |
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Next day, hiking in the Tuolomne Grove of
Giant Sequoias |
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| Me in the dead Tunnel Tree |
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| Before the Age of Spray Paint |
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| And later in the nicer but less popular Merced Grove |
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| Tree toucher |
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| Looking up the same giant tree |
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