We've been visiting Yosemite since the 1970s and wanted to do it again. After dinner at The Mynt and an overnight with daughter Rebecca (who was in the area for a school reunion in Palo Alto), we drove over to the valley, where Vicki had scored three consecutive nights at the Upper Pines campground.
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| On final approach |
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Curious about price increases, we stopped by the Mountaineering
School, where the manager, clearly amused to chat with an elderly
alum, printed me a fancy diploma; I observed they probably didn't
have a printer in 1972...Steve and Steve were still puttering in the garage
in those days... |
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| Gaudeamus, igitur... |
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| Classic view of Half Dome |
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| In one of the parking lots, a tour of very old MGs |
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| 1930s MG |
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New to us: a semaphore-type mechanical turn signal,
known then as a "trafficator"; you saw it first here |
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| Practice climbing? |
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| Lower bits of Yosemite Falls |
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| Us, there |
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| Still there |
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Another day we drove up to Glacier Point for the side-view
of Half Dome |
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| Summit, up close |
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| Extreme up close; you can see people on the summit; J'y suis alle; j'ai fait ca |
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| Upper valley |
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| Yosemite Falls |
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| The ledge on which they danced... |
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| 1890s |
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| Vernal or possibly Nevada Falls |
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| High country |
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| Happy Isles...a happy place |
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| Real climbers on El Capitan |
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| Always an impressive place |
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