Day 6 After breakfasting at the lodge food court, the family packed up their belongings and checked out of their woodsy room at 3434 Hemlock Building, Yosemite Lodge, Yosemite National Park. They drove to the same parking lot they had discovered the day before, then waited patiently at a shuttle stop for a ride to theContinue reading “Defeat at Vernal Falls and Goodbye for Now”
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Violent Heights, Fed by Ravens and Lucky Stars
Day 5.2 A Gentle Hike to Violent Heights:Taft Point Next on the agenda was a peaceful hike through landscape that looked like it was recovering from prescribed fires. The tall, sparsely limbed pines were sprinkled with bright green moss. Grey-white boulders lay scattered about like pebbles spilled on the forest floor. “What movie setting doesContinue reading “Violent Heights, Fed by Ravens and Lucky Stars”
Oatmeal Rebellion, A Green Trail and Shoes
Day 5.1 Flouting Authority with Oatmeal Bowls As B, One and Two ate toaster pastries in the dim of an early morning hotel room, AJ went out in search of cash and breakfast. After staring longingly at an ATM through locked glass doors of the snack shop, she crossed a small cement courtyard to theContinue reading “Oatmeal Rebellion, A Green Trail and Shoes”
Distractions Along the Road
Day 4.1 That morning, B was ecstatic. His late-night drive up to Tunnel View, a turnout affording panoramic vistas of the Yosmite Valley, had given him and Tripod a soul-shaking opportunity to catch the heavens in their glory. “I’ve already been to church and had my spiritual experience … last night I got some greatContinue reading “Distractions Along the Road”
Among Giants, The Muir Woods Hat Contract, and E is for Enervating
Day 3 After gleaning a quick breakfast from the hotel’s free offerings, the family packed into the car and retraced the steep, winding road to Muir Woods National Monument1, this time to stay for a while. Muir Woods consists of never-logged forest, with the star attractions being Coastal Redwoods, Sequoia sempervirens, which thrive in ancientContinue reading “Among Giants, The Muir Woods Hat Contract, and E is for Enervating”
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