Category Yosemite
Yosemite – Why Do We Love It So? – Part Four
A year later starting in the summer, of 1998 we’d visit twice as we celebrated my graduation from grad school at Loyola Marymount University. We camped with Irene, Ric, Debra and others at a campground just off Tioga Road over the 4th of July weekend. We’d L.A. late in the day and it being pre-cell […]
Yosemite – Why Do We Love It So? – Part Three
As reported in the last post, a couple of years would pass before we would return to Yosemite, but once we started again our visits would become a habit, a good one to have. In 1985 Rendy and I would backpack from Tuolumne Meadows to the Valley floor, hiking the 27 miles in four days, […]
Yosemite – Why Do We Love It So? – Part Two
My next encounter with Yosemite would come in June 1975 just after my graduation from Cal State Northridge. I accompanied three woman I knew at the time (Sue, Coach Paula, and Julie) to Camp 4, the legendary walk-in campground known as the home for many of the world class rock climbers at that time. We […]
Yosemite – Why Do We Love It So? – Part One
The latest two posts featured our most recent trip to Yosemite, a place we return to time after time. What is it about the park that has such a strong hold on us? The next couple of posts will attempt to shed a little light on the enduring attraction this magical place has for us. […]
Yosemite 2021, Part Three
February 25 – March 5, 2021 Breakfast in our rooms took us into the later morning and the four of us then took off in the Highlander to drive over to the Equestrian center where we parked and began a short hike to Mirror Lake. During the winter months the extensive shuttle system that operates […]
Yosemite 2021, Part Two
February 25 – March 5, 2021 On Tuesday Kim, Marty, Joanna and I took off for Yosemite, but with a check in time of 5pm there was no hurry to get out of Oakland. The drive would take us roughly four hours as we decided to try out a new route this time, taking Highway […]
On the Road Again 2019, Part Six
August 24 – September 6 As planned, we left late in the morning for the drive up to Tioga Pass and Tuolumne Meadows. The road is only open for a limited time each year due to heavy snow and is generally not accessible until late June or early July. We’ve driven this way a few […]
On the Road Again 2019, Part Five
August 24 – September 6 We bade Jessica and Kris farewell Monday morning and hit the road for Yosemite on a now familiar route through the Central Valley onto Hwy. 120 and then uphill at Don Pedro Reservoir to the town of Priest. With over one hundred curves and hairpin turns, this stretch of the […]
West Coast Spring 2018 – Yosemite, Part Two
June 18 – 20 Our plan for the day was to hike out of Happy Isles and take the Muir Trail towards Vernal Falls. Some folks in the group were either recovering from knee surgery or on their way towards it and so it was agreed that those who felt like it would go as […]
West Coast Spring 2018 – Yosemite, Part One
June 18 – 20 After leaving San Luis Obispo and our hearty lunch, we made good time into Oakland and caught a break with the traffic. With luck on our side we found a spot on the street close to the apartment where we could park for the two hours needed to get us to […]
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