Five years ago, Jim and I discovered Yosemite made a great early season backpacking destination. When Washington’s trails are still under a foot of snow, Yosemite is dry and sunny with waterfalls galore. For this year, we decided on a 6-day trip. This would give us plenty of time to do a large loop through…
After spending a day at Cousin Chrissy’s eating, drinking, and doing laundry, we headed off to Yosemite. Our plan to avoid the wild fire smoke had worked. There was only a lingering haze in the air. We started off by heading to Glacier Point. Along the way, we stopped at Tunnel View for a quick…
After spending Mother’s Day with Derek in San Jose, Jim and I headed into Yosemite for a 5 day backpacking trip. Last year, we only spent one night in the park which was not enough time to really go anywhere. Yosemite had reported 50% more snow than last year so Jim and I threw in…
Since Derek moved out of the college dorms and into a house with a few of his friends, I need to take him down a few things that couldn’t fly with him like his bike. Mostly I wanted to check out the house. I talked Jim Aga into sharing the drive with me and stopping…