Objectively, this was hard. This past weekend was my last weekend as Trail Patrol in Point Reyes National Seashore. I’ve spent hundreds of hours and hiked hundreds… Read more “Goodbye Point Reyes, My Love, My Home”
Tag: National Parks
The Best Thing Was… the Chili? | Great Basin NP | Road-Trippin’ with My Folks
Note to self: Put some puke baggies in your car. Seriously. Do it. My father got a little sick. And by “a little sick” I mean “I… Read more “The Best Thing Was… the Chili? | Great Basin NP | Road-Trippin’ with My Folks”
Cold As F… Fluffy Unicorns | Yosemite NP | Road-Trippin’ with My Folks
Note to self: Don’t forget to rewrite your mother’s description of the temperature when you’re writing about this from “cold as f…” to something else. Nothing ate… Read more “Cold As F… Fluffy Unicorns | Yosemite NP | Road-Trippin’ with My Folks”
“We’re Going Up There?!” | Nevada Fall, Yosemite NP | Road-Trippin’ with My Folks
~ continued from The Mists of Vernal Fall ~ We topped off the Vernal Fall, the last pitch along the steep wall the most challenging part. With… Read more ““We’re Going Up There?!” | Nevada Fall, Yosemite NP | Road-Trippin’ with My Folks”
The Mists of Vernal Fall | Yosemite NP | Road-Trippin’ with My Folks
Note to self: when you’re the one planning a road trip for/with your parents, try to remember that the ratio of physical ability might have changed since… Read more “The Mists of Vernal Fall | Yosemite NP | Road-Trippin’ with My Folks”
Like Children. Like Stunned Children… | Yosemite NP | Road-Trippin’ with My Folks
Note to self: there is such a thing as too excited. On our way to one of the most beautiful places on the planet, we stopped in… Read more “Like Children. Like Stunned Children… | Yosemite NP | Road-Trippin’ with My Folks”
PHOTO: In The Name of Water | Yosemite May 2018
I take the gear from the shelf where all the pieces are patiently waiting for me, displayed neatly as if behind a front window of a store the exact same way I put them there a few weeks ago. I admit, I’m more gentle with my camping/backpacking gear than with my sole existence and entire life.
I find a place for each and every piece in the back of my car. Loading the boot makes me feel so excited that I have to start singing. In only a few days, I’ll be able to bring back my first report from Yosemite in the year of 2018!
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If I was able to sleep, I’d be woken up at half past two by the sharp beep-beep-beep of my alarm. But to be honest, sleep wasn’t really working for me – and what more, a few minutes before the alarm was supposed to go off, my friend Machi opened the door quietly and ‘woke me up’: “Pavuli-na… Pavuli-na? How do you get warm water in the shower?” And so I got up, turned the hot water on for her, brushed my teeth and started packing the last few necessities we needed for the weekend.
A quick shower and a breakfast later, a little bit after four in the morning, we were leaving our driveway and heading towards Yosemite.
LINKS TO ALL PHOTO LOCATIONS ARE BELOW THE GALLERY
PHOTO LOCATIONS:
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- Half Dome from Half Dome View
- A mushroom in Crane Flat Campground
- Bridalveil Fall from Bridalveil Fall Viewing Point
- Yosemite Fall in the far away from John Muir Trail
- Vernal Fall and Merced River from the Vernal Fall Bridge
- Vernal Fall from the Mist Trail
- Merced River from the Vernal Falls Bridge
- A bear (!) from the top of Vernal Fall
- Merced River above the top of Vernal Fall
- Nevada Fall from below, Mist Trail
- Merced River from the top of Nevada Fall
- Merced River cañon from the top of Nevada Fall
- Drops of morning dew in Crane Flat Campground
- Yosemite Falls from Swinging Bridge
- Some ferns and sand nearby Yosemite Creek
- Half Dome from Cook’s Meadow
- Yosemite Falls from Lower Yosemite Fall Trail
- Some ferns and sand nearby Yosemite Creek
- A reflection in Merced River
- Yosemite Valley Chapel
- Falls on Tamarack and Cascade Creek from Big Oak Flat Road
- Big Oak Flat Road
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