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Roughing it
At the last second, we discovered that reservations for camping are required. So instead we stayed in Yosemite's 4-star hotel, the Ahwahnee.
Date: 2007.03.29
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Vernal Fall
Date: 2007.03.30
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Looking up at Liberty Cap, I think.
Date: 2007.03.30
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Ellie found the moss fascinating.
Date: 2007.03.30
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Between Vernal and Nevada falls, one of the few flat portions of the hike.
Date: 2007.03.30
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Nevada Fall
We prayed for a misting along the trail, but the mist wouldn't come.
Date: 2007.03.30
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Date: 2007.03.30
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Date: 2007.03.30
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The trail gets rockier near the top.
Date: 2007.03.30
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Just a few... hundred... more feet.
Date: 2007.03.30
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Part stairway, part waterfall. A tiny stream ran perfectly along the stairs.
Date: 2007.03.30
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Date: 2007.03.30
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The Top!
Date: 2007.03.30
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We lunched atop the falls, rested, and then started the decent.
Date: 2007.03.30
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The trail has several large humps. So even going "down" we ended up frequently climbing.
Date: 2007.03.30
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Deer by Yosemite Village.
Date: 2007.03.31
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Date: 2007.03.31
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Twas early Spring, and the squirrels were digging like forty-niners.
Date: 2007.03.31
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Merced River
Date: 2007.03.31
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Lower Yosemite Fall
with a little, tiny Cody.
Date: 2007.03.31
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Date: 2007.03.31
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Ellie wished aloud for a crash pad, saying, "these'd make for good climbing."
Date: 2007.03.31
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Across the Merced, a half view of Half Dome.
Date: 2007.03.31
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Ellie gathering shrubbery.
Date: 2007.03.31
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We guessed terminates had left this pattern, but weren't really sure.
Date: 2007.03.31
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Ellie teaching redwoods to do the YMCA.
Date: 2007.03.31
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We stopped for water after reaching El Cap.
Date: 2007.03.31
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Wind swept.
Date: 2007.03.31
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Monstar Tree!
Date: 2007.03.31
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The south trail has many piles of carefully balanced rocks. Incidentally, it had one less after we passed through.
Date: 2007.03.31
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Sentinel Rock
...methinks.
Date: 2007.03.31
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Wild Jelly Grazing
In Yosemite Valley, Wild Jellies succeed primarily on a diet of lichens and insects. Here's one grazing on a rock near the path.
Date: 2007.03.31
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Wild Jelly Growling
Wild Jellies are fiercely territorial. Clearly willing to kill to protect her lichens, this one hissed as I walked past.
Date: 2007.03.31
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Rough, so damned rough.
Date: 2007.04.01
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A spider occupied our window when we returned to the car. He held on for a while, even at 40mph.
Date: 2007.04.01
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Northside Drive (methinks), hugging the Merced.
Date: 2007.04.01
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