A Blink of Yosemite
December 6, 2005 5:10 pm General
John and I headed off to Yosemite for a quick trip on Saturday. We left at the crack of dawn and got back late that evening. I’ve been to Yosemite a bunch of times, but never in the winter, so it was nice to see the place looking like a ghost town. There wasn’t a huge amount of snow there, so we got a good hike up the John Muir trail towards Little Yosemite past Vernal and Nevada falls which had big flows. Lots of amazing ice formations, and wonderfully crisp cold air. Unsuprisingly, didn’t see too many climbers hanging around, but really got the tingling feeling in my fingers and toes as we walked around the huge boulders littered around the valley floor and along the trail up past the waterfalls. We were both absolutely wrecked on the trip home, but highlights include an excellent meal in a diner just outside the valley, and a quick run through with the local highway police. Really nice to get out and about though, since most of the rest of the weekend was dedicated to work.
One of the other highlights of the weekend was heading up to Alameda with Stephen to a Jazz club to see Suzanna sing. She has a pretty amazing voice, and you could really see that she was having a whole heap of fun. Great to catch up with her again, even though we didn’t have much time to chat. Hopefully we’ll catch up with her during the week too.
