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Early this week, I went to Yosemite. Since it was Cathy and Ken’s 25th wedding anniversary, I figured I would take them with me.
Cathy was doing a good job as photographer, by shooting many, many, many photos of trees, mountains, animals, curvy mountain roads, etc..
At it’s worst, at the end of summer, during a drought, Yosemite is still a beautiful place to visit.
I’m glad we got the large cabin with the loft, so I can have my own room, looking down (as it should be) on the mere humans.
There was water in some places, but even in the rivers, it looked pretty dirty and stagnate.
Thorns everywhere, but only one of the really nasty goat-head thorns.
I hiked a few miles on Monday at the Yosemite visitor center. That’s where I met Shasta, a truly great, Great Pyrenees of approximately 200 pounds or so… I wasn’t allowed on the trails, only the paved walking paths … but that’s okay, it was really hot, and most of the paved paths were shady. We hiked all the way to Yosemite Falls (about a mile or more each way). But the water had already fallen. So we enjoyed the view of a water-stained cliff instead.
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- Who wants to go on a road trip?
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- So we went on a road trip, and here we are at Yosemite Pines RV Resort
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- So we went on a road trip, and here we are at Yosemite Pines RV Resort
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- So we went on a road trip, and here we are at Yosemite Pines RV Resort
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- Cathy and me, Yosemite Pines RV Resort
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- Relaxing in air-conditioned comfort at Yosemite Pines RV Resort
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- Waiting on the cabin patio before going for a walk at Yosemite Pines RV Resort
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- Cathy walking Yosemite Pines RV Resort
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- Enjoying my own bed in my private loft
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- black kitty cat
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- The deer that I did notice
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- The deer that I did notice
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- The deer that I did notice
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- Orange kitty cat
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- The stickers that don’t hurt, but do stick to any fuzzy places – I have a lot of fuzzy places!
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- Lets’ go for a walk!
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- Hawk or some other kind of bird
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- clouds and forest
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- Forest and curvy roads
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- curvy roads
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- Burnt forest
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- Burnt forest
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- Storied landscape
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- Purple flowers
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- Purple flowers
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- burnt forest through green trees
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- forest
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- Tunnel near Yosemite Park
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- Tunnel near Yosemite Park
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- big rock (candy mountain?)
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- big rock with forest on top
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- rocky cliffs with shrubs
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- there was some water in the rivers
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- Mountain behind tree
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- Big rock standing out from the crowd (Cathedral Peak?)
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- Cathedral Peak?
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- mountain
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- mountain
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- mountain with jet trail in sky
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- big rock
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- big rock
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- Deer that I didn’t notice
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- Same deer that I didn’t notice
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- Enjoying a rustic bench
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- the long and winding trail to Yosemite Fall
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- Directions to Yosemite Fall
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- boulders
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- Yosemite Fall – the water has finished falling for the summer
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- squirrel
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- This tree had been around nearly as long as me.
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- Tunnel near Yosemite Park
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- forest and big rocks
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- Mountains
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- burned tree with mountains in background
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- burned trees
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- burned trees
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- Ken testing his Sockwas on the gravel parts of the trail – he soon discovered it was more comfortable without the Sockwas
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- Nature Trail at Yosemite Pines Resort
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- I wonder what the mere humans are up to tonight?
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- curvy roads
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- curvy roads
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- low water level in the reservoir
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- heading back toward Los Angeles, Wilshire district
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- Donuts! Yummm!
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- Relaxing during the drive home
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- Rest stop on the way home
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- Are we home yet?
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- view spot
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- When do we get to that air-conditioned cabin?
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- Careful on those steps. that top step is just a bit longer than my leg, which can be a real problem
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- It’s good we got the larger cabin with the loft, so I can have my own bedroom
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- Squirrel!
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- My new dog house
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- Even in the rivers, the water was pretty dirty and stagnate
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- They’re trying to repopulate humans in the area, so they’re bringing them in by the tram-load
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- I could sure use one of those mattresses about now
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- The smell of the Pacific Ocean and home
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- 100 degrees F driving through Simi Valley
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- Driving toward Los Angeles
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- Curvy roads
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- This is what coffee tables are for
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- Stickers all over the place, but only the goat-head stabbed my paw
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- This isn’t jail. This is the throne room, from whence I can glare down upon the mere humans who serve me
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- Curvy roads
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- Curvy roads
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- Ken Bob’s really long eyelash!
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- Curvy roads
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- Curvy roads
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