Yosemite Falls
My 3 day visit to Yosemite ended yesterday and there really isn’t much more I can say about the experience that hasn’t been documented by countless folks. Spectacular and humbling are the two words that come to mind.
I really need to start carrying a paper journal with me so I don’t have to try to recall all of my thoughts three days after the fact. My advancing age makes it much more difficult though I will try my best to piece together my thoughts over the next couple of days.
The easiest thing I can recollect is the realization that I am in awful physical shape. I would like to blame it on the altitude but I have to be honest with myself. Though I did hike 16 miles over two days–most of it up and back down some steep terrain–I still felt completely spent afterwards. I most definitely need to lose 15 pounds if I have any chance to complete our 8 day, 60 mile hike through the Sierra’s in July.
As mentioned, I will post more about the trip in the coming days including lots of photos. As usual, I took about 600 photos but only 10 or so that I really like. One of them I posted above–although I am not thrilled with it. I am becoming my own worst critic–one of my biggest character flaws.
Keep an eye out in the next few days and, as usual, feel free to comment or ask questions…or just say hello.
Dave
