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nwhikerThere is going to have to be a longer update later, but we're home.
What a fabulous vacation! Yosemite is incredible. We mostly stayed in the uplands, and the Sierra high country is as gorgeous as I was told it would be.
On the iffy side, our router died last Sunday. Grrr... Remember, we run our own email server, so a dead router means dropped emails (sorry, C, I assume at least one of my subbed addresses is bouncing...) We didn't find out I checked my email while we were in Reno yesterday and noticed this. Of course we had a lot of important email outstanding.
The Rim Fire, aside from spawning an obsession with AC and major fear in Linnea didn't affect us much beyond visually stunning sunsets and cloud formations while we were in the park. It started hours after we drove through the area, I guess, last Saturday. We decided to drive back via the East route because the other way was close... and ended up driving for miles in a sepia toned cloud. It was... quite eerie. I had hoped to be able to take a short side trip to see Lake Tahoe, but considering the colour of the sky, we didn't bother. All that personal whining aside, the Rim Fire is going to be bad.
We listened to two non-fic books while driving. Will review later, one at least is awesome for the 12 + set.
AC is a very competent and helpful assistant camp master (I was demoted to lead minion a while back), and she was so very good about tend set up and tear down, getting water started for breakfast that I almost forgive her the griping about being stuck with us on a family vacation.
On our second morning camping, our first morning at our second campsite (a dry campground), we heard CRACK! CRUNCH! SMASH! THUD! and started in utter amazement at the hillside just above us as a gigantic tree broke off, tipped over, smashed against a boulder, and landed on the ground. It was... impressive. As soon as the tipping part started it was pretty clear that we were not in the fall line, though the tent was, so it wasn't even too panic inspiring. The majority of the tree landed about 70 ft or so from us. Linnea, btw, ran to hide behind Perry, who complained later of being the "human meat shield". I'm 99 % sure the reason she hid behind sitting Perry rather than standing me or AC, or sitting dh? She could hide behind him and still stare at what was happening!
Linnea, the second we were in the park, reverted to her anorexic like camping behaviour, refusing to eat more than a few bites each day, leaving me the choice of letting her eat less than 400 calories a day or pester/browbeat her into eating more. Considering the hiking we were doing, I pestered. It is really quite stressful.
In good news? I'm pretty sure my eyes are fine, despite some bad air conditions (from campfires mainly). I look like a dork with my floppy sunhat, but between that, sunglasses, and moisturizing eye drops, my eyes barely got irritated, and I"m pretty sure I don't have an infection. So yay!
Some glorious hikes. OMG. That high country is beautiful.
And here is the ABSOLUTE PISSER WORSE THING GRRRR! ARGH! THINGS ever: dh's Windoze phone? Takes better photos than my digital SLR. It's an absolutely phenomenal camera. Can I say GRRR! again? All my fiddling with exposure and aperture and I even brought my polarising lens, and his damn cell phone camera takes a better photo.
OK, I need to get to bed. My own bed, ah!
What a fabulous vacation! Yosemite is incredible. We mostly stayed in the uplands, and the Sierra high country is as gorgeous as I was told it would be.
On the iffy side, our router died last Sunday. Grrr... Remember, we run our own email server, so a dead router means dropped emails (sorry, C, I assume at least one of my subbed addresses is bouncing...) We didn't find out I checked my email while we were in Reno yesterday and noticed this. Of course we had a lot of important email outstanding.
The Rim Fire, aside from spawning an obsession with AC and major fear in Linnea didn't affect us much beyond visually stunning sunsets and cloud formations while we were in the park. It started hours after we drove through the area, I guess, last Saturday. We decided to drive back via the East route because the other way was close... and ended up driving for miles in a sepia toned cloud. It was... quite eerie. I had hoped to be able to take a short side trip to see Lake Tahoe, but considering the colour of the sky, we didn't bother. All that personal whining aside, the Rim Fire is going to be bad.
We listened to two non-fic books while driving. Will review later, one at least is awesome for the 12 + set.
AC is a very competent and helpful assistant camp master (I was demoted to lead minion a while back), and she was so very good about tend set up and tear down, getting water started for breakfast that I almost forgive her the griping about being stuck with us on a family vacation.
On our second morning camping, our first morning at our second campsite (a dry campground), we heard CRACK! CRUNCH! SMASH! THUD! and started in utter amazement at the hillside just above us as a gigantic tree broke off, tipped over, smashed against a boulder, and landed on the ground. It was... impressive. As soon as the tipping part started it was pretty clear that we were not in the fall line, though the tent was, so it wasn't even too panic inspiring. The majority of the tree landed about 70 ft or so from us. Linnea, btw, ran to hide behind Perry, who complained later of being the "human meat shield". I'm 99 % sure the reason she hid behind sitting Perry rather than standing me or AC, or sitting dh? She could hide behind him and still stare at what was happening!
Linnea, the second we were in the park, reverted to her anorexic like camping behaviour, refusing to eat more than a few bites each day, leaving me the choice of letting her eat less than 400 calories a day or pester/browbeat her into eating more. Considering the hiking we were doing, I pestered. It is really quite stressful.
In good news? I'm pretty sure my eyes are fine, despite some bad air conditions (from campfires mainly). I look like a dork with my floppy sunhat, but between that, sunglasses, and moisturizing eye drops, my eyes barely got irritated, and I"m pretty sure I don't have an infection. So yay!
Some glorious hikes. OMG. That high country is beautiful.
And here is the ABSOLUTE PISSER WORSE THING GRRRR! ARGH! THINGS ever: dh's Windoze phone? Takes better photos than my digital SLR. It's an absolutely phenomenal camera. Can I say GRRR! again? All my fiddling with exposure and aperture and I even brought my polarising lens, and his damn cell phone camera takes a better photo.
OK, I need to get to bed. My own bed, ah!
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Date: 26 Aug 2013 13:37 (UTC)Look forward to seeing the photos, and any longer updates that might appear!
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Date: 26 Aug 2013 20:33 (UTC)Can't wait to hear about the awesome hiking you did!