Alex and Maddie expressed interest in going backpacking this summer, so they joined Michael and I on a two-night trip down Yosemite Creek from Tioga Pass Road. Good water was a bit hard to find, but we did alright. The weather was wonderful, and we even had a neighborly “controlled burn” near camp.
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- Alex & Maddie catch a breather during the rocky hike down Yose Creek
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- Never pass up a chance at a gapped log.
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- Setting up camp above the Falls
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- Half Dome in the afternoon
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- Above El Capitan’s great face
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- El Capitan
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- Falls Junction
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- Descending to Upper Yosemite Fall
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- Heading back to “base camp”
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- Lugging it back to the car
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- Lugging it back to the car
It had been 30 years since my brother David and I had camped above Upper Yosemite Fall during one very warm and sunny Spring Break. David and I had a great time listening to Dr. Ruth Westheimer talk sex on our little AM/FM radio, and we also hiked out to the rim at night to see the Falls glow in the moonlight—to say nothing of lights down in the valley.