Last week we made a delicious
dinner using some spices that Emily got from her Mom for Christmas. It wasn’t quite as good as Mom cooking, but
Chris refuses to move out here and live in our closet.
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| The deliciously spiced Indian food. |
We’ve been on lots of great hikes
the last few weekends. One trip included
a side route to Royal Arch Lake. Once
we got there David climbed hundreds of feet up a peak while Emily took a
nap.
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| Royal Arch Lake |
Last weekend took us up the Lyell
Fork Canyon, a very popular spot for all, especially fly fishermen. We climbed out of the canyon to Ireland Lake,
our campsite for the night.
Unfortunately we hadn’t really researched the location too well. It turns out that it’s a very windswept place
normally, and the unusually high winds that weekends combined with the
generally harsh timberline setting led to quite a gusty night. We survived however, and proceeded the next
day to continue on adventuring in the beautiful high sierra.
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| Lyell Fork Canyon |
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| Ireland Lake |
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| Evelyn Lake |
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| High Sierra |
This past weekend we took one of
our most incredible backpacking trips ever!!!
We did the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne.
The combination of towering granite cliffs, raging river torrents,
tranquil aspen groves, an amazing diversity of plant life, and cascades that
would make a water park envious all made for quite a fun weekend. We started at the headwaters of the Tuolumne
River and followed it 20 miles along as it dropped 5,000 feet over the next
three days. The hike out today up 3,000
feet of switchbacks was a bun-burner but well worth it.
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| Tuolumne River in the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne |
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| First night campsite |
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| Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne |
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| This spot was great for rock sliding and swimming |
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| Almost the end of the hike -- sad! |
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