Got into Yosemite Valley around 3pm yesterday.  It was plenty busy and traffic in the valley was pretty much at a standstill.  We got our permits and got setup at the backpackers site.  Then we went with Mace to pizza place at Curry Village for … [Read more...]

Great sleep last night. We anticipated issues with deer around keeping us awake, but either they were sneaky, quiet or not around. When we woke up around 6:15, Mace, Tom and Mike were up and getting themselves ready to head to Half Dome.  Since we … [Read more...]

Woke up to a beautiful day…beautiful light coming over the mountain in front of Sunrise Meadow.  Everyone in our group was already up.  We sat and ate breakfast before packing up. Got on the trail around 7:30 and had a nice start to the day as we … [Read more...]

It was quite cold when we got up this morning and we all had our hats and gloves on.  We got rolling out around 7:20....Mike is still getting the hang of packing things up. We heard a lot of coyote howls this morning which was pretty cool.  The sun … [Read more...]

Warm night last night by the lake. We got rolling quicker than normal and got on the trail by 7:00.  We were trying to get into Mammoth Lakes in the afternoon.  There weren't any big passes today, so we were able to make reasonable progress on the … [Read more...]

Had a very relaxing zero day in Mammoth yesterday.   Seems that everyone was happy to have the zero. Beardoh went for a run in the morning and ended up going much further than planned on the Mammoth Town Loop. He was out for an hour and a half and … [Read more...]

Woke up around 6:00 and it seemed we were the first group up and going.  We slept really well last night. When Beardoh woke to pee in the middle of the night, the stars were really bright and he could see the Milky Way. Beardoh's butt was pretty much … [Read more...]