Lashpair Grand USA & Canada Tour 2009

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

Would anyone else be bringing bikes?

I would suggest bikes very strongly. There's little else to do in April. The ice-skating rink is closed. All the best hikes are closed (though I think the Mist Trail is open to the base of Vernal Fall ... pleasant, but a horrible tease for the better parts of the hike that would otherwise lie ahead). The waterfalls are a wonder to behold, but the fun activity ... boulder exploration at their base ... is impossible because they are just too forceful that early.

Um, they don't allow rafting on the Merced that early ... and of course swimming in the Merced in April is for the Alex's of the world only.


Yep, biking is the only fun way to enjoy the Valley that time of year. There are some pleasant walks in areas of the Valley floor, too.


But it's such a waste of my favorite National Park.


That's not to say fun wouldn't be had. I'm confident anyone going would have a grand old time ... and I might be joining you. But, really, I've been trying to get the LoT gang and the Lashpair to go to Yosemite for ages, and the timing, frankly, could hardly be worse.


Oh well, it's a long ways from now. I'll likely get over my disappointment. Or, hopefully, plans will change yet again.


For all I know, we'll find ourselves in Budapest.