The Mousepods' Yosemite Trip

[MouseWife]

Ugh, I was watching the Travel Channel and it must have been during the summer when it was super crowded. We are going June 30 through July 3. And, like iSm said, we will be doing the Mist trail early in the a.m. I do not want to be doing that with anyone more than in my group and a few people that we pass. {right, or pass us?}

About the early concessionaires, isn't that incredible? The owner of the Lodge was in good with the government and helped him to take that 50% from the others {Glacier Point Lodge also, I think?} How the Lodge was the only place either that was allowed to or that would sell liquor.

I bought a couple of books that I haven't had a chance to read {we were there 3/12-15}. One about the women of the Valley and I have to admit, I forget the other one.

But I love the history of it all. I am amazed, with that story from the lodge, that Camp Curry stayed as long as it did. It seems the Currys' did maintain control over it for quite some time. {?}

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

We are going June 30 through July 3.

Wow, that's the exact dates of our Swankamping Trip to Sequioa.


Is there some Sierra National Parks convergence point where we can communicate with each other by leaving messages under a magic stone in each park??

[MouseWife]

Thanks for that info, DreadPirateRoberts! I've only been once but we had only the one day and we did a few hikes and not focused on one place. I didn't know you could go on top of them. I saw this on Huell Howard. Oh, whatever his name is! {I love the guys' show, it is on local t.v., he does CA spots}. But it sounds like it is unaccessable during a snow.


Oh, iSm, the history before the white man came. It really does sound like Paradise. It is hard to imagine. Yes, that history is very worth while. The naming of some of the local mountains {right, three brothers and others?}, the name 'Yosemite'. The little museum in the Valley doesn't do a lot of justice, but it is good that they acknowledge their primary presence in the valley.

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Is there some Sierra National Parks convergence point where we can communicate with each other by leaving messages under a magic stone in each park??

So, seriously, the dates of Camp Swank begin the 30th? I've been trying to see if we can go one night.....the Hubster says I don't know what I am asking for.

Mousepod, was the Mist Trail open? Or did you guys just do it? When we went in March, it was closed but we ran into a couple coming down the John Muir trail and they said they'd done the MT but that the JMT was worse because of the snow. It was, really, I bummed everyone out by saying no more hiking in/on that type of snow on the side of a mountain! I'd bought snow show thingies but they said there was no snow so I left them at home. Would have been perfect.

Oooh, wait, did you have snow while you were there? Or was it from the weekend before you went? I follow the webcam and saw some snow.....

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

I saw this on Huell Howard. Oh, whatever his name is! {I love the guys' show, it is on local t.v., he does CA spots}.

Very close, it's Huell Howser. It's also fun, but expensive, to take the gondola up to the top of Mammoth Mtn. They keep the gondola running during the summer.

[MouseWife]

mousepod~ oh yeah, we will be going up first thing in the morning to do that. I am clumsy and don't want to have to navigate around other people. Once I start up, I don't want to stop.

{I am wondering if we can make the '08 swanking, too....}

DRP~ LOL Howser!! Dang, I was close. So, this gondola, I must have missed it. Or thought it was for skiers.

Anywho, even though I fudge his name I love his shows. And Samantha Browns.

Is anyone watching the Travel Channel and their National Park week?
Yesterday they had the ten top in the West and of course Yosemite was on it. What was cool is that the Columbia River Gorge and Mt. Hood were on there, also. My sis in law lives there, we visited end of September. I thought the area had the feeling of a big playground. So much to do and it is all so close. {to those areas, LOL, not me}

[Alex]

The first time we did Half Dome (via the Mist Trail) the fall was in full force which was nice because once we reached the top we were in blazing sun for most of the rest of the day.

This day we encountered something that put everything in perspective. We're huffing and puffing away and wondering if we can actually make it up there when this guy comes running by. This man was the perfect physical specimen. All he is wearing is running shorts, shoes, and sunglasses. Friends who were ahead of us ran into him at the top of Half Dome and talked to him. Turns out that once a month he does the run from the valley floor to the top of Half Dome. Just for fun. Our friends said he did the final dome climb at full speed and never touched the cable.

The second time was during that unexpected snow storm a couple years ago that killed a couple mountain climbers who froze to death stranded on cliff faces. We were hiking in shorts and t-shirts and it started to snow just as we hit the top. That was a thrilling hike back. To compensate the falls were so low I don't think we even got misted on the Mist Trail.

[MouseWife]

Sad story about the hikers freezing.

Wow about the runner! I am not going to run though!!! Well, maybe I'll go for a run but I am not running up that hill! It is really a long hike.

How long did it take you go go up to Half Dome? Hubster wants to but I tell him no thanks.

We'll have our son, soon to be 13 with us and he doesn't train with us. That worries me but he is tough.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

So, seriously, the dates of Camp Swank begin the 30th? I've been trying to see if we can go one night.....the Hubster says I don't know what I am asking for.

!!! Actually, the LoT Camping trip starts Thursday, June 28!!! You could join us for two days, and then zip up through the mountains to Yosemite! (Or you could join us for one day, and hike the Sierra Crest really fast to Yosemite)



Hubby's poo-pooing notwithstanding, we would love for you to join us for a brief while before going on to Yosemite. I fear we won't be able to find the magic communication rock.