A couple of days ago, Rojo and I reunited after weeks apart and spent the day walking from the Gacier Point Road to our buddy Joe's house in Wawona. A marathon day, as Jason calls them, since they are about 26 miles. This one took us out to Ostrander Lake and then cross country to Hart Lake and over Horse Ridge to the Buena Vista trail. We took some snapshots of Buena Vista Lake and then continued to the famous Royal Arch Lake for lunch and a refill of water. At this point we were at the halfway mark, and as we were to find out, the rest was all downhill from there. We passed a couple more beautiful lakes and then put our heads down and marched on through the forest without much of a scenery change until near the end when we found ourselves standing at the top of Chilnualna Falls. This was at 3:30pm in direct sunlight and with all our dogs barking and looking for the finish line. We spent a little time on Joe's porch waiting for him to arrive home from work, then had a beer with him, and then got a ride back to our car and the valley. Another fine day. The postcards are of the following: the first looks out over the Tuolomnee area from above Hart Lake; the second is Royal Arch Lake; the third is Jason moving over big pieces of granite on the cross-country part of the hike, the best part, the choose your own adventure part. Enjoy.
A couple of days ago, Rojo and I reunited after weeks apart and spent the day walking from the Gacier Point Road to our buddy Joe's house in Wawona. A marathon day, as Jason calls them, since they are about 26 miles. This one took us out to Ostrander Lake and then cross country to Hart Lake and over Horse Ridge to the Buena Vista trail. We took some snapshots of Buena Vista Lake and then continued to the famous Royal Arch Lake for lunch and a refill of water. At this point we were at the halfway mark, and as we were to find out, the rest was all downhill from there. We passed a couple more beautiful lakes and then put our heads down and marched on through the forest without much of a scenery change until near the end when we found ourselves standing at the top of Chilnualna Falls. This was at 3:30pm in direct sunlight and with all our dogs barking and looking for the finish line. We spent a little time on Joe's porch waiting for him to arrive home from work, then had a beer with him, and then got a ride back to our car and the valley. Another fine day. The postcards are of the following: the first looks out over the Tuolomnee area from above Hart Lake; the second is Royal Arch Lake; the third is Jason moving over big pieces of granite on the cross-country part of the hike, the best part, the choose your own adventure part. Enjoy.
