B.S. and I took a fun sojourn today out of the valley and up to the side of Half Dome called the diving board. Ansel Adams took his famous snapshot of the face of Half Dome there back in the 20s I believe. It was another day in the high sixties, maybe even seventies on the slabs in the sun- good and bad for a January. We saw a team of three on the Snake Dike route as we wandered past the start of the climb to the tip of the wall and the face of Half Dome. Coming back we got lost returning down the slabs- if you go remember there are two gullys, and the correct way down is the second one, then down the talus field. Somewhere past Lost Lake, we also lost the trail again, but went through the forest and swampland and Bigfoot country to reconnect with the trail. We were hoping the Duck Dynasty clan didn't shot us as we traveled through the woods! Coming back down Nevada and Vernal Falls brought us to the river, and a quick river crossing led us back to the trailhead parking lot.
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