Another weekend adventure starting off with a long bike ride into unchartered territory (... I mean with my bike anyway...) This time I wanted to ride through Bollinger canyon... which I thought I saw someone do on strava recently... but I certainly didn't make it. After hopping a fence and passing numerous no trespassing signs, a man on horseback finally caught up to me to tell me that I was trespassing... the ride was quite flat after that, but it was really quite meditative. Listening to my new favorite podcast Snap Judgement... I rode through the heat past fields of almonds, pumpkins, cows, wildflowers... past a RC airport, dirt tracks, several paintball courses, over Altamont Pass, thorugh Manteca and into Oakdale... where I saw some folks kayaking below. Sounds like a fun canoe run.
http://cacreeks.com/stan-oak.htm Next time?
After a burrito stop in Manteca, I met up with Kim and Kai in Oakdale at a shopping center with a thrift store and an awesome new Vietnamese restaurant. And after another hour + of driving we were in the valley, in upper pines, site 130!
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| it was HOT! at 7 pm it felt like it was in the high 80s... |
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| Going for a stroll after dinner |
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| and testing out the new flash for my NEX!!! |
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| We went to bed a bit early... but Dylan and Kat rolled in around 2 am. We weren't gonna stay up for them... |
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| Kai, ready to drive up to Glacier Point... |
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| We stopped at Tunnel View on the way. |
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| wee |
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| On our way to Taft Point to eat lunch... |
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| Taft Point! |
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| After lunch, we hiked back to the car, and Kimbo dropped Dylan, Kat & I off at Glacier Point. |
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| to hike down the valley |
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| Illilouette Falls... |
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| two miles in, and this guy was overheating, got blisters, and was dying... |
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| Liberty cap with nevada fall... site of many deaths. Tourons... stop swimming in Emerald Pools! |
our route above
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| Got back, and found these two splashing around in the merced |
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| when we got back, Kai's friend Kenji had arrived ready to zoom around the campground with their trucks... |
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| We decided to go on a short ride around the park... Kimbo is blocking Kai in this pic... |
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| This is basically what these kiddos did all weekend... |
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| Tunnel hug! |
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| After an awesome dinner of steaks & sausages by Dylan & Kat, we all called it a night. The next morning these kiddos were still playing with their cars... |
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| brekky! |
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| Don't know who is driving... |
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| Hi Kiddos... |
After breakfast, we did another bike ride around the valley. Kimbo, Kai & I on the tandem. Dylan on his bike, and Kat on my road bike. We went up to Mirror Lake... then we stopped at Sentinel Bridge for a dip and cruised back to get back on the road.
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