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I posted an entry each day during my 26th year of life.

Day 153: yosemite recap with pictures

Mainly pictures because I spent a lot of time in the car today and I’m quite tired.

Let’s start off with a grand view of the Bridalveil waterfall, including my mom looking quite startled that a giant tourist is staring down at her!  We escaped before the guy ate anyone.

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Here’s my dad posing in front of the lower Yosemite falls with his new friend!  He swore that he didn’t even know she was there, but I’m pretty sure my parents secretly adopted her.

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Check out all that granite!  I hope you’re impressed, because this mod squad certainly isn’t.

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Here’s my mom again, claiming the meadow in the name of the Dai family!

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Here’s us at the fallen tunnel tree, also known as Disappointment Point.  We look happy, but we’re not.  We’re angry at the tree.

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My mom and Katie standing around on top of Glacier Point.  My mom has realized that a picture is being taken but Katie hasn’t quite gotten there yet.  She’s admiring my fine body, out of the picture to the right.  Or some European guy.

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And let’s close it out with this spectacular picture of my dad, who is so ecstatic about our trip that he broke out into spontaneous song!

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For future reference, my two favorite spots in the park were definitely Glacier Point (and a few of the outlooks leading up there) and Lake Tewana.  One national park down, 387 to go!

Day 152: das ist glacier point!

We went to Glacier Point in Yosemite today. That view is off the hook. Also, there were lots of German people. Yosemite must advertise heavily in Berlin or something.

We also walked 2 miles uphill to see a tree that had fallen down. It was an invigorating walk, but the actual tree was a bit of a letdown.

My feet are dirty, my legs are tired, and I’m pretty happy. The question now is: hot tub with the parents or in bed with the DS? DS is not an acronym for Katie, like Darling Spouse. It’s a video game system. Let’s get our priorities straight here.

Day 151: super lazy sunday

It’s been a very lazy day.

The most mental exertion I had today was trying to remember if I had crocheted a certain row’s pattern 5 times or 6 times.

The most physical exertion was grilling some salmon.

Being away from home also has meant that I’ve barely spent any time online and being out of cell phone coverage means that I’ve only been checking my Twitter once or twice a day instead of constantly.

It’s certainly a nice change of pace from my normal day-to-day business. It’s been a long time since I could really just sit all day and not feel guilty about it. Tomorrow promises a good day of driving through some more of Yosemite. I’ll try and get some pictures of the sequoia groves and Glacier Point in between gasps of actually seeing the things I’m only used to seeing on TV during Planet Earth.

Day 150: yo, semite

And greetings to the Jewish people of the world!

Katie and I drove with my parents to Yosemite park today and spent a good number of hours in the afternoon walking around the park and taking in a few of the waterfalls (Bridalveil and the main Yosemite waterfall) and seeing a few of the granite monsters there.

We’re currently staying at a rental house near enough to the park to be considered “accessible” while far enough away to be relatively secluded. It’s a rustic and nice place and it’ll be a nice place to unwind for the next few days. We bought enough fruits at the local grocery store to last us several outbreaks of scurvy.

We’ll probably hit up Yosemite proper again on Monday and do a bit of hiking in the less busy parts (the Yosemite Valley is, for a national park, very crowded). I’ll try and get some of the random pictures I took on my phone uploaded in the next few days.

Oh – sidenote: this house has a bunch of VHS tapes of children’s movies that were taped off of TV. Odd? Or brilliant? We’ll decide after we watch Lady and the Tramp tomorrow!

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