Friday 5/25/18 I don’t recall where exactly we stayed that night – some random hotel between Yosemite & Death Valley. I do recall a late-night stop at a McDonald’s on the way out of Yosemite for coffee and to use their WiFi to find a hotel. We had a late… Continue reading
Thursday 5/24/18 We could only afford the $200/night yurt for one night, so we checked out in the morning and drove out to the “end” of the valley near the Upper Pines campground. The goal was to hike one or both of Vernal and Nevada falls, an area of the… Continue reading
Wednesday 5/23/18 We knew that Yosemite was going to be busy even though it was early in the season, every information website we found told us so. But, they have first-come camping at Camp 4 that we thought we’d get in line for when they opened as we had done… Continue reading
8/25/17 [singlepic id=2434 w=480 float=right] After two days of kayaking we decided to do a bit of hiking. We went back to the Park Loop and found our way to the Precipice Trail. This was reportedly the most strenuous climb and involved a lot of scrambling and a good number… Continue reading
[singlepic id=1918 w=480 float=left] A different kind of picture from Italy. Taken from Murano Island off of Venice where much of the fancy hand blown glassware that the place is famous for is made. I didn’t make it out to the island when I was in Italy in 2001, so… Continue reading
[singlepic id=1916 w=480 float=left] By the time we got to Riomaggiore it was pretty much night – we went into town and got a few beers, walked back out to the point to watch the sunset and drink our beers and then hiked up the hill over the town while… Continue reading
[singlepic id=1915 w=480 float=left] Looking back north in the evening from Riomaggiore, the southernmost town in Cinque Terre. Pictures taken with Canon 60D, EF-S 10-22mm lens @ 44mm, f/6.3, 1/100 sec, ISO 100
[singlepic id=1914 w=480 float=left] OK, last one of Vernazza… Looking back as we were hiking out of town. I’m not sure why I have a disproportionate number of pictures from Vernazza – must have been the most picturesque town of the five. Pictures taken with Canon 60D, EF-S 10-22mm lens… Continue reading
[singlepic id=1911 w=480 float=left] Merry Christmas! A shot from on the brake wall from the previous picture. You can’t really make out a trail thanks to the vegetation, but the trail comes in from the upper left here. Pictures taken with Canon 60D, EF-S 10-22mm lens @ 10mm, f/16, 1/400… Continue reading
[singlepic id=1910 w=480 float=left] Apparently I tagged a bunch of pictures form Cinque Terre for posting, but never post them… so we’re going to have a few more of those to round out the year. This is another of Vernazza from above as we were coming down into the town…. Continue reading