The new neighbors had no parties that I aware of this past weekend. Whew! Let us hope my luck holds.
I was up in the hills most of Saturday. It was a perfect weekend for it, too. Not too hot, not too windy or cold. We opted to go to the Mariposa Grove of giant Sequoias rather than all the way in to Yosemite Valley.
I was disappointed at first. “What! I don’t get to go see the Ahwahnee Hotel, where the rich people stay when they come to Yosemite?”
But it turned out to be quite enjoyable. Mariposa Grove was much closer to our meet-up location (a couple of miles vs. 45 minutes to the Valley) and the trees are just awe inspiring. See for yourself:
That is a big ass tree. We opted for the tram tour – at a whopping $25.50 per person! – but it was totally worth it because we were not all mobile enough for hiking. Plus we got to wear lovely headphones and a dangly radio-thing to hear the pre-recorded spiel.
I know it is blurry but it sooooo captures the tram ride. That is my compadre and coworker Micky, by the way, who gets me out of the house to Do Stuff, damn her.
As for missing the Ahwahnee, I got to see Tenaya Lodge instead. Fancy! Micky’s niece et al were staying there for a weekend CE conference.
I have a few more pictures of the day on my Flickr page, mostly trees. I do like the one of the downed Sequoia roots, the last pic in the slideshow.
And how was your weekend? Did you get out? Did you do something exercisey and/or fun?
