[at-l] YNP

[DanandGailSC at aol.com (DanandGailSC@aol.com)]

I have fond memories of hiking in Yosemite, too.  In June 2001 Gutsy and I 
hiked the PCT through Yosemite without going to the Valley.  We camped behind 
the Tuolome Meadows store in a campsite with about 20 other PCT hikers.  After 
hiking with her to Sonora Pass, I took a bus to Lee Vining then hitch-hiked 
back to Yosemite.  From Tuolome Meadows I was the solo passenger in the first bus 
run of the season from T.M. to the valley.  After spending the night at the 
backpacker's walk-in campground behind North Pines Campground, I got up early 
and hiked to the top of Half Dome and Yosemite Point before catching the last 
bus to Merced.

Last June Gutsy and I both climbed Half Dome--an exhilarating experience.  
That time we were there on a car trip.  There is much more we would like to see 
and do in Y.N.P.

Dan and Gail

n a message dated 9/23/2004 12:55:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
at-l-request@backcountry.net writes:

> I haven't managed to make it to Glacier Point yet. Just another excuse to
> go back.
> There are dry campsites on the Tenaya Lake side just before Clouds Rest,
> and also right at the base in Little Yosemite. Camping on Clouds Rest? It
> would be just my luck to get caught in a windstorm in the middle of the
> night <g>.
> I've also managed to work up the odd occasional thunderstorm (Jim+Ginny,
> how'd you make out in Alaska?  It was your turn you know!), and Clouds Rest
> is NOT where I'd want to be with Mother Nature all riled up!
> 
> Umm, 15 feet, now that I think about it it was probably more like 12. Some
> big flat rocks scattered about that I went over rather than around.
> 
> And the walk into T. Meadows coming in from the Tahoe-Yosemite route is
> gorgeous. And Cathedral Lake. Lots of sweet spots out there, and I haven't
> even scrathed the surface in exploring out there...
> 
> skeeter
>