Comments on: Yosemite: Half Dome Hike http://www.zanthan.com/wordsintobytes/postcards/yosemite-half-dome-hike The surface and beneath the surface Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:47:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mark Nelson http://www.zanthan.com/wordsintobytes/postcards/yosemite-half-dome-hike/comment-page-1#comment-7219 Mark Nelson Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:49:38 +0000 http://www.zanthan.com/wordsintobytes/?p=282#comment-7219 Wow, good on ya! You were wise to know and not exceed your limits. Those mountains kill people every year, same as here. (Redrock.) Yes, the Ken Burns series is inspiring a lot of folks, I think. I've caught only part of it, which is bad considering I work for channel 10, BUT I'm re-inspired to go out to Valley of Fire this weekend and hike around. Nothing as strenuous as your trip though.......... Your bro, Mark Wow, good on ya! You were wise to know and not exceed your limits. Those mountains kill people every year, same as here. (Redrock.) Yes, the Ken Burns series is inspiring a lot of folks, I think. I’ve caught only part of it, which is bad considering I work for channel 10, BUT I’m re-inspired to go out to Valley of Fire this weekend and hike around. Nothing as strenuous as your trip though……….
Your bro, Mark

]]> By: Pam/Digging http://www.zanthan.com/wordsintobytes/postcards/yosemite-half-dome-hike/comment-page-1#comment-7218 Pam/Digging Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:43:26 +0000 http://www.zanthan.com/wordsintobytes/?p=282#comment-7218 I really enjoyed this post, MSS, having just had my appetite whetted for national parks with the Ken Burns series on PBS. The last time I was in Yosemite I was a few months pregnant with my first child, who's now a teenager, so I'm way overdue for another visit. I really enjoyed this post, MSS, having just had my appetite whetted for national parks with the Ken Burns series on PBS. The last time I was in Yosemite I was a few months pregnant with my first child, who’s now a teenager, so I’m way overdue for another visit.

]]> By: Kat http://www.zanthan.com/wordsintobytes/postcards/yosemite-half-dome-hike/comment-page-1#comment-7215 Kat Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:32:32 +0000 http://www.zanthan.com/wordsintobytes/?p=282#comment-7215 What an accomplishment! I bet dinner tasted great after that workout. Thanks for sharing the photos and your experience. Photo ops make great rest stops as do--look at that lizard! or Have you ever seen a wildflower like that? or Hmmm. Have to tie my bootlaces. I would miss the mountains if I lived in Texas.... <p class="reply">We had a large dinner but we almost missed it. Driving back to the Wawona Hotel, we got stuck behind someone going 25mph who wouldn't pull off to let the train of cars behind him passed. We rushed into the hotel just before the dining room closed and so didn't have a chance to shower or change before dinner. We both sneaked off to wash our hands and faces while waiting for our order. I ate a huge plate of eggplant parmigiana atop a mountain of pasta. I have missed the mountains the entire time I've live in Texas. It was nice, too, showing AJM the part of the country I came from. I especially enjoyed the long, empty drives and how each desert valley has its own microclimate. There's so much variety when you really look. More photos on that coming. -- mss</p> What an accomplishment! I bet dinner tasted great after that workout.

Thanks for sharing the photos and your experience. Photo ops make great rest stops as do–look at that lizard! or Have you ever seen a wildflower like that? or Hmmm. Have to tie my bootlaces.

I would miss the mountains if I lived in Texas….

We had a large dinner but we almost missed it. Driving back to the Wawona Hotel, we got stuck behind someone going 25mph who wouldn’t pull off to let the train of cars behind him passed. We rushed into the hotel just before the dining room closed and so didn’t have a chance to shower or change before dinner. We both sneaked off to wash our hands and faces while waiting for our order. I ate a huge plate of eggplant parmigiana atop a mountain of pasta. I have missed the mountains the entire time I’ve live in Texas. It was nice, too, showing AJM the part of the country I came from. I especially enjoyed the long, empty drives and how each desert valley has its own microclimate. There’s so much variety when you really look. More photos on that coming. — mss

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