....he's gone.
20.1.09
10.8.08
2.8.08
more fun with rodents!
My electricityless amigo Justin recently posted a video of some squirrels. Here's my posting of a stouter, more depraved rodent.
25.7.08
the audible infinite
Last week Sarah and I were walking up the trail from Lyell Canyon to Ireland Lake and heard this unreal bird song, which I later found out was a Hermit Thrush. A birder friend of mine said that one writer called this song "The infinite made audible." Check it out.
16.7.08
Floodwater at Tenaya Lake
Part two of the previous post. Some video footage of the crazy floodwater that was coming off the slabs at Tenaya Lake last Sunday.
15.7.08
ah, hiking in the mountains
It's been too long since I've gotten up into the mountains for a few days of relaxation and adventure....particularly with Sarah. We realized after talking about it that the last time we had been backpacking together was in India in the Spring of 2006, and the last time we'd been backpacking in the Sierra together was the summer we got married: 2002! Jesus, too long.
So, we packed up and set out from Tuolumne on the Lyell Canyon trail Friday morning. Sarah did some trailside yoga along the way.
Eventually we got to Ireland Lake, our destination for the first night. It's a big, beautiful alpine lake (over 10,000'), with much solitude and even more mosquitoes, at least this time of year. I did, though, get to see a grey-crowned rosy finch before getting chased into the tent for the rest of the evening.
Day two: I wandered around the lake for a while, admiring all the fantastic granite that was to be found. Perhaps it's a result of growing up in a very ancient landscape (Pennsylvania), but I never seem to get used to how beautiful the raw, exposed earth of the High Sierra is.
We hiked cross-country from Ireland Lake to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp, and then down to Emeric Lake, where a storm started to brew. Word of advice: if you ever see the sky above start to look like this in the Sierra, take cover!
That night our friends Parker and Audrey found us just before dark, and we passed some time carousing and drinking the Young's Double Chocolate Stout they packed in. The next morning we started out pretty leisurely up to Tuolumne Pass and then down the Rafferty Creek trail to Tuolumne. All sun at first, but eventually it started to rain, then hail on us. We got back to Ranger Camp, showered, and drove back to El Portal, but not before almost getting blasted off the road with flood water near Tenaya Lake (video coming soon).
So, we packed up and set out from Tuolumne on the Lyell Canyon trail Friday morning. Sarah did some trailside yoga along the way.
Eventually we got to Ireland Lake, our destination for the first night. It's a big, beautiful alpine lake (over 10,000'), with much solitude and even more mosquitoes, at least this time of year. I did, though, get to see a grey-crowned rosy finch before getting chased into the tent for the rest of the evening.
Day two: I wandered around the lake for a while, admiring all the fantastic granite that was to be found. Perhaps it's a result of growing up in a very ancient landscape (Pennsylvania), but I never seem to get used to how beautiful the raw, exposed earth of the High Sierra is.
We hiked cross-country from Ireland Lake to Vogelsang High Sierra Camp, and then down to Emeric Lake, where a storm started to brew. Word of advice: if you ever see the sky above start to look like this in the Sierra, take cover!
That night our friends Parker and Audrey found us just before dark, and we passed some time carousing and drinking the Young's Double Chocolate Stout they packed in. The next morning we started out pretty leisurely up to Tuolumne Pass and then down the Rafferty Creek trail to Tuolumne. All sun at first, but eventually it started to rain, then hail on us. We got back to Ranger Camp, showered, and drove back to El Portal, but not before almost getting blasted off the road with flood water near Tenaya Lake (video coming soon).
3.1.08
New Year's Day in Yosemite
I got kinda down on New Year's Eve, as was obvious by my post below. Things on New Year's Day cheered up a bit, as I took the early bus into the Valley and spent an hour or so walking around before work.
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