Paul and I drove up to the little town of Lee Vining, overlooking Mono Lake, on Monday (made record time for us, 330 miles in 5.2 hours), and met our friends the Willemsens at the Yosemite Gateway motel, which overlooks Mono Lake. This is the view at sunset.
We had dinner at the Mobil Station, which perhaps does not sound like the grandest thing in high cuisine, but it's actually a place with a lot of character and good food.
Sunset at the Mobil
Paul at the Mobil
Dinner: prime rib, garlic mashed, fried onions, broccolini
Next morning we drove over Tioga Pass just inside Yosemite Park, to the Mono Pass trailhead. Our destination was Spillway Lake at 10,400 feet, 7.5 miles round trip.
Paul and I at the start of the trail
Paul with Mike and Eleanor, our long-time hiking friends
Paul on the trail: still some snow
Heather
Eleanor and I at Spillway Lake
It's tiring at the top
A cold landscape
On the way down: greener meadows
Mike taking flower pictures
Remnants of an old cabin
Thunder is heard
And it starts to rain!
Next day: Sunny. We're on the water taxi crossing Saddlebag Lake.
On the boat
Paul and our friends just before parting - us to go home, they to hike on.
Buttercups
Remnants of an old cabin
Hailing now, and I'm getting wet!
Naturally it's the one time in ten I didn't bring my rain slicker...
And then we got thoroughly soaked fording a fast rising stream. But it was fun!
4 comments:
Wow. Photos sure are gorgeous! Makes me jealous here in my 100 degree heat.
This is great! You both look excellent and nicely fit.
Gorgeous! Thanks for letting live through your travels vicariously Diana. One day I will get back to the Sierra's. Until then, I have you.
Nice comments and excellent photos.
Congratulations to Paul on his TAship.
Emma Lew
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