Chris and I with a Smiley Rock!Or The One where "My Oklahoma Home got Blowed Away!" - Bruce Springsteen - seriously, listen to it. And make sure you join in. "Blowed away". You'll get the hang of it!
So with a unknown thirst for Camping and hiking (did D of E not teach me anything!) H and I set out once again with Incredible Adventures, this time to take in the wonder of Yosemite National Park.
Justin and Scott could not join us on this trip so it was filmed by their friend Chris Bailey (good surname) another Florida Film School Survivor, who kept us all amused with his many accents (he does a fab Prince Charles impression) and stories.
We were also joined by Milly - who shared the tent with H and I and also shared our sense of humour!, 3 Ozzies - Sally, Rhys and Scott, Andres (a Mexican), Gonzalo and Adelaida (Spanish) , Yana (Israeli), Paul (English) and Aisling and Patrick (Irish) and Tim our guide. The group was as ecclectic as Tim's music taste, but it all led to a good deal of banter (and pom bashing!). Although to be fair we did give the Americans some abuse too!
The park is huge, and varied. We first stopped at the Mariposa Grove home to the Giant Sequoia trees. (James, these sorts of trees were around when Dinosaurs were!). They are seriously huge. It would take 20-30 people to join hands around the largest in this grove - Giant Grizzly - who is estimated to be 2700 years old!
The hike was as varied as looking at trees can be. We walked over them (wobbly!), walked through them (The Tunnel Tree) went inside a hollow one, and even gave a large one a hug!
That night H and I butchered some chicken on the bone with blunt knives, leading to a mess which was somewhat resemblant to Dawn of the Dead! (We had Fajitas- not just for fun!)
The next day we headed to the High Country and saw some erratics (polished granite boulders left by glaciers), before hiking through Snow to the top of Lembard Dome which afforded brilliant views of snow capped mountains and sunny meadows.
The third day we hiked down from Glacier Point looking over the Yosemite Valley. We spotted sleeping giants in the rock formations and wondered at the brilliant blue of a Steller Jay. With the 8000 odd ft of Half Dome standing majestically over us as we hiked the 4.8 miles down into the valley.
We then played spot the climber at El Capitan (if you use a telescope you're cheating!)
With such an international group the Camp Fire was always going to be amusing - singing, more s'mores and stories and jokes around the fire.
A truly memorable trip!
So with a unknown thirst for Camping and hiking (did D of E not teach me anything!) H and I set out once again with Incredible Adventures, this time to take in the wonder of Yosemite National Park.
Justin and Scott could not join us on this trip so it was filmed by their friend Chris Bailey (good surname) another Florida Film School Survivor, who kept us all amused with his many accents (he does a fab Prince Charles impression) and stories.
We were also joined by Milly - who shared the tent with H and I and also shared our sense of humour!, 3 Ozzies - Sally, Rhys and Scott, Andres (a Mexican), Gonzalo and Adelaida (Spanish) , Yana (Israeli), Paul (English) and Aisling and Patrick (Irish) and Tim our guide. The group was as ecclectic as Tim's music taste, but it all led to a good deal of banter (and pom bashing!). Although to be fair we did give the Americans some abuse too!
The park is huge, and varied. We first stopped at the Mariposa Grove home to the Giant Sequoia trees. (James, these sorts of trees were around when Dinosaurs were!). They are seriously huge. It would take 20-30 people to join hands around the largest in this grove - Giant Grizzly - who is estimated to be 2700 years old!
The hike was as varied as looking at trees can be. We walked over them (wobbly!), walked through them (The Tunnel Tree) went inside a hollow one, and even gave a large one a hug!
That night H and I butchered some chicken on the bone with blunt knives, leading to a mess which was somewhat resemblant to Dawn of the Dead! (We had Fajitas- not just for fun!)
The next day we headed to the High Country and saw some erratics (polished granite boulders left by glaciers), before hiking through Snow to the top of Lembard Dome which afforded brilliant views of snow capped mountains and sunny meadows.
The third day we hiked down from Glacier Point looking over the Yosemite Valley. We spotted sleeping giants in the rock formations and wondered at the brilliant blue of a Steller Jay. With the 8000 odd ft of Half Dome standing majestically over us as we hiked the 4.8 miles down into the valley.
We then played spot the climber at El Capitan (if you use a telescope you're cheating!)
With such an international group the Camp Fire was always going to be amusing - singing, more s'mores and stories and jokes around the fire.
A truly memorable trip!
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