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Manchester - Mariposa
... day there when we landed. Airport really slick and we got through, caught the free 'air train' to the car rental and got car all very quickly. The journey up here to Mariposa was hard going (rush hour coming out of san fran), but will take some pics in daylight in the morning........at the mo, all we want to do is sleep ...
Full day hiking
... We finished the walk at 6pm after over 7 ½ hours of hiking, 13.5 miles including a mile of ascent.
After a quick shower back at Curry Village we tried the ’all you can eat’ buffet (they obviously had not been forewarned of Nikki’s arrival) and then chilled in the guest area with a really nice $3 bottle of Californian wine. Nikki read a novel and Mark updated the pics and ...
Yo mite se the North Face
... dome and is possibly Yosemite's most famous rock formation. The granite crest rises more than 4,737 ft (1,444 m) above the valley floor and is popular amongst climbers.
***Fascinating Fact Alert*** Did you know that the hiking/skiing company North Face uses the image of the Half Dome as their brand logo?
At the end of the day we headed to Mariposa Grove which is a forest filled with Sequoia Groves. The Sequoia tree is a descendant of an ancient ...
Off to Yosemite
... but we didn't need much. We didn't hang around there for long as we wanted to get up to Yosemite to see what we could before nightfall.
The drive to Yosemite National Park itself took about 40 minutes from camp. We arrived and purchased our National Park ticket, which gives us access to all (most) National Parks in the States. Not having a whole lot of time before night fall, we decided to check out the Sequoia trees, located not too far from the entry to ...
Misty Hike
... headed. Now to clarify, the reason the people died is because one of them decided to climb over the barrier at the top of the falls and then slipped. In an attempt to help her, the other two also climbed over the barrier and also slipped. So, as long as you are capable of following instructions you should have few problems. To tell you the truth, I was not so worried about falling off the falls as I was about fainting from ...


