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May 24--Controlled burn
May. 24th, 2021 06:49 pmWe're up at Yosemite for a few days, showing our houseguest around. I don't recall if I mentioned our houseguest in the previous post, but she is with us for the summer. I'll talk more about that in the next post.
We rented a little house in Mariposa, about 45 minutes from Yosemite. It's a nice house, but no wifi to speak of, unless you're standing outside on the driveway. I guess the main house is up the hill on the other side of the driveway, and they are too cheap to run internet down here.
I have my computer hooked up to my phone, which has marginal cell service. It's slow, but it works.
We spent all of yesterday hiking around on the valley floor. It was a perfect day--not too hot, not too many people. This morning we went up to Glacier Point to look down on the valley. It's a spectacular view. As we were up there, we saw smoke rising up from the valley floor. Someone said it was a controlled burn. There's a lot of dead wood down there, so it's a good thing.
Not for the people down in the valley, especially near the village and all the valley touristy spots, though.
We drove past the controlled burn site. One of the people told me they were trying to do 400 acres over the next few days. They also are doing a major road construction project, and there are all sorts of traffic back-ups. In any case, we were able to see what we wanted to see, so got out of there and will explore elsewhere tomorrow before heading home. We go up to Yosemite at least 3-4 times a year, so we are happy to let them make it a better place.
As we drove back down to Mariposa, we talked about some of the other stuff we want to do this summer while our guest is here. Next stop is the ocean, and San Francisco. We also talked about heading up north in the fall--maybe October. October was always my favorite time to travel, but I have not been able to get the time off while I was teaching. Now I have the time off.
We are thinking about driving up through Oregon and Washington, and into Canada (if they are letting us in then). Do some camping. We shall see.
Some nice flowers from the other day.
I will be surprised if this actually posts.
We rented a little house in Mariposa, about 45 minutes from Yosemite. It's a nice house, but no wifi to speak of, unless you're standing outside on the driveway. I guess the main house is up the hill on the other side of the driveway, and they are too cheap to run internet down here.
I have my computer hooked up to my phone, which has marginal cell service. It's slow, but it works.
We spent all of yesterday hiking around on the valley floor. It was a perfect day--not too hot, not too many people. This morning we went up to Glacier Point to look down on the valley. It's a spectacular view. As we were up there, we saw smoke rising up from the valley floor. Someone said it was a controlled burn. There's a lot of dead wood down there, so it's a good thing.
Not for the people down in the valley, especially near the village and all the valley touristy spots, though.
We drove past the controlled burn site. One of the people told me they were trying to do 400 acres over the next few days. They also are doing a major road construction project, and there are all sorts of traffic back-ups. In any case, we were able to see what we wanted to see, so got out of there and will explore elsewhere tomorrow before heading home. We go up to Yosemite at least 3-4 times a year, so we are happy to let them make it a better place.
As we drove back down to Mariposa, we talked about some of the other stuff we want to do this summer while our guest is here. Next stop is the ocean, and San Francisco. We also talked about heading up north in the fall--maybe October. October was always my favorite time to travel, but I have not been able to get the time off while I was teaching. Now I have the time off.
We are thinking about driving up through Oregon and Washington, and into Canada (if they are letting us in then). Do some camping. We shall see.
Some nice flowers from the other day.
I will be surprised if this actually posts.
