If life is like a box of chocolates, then ski resorts are like scoops of ice cream. It’s hard to know which flavor will be your favorite until you’ve tried a bite (or two). To that end, each ski seasons means an opportunity to try a new mountain and surrounding resorts. Because we are a relatively new skiing family, we…
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Some would call it hiking, but what we were doing was probably more accurately known as trudging. We were on the final stretch of the 1000 foot elevation climb of the first part of the Mist Trail in Yosemite to the top of Vernal Falls. It is one of the most popular trails in Yosemite, both for the sublime scenery…
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~The Beauty of Yosemite~ Plans for spending three days in Yosemite were two-fold, hiking the dramatic natural vistas and, hopefully getting a glimpse of a bear. After a very real and natural encounter with a dysfunctional family of bears the night before, we were satisfied that our Yosemite bear experience was complete and we set out for a full day…
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~Yosemite at Dusk~ There were only two reasons that we planned to spend three days in Yosemite National Park-to soak in the natural beauty and see bears. I had heard wild reports of bear sightings throughout Yosemite, and although I was cautiously optimistic, I knew there was a good chance we would come away disappointed. After all, Yosemite is not…
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This stop wasn’t on our map and it certainly wasn’t on our itinerary, yet here we are, scrambling to the top of the sloping granite rocks to get a better view of the placid lake shimmering like a mirror in the valley below. After driving for several hours, the chance to wiggle is welcome, but it is the unexpected vista…
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