Natural Hot Springs, well atleast the water is from a natrual hot spring, we are in a man made tub where the water is piped in from a little distance away. So cool, so fun
If I had a million dollars (i'd be rich) but not rich enough for this house, still over my budget
Got to love Yosemite, so beautiful, I wish I could stay there longer than I have been able too.
Bridal Vail Falls
El Capitan
Tioga Summit near sunset
Well what a summer I have had thus far. And it has just begun. Well we are really through about 3/4's of it. Man Summer is just too short. I want summer to be about 3 months longer. Also need the money to be about 3 times as much as I am making now. with three times less the amount of work, Wow wouldnt that be nice.
Anyways Last weekend was amazing. I had so much fun, Im pretty sure that Laura did too. Yes Laura came, and it was amazing up there. It was just what we needed.
I guess I should start out with the drive up. We started out the drive on Saturday afternoon. Laura got off of work and I picked her up at home and went to the wonderful place of Jack in the Box for there Orange Sunrise Smoothie which I have come to fall in love with. That drink on a hot summer day just hits the spot. From there we drove through YOSEMITE. That is just one awesome place. Each time I drive through there I just am at awe about what Nature has in store for us.
Every year I go to Yosemite for a day, and every time I go I find it facinating that everything changes. The trails dont change but the amount of water flowing does, wild life changes, some years they are plentiful and others you are searching to find them. Lets not forget the change in scenery . Yes the mountains dont move but the view does, may be clearer on some days rather than on others, maybe more plant growth in an area. One thing I wish there was less of was mosquitos. I hate those little buggers. They can go drink someone elses blood just not mine.
We stopped by to look at the aw and wonder of El Capitan, maybe in a future life I will climb the face of EL CAP. I hear its quite a crazy climb
After Yosemite we headed up through Tioga Pass. This road is my kind of road, mountainous with nobody there, its great. The last time i made that trip was in the middle of the night with my buddy Chase Miller whom we went to go see. So far both trips were a blast. Had so much fun. We shall see how the next few trips go. Hopefully soon I will be able to just pop over the ridge in an airplane for a total flight of 40 mins vs 4 1/2 hours. How nice that day will be. Anyways once arriving at Chases Studio Apt. (really cool one with two bunk beds and a regualar bed) It was something that I could live in if I lived on my own. Its my type of place. You know I wouldnt mind if I Was able to live up there, affording it would be nearly impossible but it would be nice to b able too. We saw a normal house for over 500,000$
We were able to do a lot while there, able to rock climb, play frisbee golf, go hike, and climb glass mountain, able to go to church! Tons of fun, only a handful of us there period. It was neat. Church had a total of probrably 12 people there. Smallest Id ever been in.
Rock Climbing in Mammoth Lakes is incredible. It is so much fun.
This I laura Climbing the face of one of the rocks in Mammoth.
Here is Laura Belaying Chase as he climbs
And here is who she is belayin
Isnt that a great night shot!!Here I am climbing up a different Slab of Rock
Mountains are wonderful, It is in the mountains where I feel at peace. In the city I feel stressed and crowded, always on the go. Never a moment to rest. It is in the mountains where I feel relaxed, where I feel that the ways of the world are so far away. That as the day goes on the rest of the world pauses. I look forward to the day where I will be able to live in such a wonderland. I think that is why I like to fly so much. When I am in the air I dont feel the world on my shoulders. I feel it quite a bit below me (no pun intended). The sky is my office. I always have a window office :)
