And yeah, Yosemite is hella crowded on the main road and the uber-short paths to good views. But surprisingly (or maybe not so), you only have to walk for like 15 minutes on most trails before it’s almost as quiet and pretty as any other good day-hike. Which was good, since we only had time to get in 4 hours or so of walking of walking. We actually mostly walked backwards along the valley so we could catch a shuttle back eventually. Worked out. Though if I ever go back with real time I wanna do the trail up halfdome or something. Going straight up the valley also looked intriguing but I noticed on the map that area was “not reccommended for hiking”. Too many rockslides maybe?

Technically, nothing in Colorado is called a “seabass.” And I don’t think there are many 8 foot things in their rivers, either. But if you catch a fish I think you’re entitled (obligated, really to exaggerate.

Yeah Yosemite’s crazy… you know their forest-fire control is as concerned with which monuments are being obscured by smoke during tourist season as it is with forest ecology? And Sequoia is beautiful. You shoulda backpacked :P Highway 40 is less exciting… oh well.

(And, why is something found in Colorado called a “seabass”? Aren’t there several dams in between there and the sea?)

We had fun on our trip down the west coast from Portland – first time I’d actually made it to Yosemite and Sequoiah – and then down the length of 40.