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Intermission: The Valley

30 July 202431 July 2024 Richard G Crockett

View of meadow in Yosemite Valley near Bridal Veil Falls

The bus dropped me off in the village around eleven in the morning. I had been there, many, many times. I have watched it change and not change over the years. In national parks, the park service is the boss. What you can build, what you can sell, where you can sleep, wash, poop… These … Continue reading “Intermission: The Valley”

Yosemite, Here I Come

25 July 202431 July 2024 Richard G Crockett

The author on Yosemite Point with Half Dome behind.

In Fresno, the bus schedules to get to and from Yosemite are not aligned with the city busses. The first leaves town at 5:30 AM, the second leaves at seven something. I could have called up a rideshare service, but I can eat for a week on twenty bucks, so I thought, “Which is more … Continue reading “Yosemite, Here I Come”