I'm in the Half Dome Lottery!
Now it's just a question of waiting and hoping that I win.
I went for four Mondays in June, and three days during the fourth of July weekend.
Pretty obviously the fourth weekend is going to be slammed, but if I go then I can make it for four days instead of only three. How can you beat that? Of course I had to try, right?
And, if I don't win a permit, I'm probably going to make it the fourth so I can get the four days.
I'll find out about mid-April if I win, and what day.
It's time to start exercising now, (if only it wasn't raining!)
For now, though...
I had a great trip Sunday.
I did Eagle Peak again; this time by the Donner Canyon route instead of the Mitchell Rock route.
It was great.
Especially since I spent a fair bit of time with my map studying the terrain so I'd know what I'm looking at.
I'm going to have to try the Back Creek Trail to the Bald Knob Trail, and on up that to the Mt. Diablo peak.
They looked like real thigh-buster trails, going straight up ridges as they do.
I could see the Back Creek Trail from above, as I was coming down the Eagle Peak Trail.
I got some good pics and I'll have them posted soon.
I've already got the hike itself published here, along with some of the pics.
Now, what to do this weekend?
Well, tomorrow afternoon the new, (Brand New!) Devil's Slide park is opening!
It's where they used to have Hwy 1 going past Devil's Slide on the coast.
It was always awesome, but you couldn't see much of it, since you really couldn't take your eyes off of the road.
Well, they opened the new tunnel, (the Tom Lantos tunnel,) and turned the old highway route into a park you can walk, bike, etc... and it opens tomorrow.
How ya going to beat that?
But, it's only a mile or two, and flat and paved, so it's not a Sunday trip.
Maybe an after work trip one nice day.
Perhaps this Sunday, I will do the one Jerry and I were going to do last Sunday.
Especially since it's been raining and so should give me a great sky for photography.
Wonder if Jerry's feeling better enough to go with me?
Meanwhile - Eagle Peak via Donner Canyon:
In this pic, (-129) I'm on Meridian Ridge and that's Eagle Peak in the background.
First I had to go up this peak beside me, then down the saddle between these two peaks, and finally up Eagle Peak itself.
It was a great trip.
I did over 6 miles and about 1,850' elevation gain total.
Yours will be less, unless you backtrack for additional pictures like I always do.
Now it's just a question of waiting and hoping that I win.
I went for four Mondays in June, and three days during the fourth of July weekend.
Pretty obviously the fourth weekend is going to be slammed, but if I go then I can make it for four days instead of only three. How can you beat that? Of course I had to try, right?
And, if I don't win a permit, I'm probably going to make it the fourth so I can get the four days.
I'll find out about mid-April if I win, and what day.
It's time to start exercising now, (if only it wasn't raining!)
For now, though...
I had a great trip Sunday.
I did Eagle Peak again; this time by the Donner Canyon route instead of the Mitchell Rock route.
It was great.
Especially since I spent a fair bit of time with my map studying the terrain so I'd know what I'm looking at.
I'm going to have to try the Back Creek Trail to the Bald Knob Trail, and on up that to the Mt. Diablo peak.
They looked like real thigh-buster trails, going straight up ridges as they do.
I could see the Back Creek Trail from above, as I was coming down the Eagle Peak Trail.
I got some good pics and I'll have them posted soon.
I've already got the hike itself published here, along with some of the pics.
Now, what to do this weekend?
Well, tomorrow afternoon the new, (Brand New!) Devil's Slide park is opening!
It's where they used to have Hwy 1 going past Devil's Slide on the coast.
It was always awesome, but you couldn't see much of it, since you really couldn't take your eyes off of the road.
Well, they opened the new tunnel, (the Tom Lantos tunnel,) and turned the old highway route into a park you can walk, bike, etc... and it opens tomorrow.
How ya going to beat that?
But, it's only a mile or two, and flat and paved, so it's not a Sunday trip.
Maybe an after work trip one nice day.
Perhaps this Sunday, I will do the one Jerry and I were going to do last Sunday.
Especially since it's been raining and so should give me a great sky for photography.
Wonder if Jerry's feeling better enough to go with me?
Meanwhile - Eagle Peak via Donner Canyon:
In this pic, (-129) I'm on Meridian Ridge and that's Eagle Peak in the background.
First I had to go up this peak beside me, then down the saddle between these two peaks, and finally up Eagle Peak itself.
It was a great trip.
I did over 6 miles and about 1,850' elevation gain total.
Yours will be less, unless you backtrack for additional pictures like I always do.
Looking over at Eagle Peak
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Looking back from partway up Eagle Peak
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