Going camping...
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wrote on 14 Jun 2021, 13:57 last edited by
Today we're headed for Sequoia National Park. Then off to another 5 of them in something called the Grand Circle Loop. Internet will be spotty. For any urgent needs please contact my supervisor @Rainman. For any super-urgent needs, please contact his supervisor @Axtremus.
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Today we're headed for Sequoia National Park. Then off to another 5 of them in something called the Grand Circle Loop. Internet will be spotty. For any urgent needs please contact my supervisor @Rainman. For any super-urgent needs, please contact his supervisor @Axtremus.
wrote on 14 Jun 2021, 14:09 last edited by@horace said in Going camping...:
Today we're headed for Sequoia National Park. Then off to another 5 of them in something called the Grand Circle Loop. Internet will be spotty. For any urgent needs please contact my supervisor @Rainman. For any super-urgent needs, please contact his supervisor @Axtremus.
Nice - enjoy.
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wrote on 14 Jun 2021, 14:31 last edited by
Sequoia and Kings Canyon are both wonderful places. So then you head out for the canyonlands? What a wonderful trip!
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wrote on 14 Jun 2021, 16:10 last edited by
Excellent trip! We enjoyed those areas a few years ago.
Happy anniversary trip!
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wrote on 14 Jun 2021, 16:31 last edited by
See all the same stuff from the comfort of your living room.
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wrote on 14 Jun 2021, 16:43 last edited by
I enjoy camping. It's good to get away from the distractions about what is really important.
Hope you have a great time!
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wrote on 14 Jun 2021, 17:16 last edited by
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wrote on 14 Jun 2021, 21:05 last edited by
Sequoia National Park was a highlight of our family excursion out west, back in 2004.
Have fun!
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wrote on 14 Jun 2021, 22:48 last edited by
Very curious what Horace camping looks like.
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wrote on 14 Jun 2021, 22:51 last edited by
@loki said in Going camping...:
Very curious what Horace camping looks like.
A big campfire with an even bigger steak cooking over it.
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wrote on 14 Jun 2021, 22:52 last edited by
@loki said in Going camping...:
Very curious what Horace camping looks like.
Yeah, the Wisconsin/Bay Area conflict will be interesting.
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wrote on 15 Jun 2021, 00:22 last edited by
@loki said in Going camping...:
Very curious what Horace camping looks like.
You thinking maybe banjos?
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wrote on 16 Jun 2021, 02:03 last edited by
@loki said in Going camping...:
Very curious what Horace camping looks like.
Just picture an adventurous outdoorsy type doing adventurous outdoorsy things, while being fat and exhausted.
It’ll be 115 degrees in Zion tomorrow. We will walk the Narrows. Tonight it’ll be at least 90 while we sleep. At least the Zion campsite has cell reception.
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@loki said in Going camping...:
Very curious what Horace camping looks like.
A big campfire with an even bigger steak cooking over it.
wrote on 16 Jun 2021, 02:04 last edited by@brenda said in Going camping...:
@loki said in Going camping...:
Very curious what Horace camping looks like.
A big campfire with an even bigger steak cooking over it.
Campfires not allowed, but portable gas grills are. I made steaks last night and will again tonight!
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wrote on 16 Jun 2021, 02:05 last edited by
Ugh! Horace, maybe just get in your air-conditioned car and go to a hotel? This is your anniversary, so comfort rules the day.
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Ugh! Horace, maybe just get in your air-conditioned car and go to a hotel? This is your anniversary, so comfort rules the day.
wrote on 16 Jun 2021, 02:08 last edited by@brenda said in Going camping...:
Ugh! Horace, maybe just get in your air-conditioned car and go to a hotel? This is your anniversary, so comfort rules the day.
We talked about it, and it remains an option, but for now we’re going to tough it out here.
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wrote on 16 Jun 2021, 18:56 last edited by
Dude. It's been a couple days. No pictures?
I've never been to Sequoia.
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wrote on 16 Jun 2021, 19:07 last edited by
Sounds like a great trip - enjoy and kill as many bugs as necessary to survive.
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wrote on 24 Jun 2021, 04:43 last edited by
One of our party saw a bear in Sequoia and snapped a picture:
We went on an 8 mile hike there and I realized that 8000 feet elevation and having had the 2nd covid shot a few days earlier had taken something out of me. I almost died. But it wasn't hot, at least.
Then we went to Zion, where it was 115 degrees. We walked a little, but skipped The Narrows. We spent the afternoon cooling off in a river next to the campsite.
Next was Bryce Canyon, which was the most beautiful piece of the world I've ever seen. Cool to be able to walk around in it, too.
Here's the whole party at the Mesa Arch. We went with my wife's friend and her family.
Capitol Reef is interesting for how lush and green it is amidst the surrounding desert. There's even a functioning orchard next to the campsite.
Here's a sign in the restroom at Arches National Park. It's really sad that our National Parks, which attract so many hippies and other leftists, have to go to these lengths to attempt to educate lefties about how to use toilets.
We saw a mountain goat at the Grand Canyon. I saw him bound up a nearly vertical wall, but this picture is after he got up there.
We hiked a total of about 50 miles across the parks, and I almost died on every single hike. That's how it felt at least. I couldn't absorb the water I drank fast enough, and ended up having to rest in shade due to dehydration more than cardio exhaustion. Actually two hikers died last weekend in the Grand Canyon. That heat was no joke.
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wrote on 24 Jun 2021, 05:05 last edited by
Great pictures! Thanks for sharing!
The 2nd picture is spectacular.