The first blog post from a 35 year old.

So, we did manage to make it out to Yosemite this past weekend.  We ended up doing almost NO prep leading up to leaving- but we had some yummy Joe's Taco Lounge and a nice Birthday tiramisu (with "Happy Birthday" piano accompaniment) for my birthday Thursday night.  Friday morning, I got everything together and Mary gave a nice update on her blog about the latest on her health - we are going to be trying out a new treatment:
1) Recap
2) Death Star
3) X-Wing

Our trip was AMAZING! The Mist Trail was closed because of the weather, but it ended up giving us the chance to explore other things.  Our campsite was lovely and mostly quiet.  We slept fairly well every night.  Our first day we hiked from the campsite up to Vernal Falls bridge (and a bit beyond) back to the stables and then on to Mirror Lake and Yosemite Falls. The second day was a 10-mile hike around the Valley from Camp 4 past El Captain to Poho Bridge and back, with an exciting crossing of Ribbon Creek and a Bridalveil Fall viewing.  The next morning we got up and out of the site in no time.  4 hours later, back at home.  I got the Flickr set up - because things get pretty busy for the next 4 weeks or so! (Please excuse typos here and Flickr set ... just trying to get this stuff up.)