Making matzoh ball soup while Ruth decorates our tree with lights and dinosaurs.
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I’m really into drones this year.
Every summer, the military puts on grand display of the glory of our fading empire for Fleet Week. I got out there and enjoyed the show with the rest of the crowd. The F22 is a pretty impressive machine, albeit one that costs $150 million a piece and has never been used in combat.
Blue Angels and the GGB
Precise Contrails
Blue Angels over Alcatraz
F22 Raptor, F18 Hornet and P-51 Mustang
As part of our one adventure per weekend policy, Ruth and I left the city for Yosemite this weekend. Stayed south of the park in a campground in the Sierra National Forest, but drove into the park on Saturday. We know we’re not quite in shape for Half Dome, but we initially considered doing a 14-mile Glacier Point loop as an alternative. But the 100 degree weather and our own inertia won out, and we ended up doing a lovely 7-mile loop off the Tioga road to Cathedral Lake.
On Sunday we woke late, on account of the copious cheap wine and smores cooked over the campfire. Swam in Bass Lake, had lunch in Mariposa, and then drove back to the bay. The air conditioner decided to quit in the hottest part of the central valley, but once we crested Altamont Pass, the cool bay breeze appeared to welcome us home.
Swimming in Tenaya Lake
Clouds approaching over Cathedral Peak
Olmstead Point Half Dome
Sunset from Tunnel View
Sunset and rain
Setting up at Tunnel View
Panorama from Tioga Road
Ruth booked a groupon for this adventure nearly a year ago, and we had to use it before it expired, so we had back-to-back outdoor weekends. Lots of fun drinking wine and charging rapids in gold country.
Bought photos for an exorbitant price from a photography company on the shore, so I had some fun with iMovie turning them into a commercial for California.