I just can't tear my eyes away from news coverage of the Yosemite Rim fire ( Read more... )

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The cruise ship docked in San Francisco, and we were able to collect our baggage and get back to the car by 10:30. I was so happy to be home in California! I was also happy to be home early, because Seanie and I were driving to Yosemite and the sooner I was home, the sooner we could leave on that adventure. But Mom, figuring that we had saved an ( Read more... )

On our way home from Yosemite this morning, Seanie and I stopped in Mariposa to meet with a potential wedding photographer. This was actually the second photographer we'd met with - yesterday, we met the official Yosemite photographer Dan. Dan was an incredibly nice guy. He was knowledgeable, friendly, outgoing, helpful - I could tell that on the ( Read more... )

The marriage seminar was OK - more or less what I predicted. Pastor Brent Moore was an absolute sweetheart, and after the seminar I'm feeling so much more confidence in the whole destination marriage idea. I mean, I've got more warm feelings for Pastor Moore after a single day than Chip Ingram has managed to inspire in the 3+ years I attended his ( Read more... )

Right now, I am at the Yosemite View Lodge, which is a hotel/"resort" sitting on the banks of the Merced River, right outside the park entrance. Seanie bought a LivingSocial deal last year for two nights at this place, which promised us a room with a fireplace AND hot tub. When he called to redeem the deal, he was told that he might not get the ( Read more... )

Oh, my legs were sore this morning. Also, I think I overate at breakfast because my stomach felt like there was a lead shoe sitting in it. But in spite of aches and pains, Daddy had a seven-eight mile hike that he PROMISED would only have a bit of fierce uphill at the beginning, after which it would be smooth, soothing downhill. He always says ( Read more... )

We drove up to Yosemite last night for a weekend of hiking. So awesome! I love Yosemite ( Read more... )

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