On Halloween morning Jason & I woke up at a decent hour, had a great breakfast that was included with the tent rental (scrambled eggs, a bottomless cup of coffee, sliced peaches, a small blueberry muffin, and all the bacon I could eat!), packed up the car, and headed further into the park. Jason wanted us to climb to Glacier Point, but the road had been closed yesterday, and was not
reopened today, due to snow and ice. The scenery on the drive up there was amazing though (we stopped to take some pretty majestic shots of various morning mountain vistas), and the place we settled on,
Mariposa Grove was just as interesting. It was a steady hike up through a forest of giant sequoia trees, both fallen and soaring up majestically into the crystal blue sky. They are humongous! We saw all of the 'key' sights (the California Tunnel Tree, Grizzly Giant, etc...), and at the point we decided to head back down, we ran into a trio of deer. The air smelled amazing (sequoias and redwoods have a heady scent unlike anything here back east), the wildlife enchanted, and the second day of climbing in the thin air went so much smoother than I expected, it was a perfect day. I'm not sure how much elevation we attained, but it was a steep and steady climb upward for an hour, and it took us about 30 minutes to get back down to the parking lot. It was a weekend well-spent with my brother out in the wild!
On Halloween morning Jason & I woke up at a decent hour, had a great breakfast that was included with the tent rental (scrambled eggs, a bottomless cup of coffee, sliced peaches, a small blueberry muffin, and all the bacon I could eat!), packed up the car, and headed further into the park. Jason wanted us to climb to Glacier Point, but the road had been closed yesterday, and was not 
reopened today, due to snow and ice. The scenery on the drive up there was amazing though (we stopped to take some pretty majestic shots of various morning mountain vistas), and the place we settled on, Mariposa Grove was just as interesting. It was a steady hike up through a forest of giant sequoia trees, both fallen and soaring up majestically into the crystal blue sky. They are humongous! We saw all of the 'key' sights (the California Tunnel Tree, Grizzly Giant, etc...), and at the point we decided to head back down, we ran into a trio of deer. The air smelled amazing (sequoias and redwoods have a heady scent unlike anything here back east), the wildlife enchanted, and the second day of climbing in the thin air went so much smoother than I expected, it was a perfect day. I'm not sure how much elevation we attained, but it was a steep and steady climb upward for an hour, and it took us about 30 minutes to get back down to the parking lot. It was a weekend well-spent with my brother out in the wild!
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