random_skeins (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} random_skeins) wrote,@ 2006-09-18 16:41:00 |
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10 Things I learned from my Yosemite trip
OK, I've admitted it's going to take a while to get through remembering the rest of Hawaii, so I've decided to move on, and whether the rest of Hawaii comes or not, we'll see.
Anyway, Suzy and I went to Yosemite over Labor Day weekend for a friend's wedding, and I learned several things:
1. Highway 152 is evil. Avoid it.
2. Don't go to Yosemite over Labor Day weekend if you want to get away to see nature. Do go to Yosemite over Labor Day weekend if you want to be reminded what a busy day at Disneyland looks like.
3. Unless you have a super efficient car, get gas in Merced as it will be about 40 cents/gallon cheaper than in Mariposa, and 80 cents/gallon cheaper than in Yosemite itself.
4. When your fiance gets spooked at the hotel at Yosemite, The Ahwahnee, because it reminds her of the inn from the movie "The Shining" don't laugh at her.
5. It's worth the money to stay inside Yosemite rather than just outside, if nothing else because then you don't have to deal with parking.
6. There is drinking water at the bridge below Vernal Falls, so you can tell your significant other to not be paranoid that you only brought a small bottle of water.
7. The last 10% of the Vernal Falls trail will take 90% of the effort to get there.
8. When someone points out that the interior parts of "The Shining" were shot at The Ahwahnee, you should move quickly so your fiance can't hit you.
9. Yosemite is a very nice place to get married, unless someone happens to get hurt that day and needs to be airlifted out and a helicopter flies over the wedding site right before the bride walks down.
10. Yosemite actually isn't that far away. Even stopping for gas and lunch, it took less than 4 hours to get back, taking 140 to 5 to 580 to 680 to 880 to 280, or something like that.
OK, I've admitted it's going to take a while to get through remembering the rest of Hawaii, so I've decided to move on, and whether the rest of Hawaii comes or not, we'll see.
Anyway, Suzy and I went to Yosemite over Labor Day weekend for a friend's wedding, and I learned several things:
1. Highway 152 is evil. Avoid it.
2. Don't go to Yosemite over Labor Day weekend if you want to get away to see nature. Do go to Yosemite over Labor Day weekend if you want to be reminded what a busy day at Disneyland looks like.
3. Unless you have a super efficient car, get gas in Merced as it will be about 40 cents/gallon cheaper than in Mariposa, and 80 cents/gallon cheaper than in Yosemite itself.
4. When your fiance gets spooked at the hotel at Yosemite, The Ahwahnee, because it reminds her of the inn from the movie "The Shining" don't laugh at her.
5. It's worth the money to stay inside Yosemite rather than just outside, if nothing else because then you don't have to deal with parking.
6. There is drinking water at the bridge below Vernal Falls, so you can tell your significant other to not be paranoid that you only brought a small bottle of water.
7. The last 10% of the Vernal Falls trail will take 90% of the effort to get there.
8. When someone points out that the interior parts of "The Shining" were shot at The Ahwahnee, you should move quickly so your fiance can't hit you.
9. Yosemite is a very nice place to get married, unless someone happens to get hurt that day and needs to be airlifted out and a helicopter flies over the wedding site right before the bride walks down.
10. Yosemite actually isn't that far away. Even stopping for gas and lunch, it took less than 4 hours to get back, taking 140 to 5 to 580 to 680 to 880 to 280, or something like that.
