Foamy T. Squirrel Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 9 hours ago, letsdothis said: I'm gonna guess, since I haven't seen 10 little digital pecans come rolling across my screen, that my answer wasn't correct? Was I even close? I answered my own question. When I looked it up, I found that Half Dome is in Yosemite, not Yellowstone. Was Half Dome right, at least? Yep, and that's Mirror Lake in Yosemite. So dig into the pecan stash all you want... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsdothis Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 21 minutes ago, Foamy T. Squirrel said: Yep, and that's Mirror Lake in Yosemite. So dig into the pecan stash all you want... 0 304.2 kB I love pecans! Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashleyxyz Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 1 hour ago, letsdothis said: I love pecans! Thanks. Good guess, have you been there? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashleyxyz Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Foamy T. Squirrel said: Yep, and that's Mirror Lake in Yosemite. So dig into the pecan stash all you want... 0 304.2 kB Is that a photo you took Foamy? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsdothis Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 4 hours ago, ashleyxyz said: Good guess, have you been there? I actually was there for a weekend in the 70s. We stayed in a cabin in the park and it was beautiful - the park, not the cabin. We normally spent a couple weeks on Carribean islands and once took a two-week, Carribean cruise, but that year we spent three weeks driving south on the California coast road, Hwy 1, from San Francisco to San Diego stopping at whatever hotel we came upon each night. We rented a car in SF and spent two days there. The second day, we drove a little north to visit Muir Woods, a Giant Redwood tree park. Now, THAT was simply breathtaking. It was so gorgeous and so majestic. And, even though I loved being there, unfortunately, I think I was too young at the time to truly appreciate how simply awesome and beautiful it was and what it meant to stand among those gigantic and ancient trees. Now, I can honestly say I could spend the rest of my life living in Muir Woods, if they'd let me...and if I could get an Internet connection. 😊 Looking back, I think that may have been my favorite part of the trip. The third week we spent in SD, which is a story in itself, because I spent the entire week in a hotel room, totally blind. The last day, I did get to visit the zoo, but one eye was still patched and I couldn't focus on anything. It was awful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashleyxyz Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 1 hour ago, letsdothis said: I actually was there for a weekend in the 70s. We stayed in a cabin in the park and it was beautiful - the park, not the cabin. We normally spent a couple weeks on Carribean islands and once took a two-week, Carribean cruise, but that year we spent three weeks driving south on the California coast road, Hwy 1, from San Francisco to San Diego stopping at whatever hotel we came upon each night. We rented a car in SF and spent two days there. The second day, we drove a little north to visit Muir Woods, a Giant Redwood tree park. Now, THAT was simply breathtaking. It was so gorgeous and so majestic. And, even though I loved being there, unfortunately, I think I was too young at the time to truly appreciate how simply awesome and beautiful it was and what it meant to stand among those gigantic and ancient trees. Now, I can honestly say I could spend the rest of my life living in Muir Woods, if they'd let me...and if I could get an Internet connection. 😊 Looking back, I think that may have been my favorite part of the trip. The third week we spent in SD, which is a story in itself, because I spent the entire week in a hotel room, totally blind. The last day, I did get to visit the zoo, but one eye was still patched and I couldn't focus on anything. It was awful. It looks Gorgeous! What happened in San Diego. Bad moonshine? We're planning a trip in Sept somewhere, maybe Yellowstone, maybe an island. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foamy T. Squirrel Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 I did the Mirror Lake photo two weeks ago. I didn't do the pecan photo. I haven't got the patience to be artsy with them since they'd be gone before I could do the creative artwork on the layout. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsdothis Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 3 hours ago, ashleyxyz said: It looks Gorgeous! What happened in San Diego. Bad moonshine? We're planning a trip in Sept somewhere, maybe Yellowstone, maybe an island. On the drive from the final hotel down to SD, my eyes started itching and, of course, I kept rubbing them to relieve the itch, not knowing there was really something wrong. I didn't realize until I got to the Ophthalmologist, that during the cleaning process the night before, something had gotten on my soft contacts. It scratched my corneas so badly, the doctor had to patch both eyes so they could heal. I missed everything in SD, including a day trip to Tijuana, Mexico. I couldn't even watch TV in the hotel room. All I could do was sit there and twiddle my thumbs. I could barely see the animals at the zoo on the last day. If my girlfriend hadn't been with me or if something had happened to her while she was sightseeing the area alone, I'd have been up-the-creek. Thankfully, there was no permanent damage. Once they healed it was like it had never happened. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashleyxyz Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 1 hour ago, letsdothis said: On the drive from the final hotel down to SD, my eyes started itching and, of course, I kept rubbing them to relieve the itch, not knowing there was really something wrong. I didn't realize until I got to the Ophthalmologist, that during the cleaning process the night before, something had gotten on my soft contacts. It scratched my corneas so badly, the doctor had to patch both eyes so they could heal. I missed everything in SD, including a day trip to Tijuana, Mexico. I couldn't even watch TV in the hotel room. All I could do was sit there and twiddle my thumbs. I could barely see the animals at the zoo on the last day. If my girlfriend hadn't been with me or if something had happened to her while she was sightseeing the area alone, I'd have been up-the-creek. Thankfully, there was no permanent damage. Once they healed it was like it had never happened. Wow, sounds really scary! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashleyxyz Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Foamy T. Squirrel said: I did the Mirror Lake photo two weeks ago. I didn't do the pecan photo. I haven't got the patience to be artsy with them since they'd be gone before I could do the creative artwork on the layout. Really Beautiful! I love mountains! Backpacking and camping in all weather, and skiing in cold weather. I'm just drawn to them since my Dad started taking us to the Adirondacks in NY when i was a kid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
letsdothis Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 3 hours ago, ashleyxyz said: Wow, sounds really scary! It wasn't much fun. 😊 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foamy T. Squirrel Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 On 6/29/2018 at 5:11 AM, letsdothis said: I should have said I answered one question. I still don't know if it's Half Dome or not. Technically, that's the reflection of Half-Dome on Mirror Lake, and the more distant one could be North Dome (?). We were a bit disoriented after we got there. After a while, all these tall glacier-etched mountains all look alike. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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