When my wife and I carried our bags down the red carpet into a plush lobby, I could still hardly believe it. In all the years we had visited Yosemite, we had never stayed at the lavish hotel that houses royalty, presidents and the well-to-do. I figured we never would, yet there we were. “Welcome… Continue reading How the other half lives in Yosemite
Month: August 2015
Musings of a Mono Lake kayaker
As I set my kayak down with a crunch on the rough sheets of limestone in a few inches of salty water, I disturbed a furious cloud of tiny black alkali flies around my feet. Anyone venturing into this lake has to step through the dense swarm that clings to the shoreline like a living… Continue reading Musings of a Mono Lake kayaker