Those who visit an area as beautiful as the Yosemite Valley often have a tendency to preserve views of the region’s natural splendor by taking photos. Plein Air Gallery artist Stephen Berry does the same thing, only he does not use a camera to capture images of Yosemite but rather a brush and canvas. Berry’s […]
A Different Drummer: Leg two of seniors hiking in Yosemite
This story picks up in Yosemite on the banks of a lake in the Ten Lakes Region 6.5 miles from Tioga Pass Road. I was out there with Susan and fellow Benicia senior retirees Bud Donaldson, Carl Kittrell, and Deb Kittrell. That was the evening of our first full day of primitive living. We had […]
A Different Drummer: First leg of a Yosemite hike for the aged
Five of us in our 60s hiked the Yosemite backcountry and lived. I want to thank my hiking companions for their perseverance as I hiked with healed back injuries, a flat foot, and diastasis recti requiring me to wear a truss to hold in my gut in: my lovely wife Susan with her sciatica and […]
A Different Drummer: Hiking in preparation
A few of us in our 60s are intending a four-day hike to 9,700 feet in the Yosemite backcountry to reach Ten Lakes. It’s coming up soon. To build stamina, we and the Kittrells drove to Yosemite during the Detwiler Fire to take a couple practice hikes. We didn’t know about the fire, but a […]