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A downhill day. We left early, hit the trail and descended through a cool
misted landscape to our final campsite, which was situated a few yards
past the junction of the trail heading up to Cloud's Rest. I don't know
if I was too tired, too lazy or too excited to write in my little black
book. Most of the time we just hung out in our tent and listened to the
rain, a nice bookend effect--25 perfect Sierra days bracketed by spells
of rain. So no pages from me. I'll let Mom speak for the two of us.
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Deers
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More deers
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The campsite near the clouds rest trail junction
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A view of Half Dome from behind
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and drizzly this morning. I dressed for rain, but it actually sprinkled
very little. There were 2 ridges to cross but most of the trail today was
downhill- 1 steep section, but most of it gradual. We reached the Cloud's
Rest Junction about noon and found a site nearby. We could have hiked farther
but didn't have a cabin in the Valley until tomorrow. We found wood for
a fire, ate lunch, took a short walk to see Half Dome at 1:45, washed and
then read in the tent while it sprinkled, till about 5:00. We had a good
dinner of 2-cheese pasta with salami and red peppers, and cocoa and Nutter
Butters. Made a nice fire. No rain, but no stars either. This is our last
night on the trail. Too bad the weather didn't hold but it's not too wet
and not cold. There's only a 6-7 mile hike down to the Valley tomorrow,
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Cheesy corn pasta!
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The last supper.
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Stoking the campifire
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