Hello everyone,
This is Sarah posting and I'm happy to report that after 500 miles of wandering through the mountains, Danny is still doing great. It was actually Friday July 3rd when I last heard from him - he was in Tolumne Meadows after a long trek down the Yosemite Valley. It is a huge, deep valley and to get from top to bottom it is a 50km trek. So, of course, Danny decided to do it in one day (all the campsites along the way were full) and camp at the bottom. He had heard alot about this cliff-thing called "Half Dome"at the bottom and he was pretty excited to see it. While I would like to tell you more about what Half Dome was like, the connection got fuzzy during that part of the phone call.
So, the next 'civilized' stop for Danny will be at Echo Lake which is about 2 days south of Lake Tahoe. He hopes that there will be a phone and some email there but if not, he will have to go to another town 1-2 days further along. It is another long stretch with the distance from Tuolumne to Echo lake being approx. 150 miles. Dan expects this to take 8-9 days but, because he might get sidetracked by a trail angel or need to go further to find a phone, we are to wait patiently and not worry for 12 days (from friday.) Don't worry- I'll keep count (I'm getting good at it) and let you know as soon as I hear from him. Ha ha...I'm sure I'm not the only one finding this whole "Danny wandering the wilderness away from phones" thing challenging. That being said, he assured me (again) that there are LOTS of people ar0und and that he spends at least a part of each day hiking in someone's company. I find this reassuring...hopefully the other worriers in the bunch (Delcie!) will find it reassuring too.
In the meantime, to keep us distracted, Dan has sent two cd's full of wonderful photos and I will be posting the best ones over the next couple days for all to enjoy. I hope everyone is well! For those of you who are wondering how I'm doing, well, I have to say that I'm enjoying the bittersweet-ness of it all, mostly because I get to remember the million reasons that I love this wanderer so much.
Until next time,
Sarah
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Thank you for the update, Sarah! While reading about all of Danny's adventures one quickly forgets about you who is at home waiting for him. I hope you are doing okay! How is work going? Maybe we can chat over the phone one of these days?
ReplyDeletexo Sandra
P.s. Yesterday Brian apologized to me in advance, because he is sure he's going to do something like Dan in a few years... ;-)
Hey Sandra, I totally burst out laughing when I read the part about Brian's apology. Hilarious! I'm just glad I had you the first time they did this! My new roomate, Claudia, is working out great and turning out to be a great friend. We joke about how she is my "Dan replacement" but I think she is really more of a Sandra replacement.
ReplyDeleteSo, Are you guys getting excited for your holiday in Canada?? I hope I already told you that the Tent arrived a couple weeks ago? Not sure if I did or not. Call anytime!Love you,Sarah