{"id":2026,"date":"2008-07-16T07:49:35","date_gmt":"2008-07-16T15:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/?p=2026"},"modified":"2008-07-16T07:49:35","modified_gmt":"2008-07-16T15:49:35","slug":"high-sierra-road-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2008\/07\/16\/high-sierra-road-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"High Sierra road trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;m on vacation this week and needed to do some vacating yesterday, so Melissa and I headed for the hills. We took Ebbett&#8217;s Pass, lunched with a through-hiker and gave him a ride into Markleeville, then headed down to Tioga Pass Highway and returned via the Yosemite High Country. We made a quick dash over to Hetch Hetchy, hoping to catch the fading sun hitting the big rocks over the reservoir; got there about 10 minutes too late but it was still pretty cool. <\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at some pictures, pretty and otherwise. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/busybeingborn\/2673793773\/\" title=\"Highway 4 by busybeingborn, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3100\/2673793773_6dc52b789a.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"329\" alt=\"Highway 4\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hiker Hauler reflected in tanker truck&#8217;s tank, while stopped for road construction on Highway 4 east of Angel&#8217;s Camp.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/busybeingborn\/2674615392\/\" title=\"Doug the thru-hiker by busybeingborn, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3229\/2674615392_0430ba3fd1.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"369\" alt=\"Doug the thru-hiker\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Doug the through-hiker was a few days behind his trail pals &#8230; we gave him a ride into Markleeville so he could call a buddy to come down from Tahoe, pick him up and get him caught up with the pack. He told us he&#8217;d lost 17 pounds since starting out in Mexico. We shared our lunch, he generally chowed down.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/busybeingborn\/2674616564\/\" title=\"East side of the Sierra range by busybeingborn, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3278\/2674616564_0cd82d9e55.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"East side of the Sierra range\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>East side of the range, heading down U.S. 395 near Mono Lake. Had great clouds and sky, though it was  a bit hazy in places. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/busybeingborn\/2674617832\/\" title=\"On the way to Tioga Pass by busybeingborn, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3126\/2674617832_01eae6b833.jpg\" width=\"392\" height=\"500\" alt=\"On the way to Tioga Pass\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The haul up to Tioga Pass was awesome. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/busybeingborn\/2673799567\/\" title=\"Standard tree-framing technique by busybeingborn, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3112\/2673799567_15fdb20f2f.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Standard tree-framing technique\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tree-framing, one of the things I can do. The light was great in the afternoon. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/busybeingborn\/2674621144\/\" title=\"Tioga Pass by busybeingborn, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3198\/2674621144_4c8963158e.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"352\" alt=\"Tioga Pass\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nothing to see at Tioga Pass, as usual.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/busybeingborn\/2673802299\/\" title=\"OK, this one came out pretty good by busybeingborn, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3220\/2673802299_70d223687a.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"OK, this one came out pretty good\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, this one did come out OK. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/busybeingborn\/2674623798\/\" title=\"Nice clouds by busybeingborn, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3259\/2674623798_570e7aa9e0.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Nice clouds\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nice clouds paint the sky.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/busybeingborn\/2674625262\/\" title=\"Great rocks, as always by busybeingborn, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3229\/2674625262_88e1afcd3f.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"384\" alt=\"Great rocks, as always\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the excellent rocks along Highway 120 near Tenaya Lake.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/busybeingborn\/2674627060\/\" title=\"Tenaya Lake by busybeingborn, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3002\/2674627060_a47bcfd4ab.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Tenaya Lake\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hard to take bad pictures at Tenaya Lake.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/busybeingborn\/2674628220\/\" title=\"Half Dome by busybeingborn, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3274\/2674628220_dc3f6e1d62.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Half Dome\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Half Dome from Olmstead Point. In honor of all you Half Dome hikers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/busybeingborn\/2673809539\/\" title=\"Hetch Hetchy by busybeingborn, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3156\/2673809539_8960b4881d.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Hetch Hetchy\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fading light at Hetch Hetchy.  Maybe I just needed a better camera. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/busybeingborn\/2673810261\/\" title=\"Moon over Hetch Hetchy by busybeingborn, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3164\/2673810261_eab953d23a.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"349\" alt=\"Moon over Hetch Hetchy\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Moon over Hetch Hetchy. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;m on vacation this week and needed to do some vacating yesterday, so Melissa and I headed for the hills. We took Ebbett&#8217;s Pass, lunched with a through-hiker and gave him a ride into Markleeville, then headed down to&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/2008\/07\/16\/high-sierra-road-trip\/\">Read the whole thing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[37],"tags":[150,310],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2026"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3422,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2026\/revisions\/3422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tommangan.net\/twoheeldrive\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}