holiday.

Once again, Julian and I will be heading for sunny California for our summer holiday (not that there is much to complain about the weather in the Pacific Northwest this summer–it has been absolutely beautiful and actually, well, a lot like summer). Road trip, of course. We're planning on backpacking again into Kings Canyon National Park and camping by ourselves among granite peaks, strewn boulders and high alpine lakes. The weather is slated to once again be hot and sunny so far which is exactly what I want.

We're also going to backpack to a place I have wanted to visit for a few years in the Tuolumne Meadows area of Yosemite National Park. Here's hoping we score permits!

I am excited and looking forward to another spectacular summer vacation of hiking, laying next to lakes, gazing up at fantastic granite peaks deep in the Sierras waiting for the light to change and the shadows to move because there is really  nothing else to do but watch, wait and listen when in places like that. Oh, and relax. And play a little. And hopefully not get sunburnt. And toss a pad on the ground (or not) and close your eyes. And swim. And run around with a camera and tripod (this time, rather than a stick) while the light turns to exhilarating.

I'll be sure to take some pictures of J clambering over rocks, hiking up trails and swimming in the lakes. And maybe a couple of some of the mountains and scenes that we'll be fortunate enough to see.