yosemite sam

hi fans

this weekend we are in yosemite national park and have been cycling around and looking at rocks and waterfalls and meadows, we also went to a film and talk by ron kauk who is a rock climber round here. we spoke to him afterwards and bert used to fly hang gliders round here so they talked about someone they both knew here - bert always knows people everywhere we go. we are currently sitting in ahwahnee lodge, a really swanky lodge hotel in the middle of the park, having a drink with our new friend david who is a photographer and takes photos with a field camera, those old cameras like ansel adams used. we went to an ansel adams gallery and saw some amazing photos of yosemite and california. we are going to go and build a campfire and cook our chicken on it. last night some bears came to the campsite, we awoke to someone shouting at the bear to go away. we also saw the rangers giving out fines to people who had left food lying around their campsite, because this attracts bears which isn't fair for the bears or the people who get scared.

that's my update for now, tomorrow we go back to work for the week selling our tree wraps. here is something john muir wrote - he was from scotland but lived here in america in the 19th century and basically was an amazing nature man who i think invented the national parks and was generally very cool:

climb the mountains and get their good tidings. nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. the winds will blow their own freshness into you and the storms their energy, while cares will drop off like autumn leaves.