Summer, 2012
Highlights from a week camping and hiking around Yosemite National Park.
Graceland Cemetery, ChicagoOctober
Eberhardt Mansion of Edgewater, ChicagoOctober
Oregon CoastSummer
Big Country Lakefront Sailing, ChicagoSummer
Chicago Air & Water ShowAugust
Rock Climbing at Devil's Lake, WisconsinSummer
Oakland A's vs. Detroit Tigers, CaliforniaMay 12
Yosemite National Park, CaliforniaMay
Healdsburg Bikeride & Wine Tastings, CaliforniaMay
Polar Bear, ChicagoJanuary
Christmas at Cape Meares, Oregon CoastDecember
Rock Climbing at Devil's Lake, WisconsinFall
Wedding Road Trip to Jasper, IndianaOctober
Bike & Boat Along the Amalfi Coast, ItalySeptember
Rock Climbing at Devil’s Lake, WisconsinSummer
Naperville RibfestJuly
Arches and Canyonlands of Moab, UtahJune
St. Louis, MissouriJune
Cardinals vs Cubs, Busch StadiumJune 5, 2011
Polar BearJanuary
Christmas in SedonaDecember
Meet My New Camera, the Nikon D90November
Halloween Pumpkins!October
Halloween in SheboyganOctober
Nebraska Huskers 300th selloutSeptember 26
Boumans in Brackney, PASeptember
Wolff-Walker Wedding, NJSeptember
BMX Dew TourJune
Cubs vs White SoxJune 28
Cubs vs GiantsMay 5
Virgin IslandsFebruary
Polar BearJanuary
Half Dome
On the road to Yosemite
The scenic drive on highway 120 to Yosemite is quite a treat, but left me missing my RX-8.

Welcome to Yosemite!

Our first good look into Yosemite Valley.

It's much better in person.

Ansorges were here.

A mesmerizing view of upper Yosemite Falls.
May is peak waterfall season and it'll probably dry up by July or August.

Seeing both Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls together is a sight to behold and
was viewable from many different locations throughout the valley.

A spectacular view of both Upper and Lower framed by some equally impressive pines.

Dogwoods were in bloom throughout the valley.

The valley can make one feel pretty small.

We marveled at El Capitan, a vertical peak that rises over 7,500 feet above the valley.

Then after squinting through some binoculars we marvel at a climber who nears the peak.
Graceland Cemetery, ChicagoOctober
Eberhardt Mansion of Edgewater, ChicagoOctober
Oregon CoastSummer
Big Country Lakefront Sailing, ChicagoSummer
Chicago Air & Water ShowAugust
Rock Climbing at Devil's Lake, WisconsinSummer
Oakland A's vs. Detroit Tigers, CaliforniaMay 12
Yosemite National Park, CaliforniaMay
Healdsburg Bikeride & Wine Tastings, CaliforniaMay
Polar Bear, ChicagoJanuary
Christmas at Cape Meares, Oregon CoastDecember
Rock Climbing at Devil's Lake, WisconsinFall
Wedding Road Trip to Jasper, IndianaOctober
Bike & Boat Along the Amalfi Coast, ItalySeptember
Rock Climbing at Devil’s Lake, WisconsinSummer
Naperville RibfestJuly
Arches and Canyonlands of Moab, UtahJune
St. Louis, MissouriJune
Cardinals vs Cubs, Busch StadiumJune 5, 2011
Polar BearJanuary
Christmas in SedonaDecember
Meet My New Camera, the Nikon D90November
Halloween Pumpkins!October
Halloween in SheboyganOctober
Nebraska Huskers 300th selloutSeptember 26
Boumans in Brackney, PASeptember
Wolff-Walker Wedding, NJSeptember
BMX Dew TourJune
Cubs vs White SoxJune 28
Cubs vs GiantsMay 5
Virgin IslandsFebruary
Polar BearJanuary