Yosemite :: Ostrander Lake

Hello Internets,

Another trip report, this time investigating cross country options for a snowshoe trip this winter. Thanks for reading my blog, enjoy the photos.

Cheers,
Cayenne


I start off with some seaweed, sesame, and bean paste wraps


I do start my trips fairly clean.


The first view I come across


further along the route


ostrander lake


the ostrander lake cabin


view of the skyline heading towards heart lake


heart lake


on the shore of heart lake


glow of light at sunset


Killer sunscreen in my eye


sunset near campsite


View from campsite at sunset, cooking some lentils, looking northish


View from campsite at sunset, looking eastish


A third view from the campsite


You get the idea, 360 degrees of awesomeness.


finished cooking up the lentils


Taste is great, and eating in the dark hides the appearance :-)


The actual campsite is a small plot of sand in a field of granite


El-Cap and Half Dome on my way out.

Yosemite :: Tuolumne Canyon loop

Been doing more walking than cooking this summer. Forgot the camera on a few trips. Here are pictures from my loop through Tuolumne canyon and ten lakes.

I started in white wolf

Nice, flat, easy going.


Climbing into ten lakes


This first lake I come across


I brought the luxury kit, here is the campsite at the last of the ten lakes on my path


view from my campsite at 10 lakes


10 lakes campsite scenery


Making my way up to Tuolumne peak.


self


snow going over Tuolumne mtn.


the last of the snow


view from the top


Coming across the river into Glen Aulin.


Water fall at Glen Aulin.


I stopped here for the night.


Cooked up some rice and bean wraps, watching the sunset


everything was golden at sunset



more sunset, looking down the canyon


campsite packed up, ready to go


morning light on granite


morning light on granite II.


crossing a small stream


nice spot to take a break


another cool spot to take a break, waterfalls into a punch bowl.


gratuitous gear photo, Darn Tough Socks.


Big Scenery


Walking into the forest fire, mid afternoon, the light goes golden. The river was incredible looking with the highlighting.


Forest fire sky, mid afternoon


Get off my lawn !


Harden Lake

Lentils

Some spicy lentils I made for recent my Yosemite trip. The spice blend is the same as I was using for my soups etc. It's a blend of mustard, fenugreek, pepper, cardamon, coriander, cumin, cloves, and allspice. I prepared the lentils in a light tomato sauce with some carrots, onions, ginger and garlic, and dried it on parchment paper in my standard way.


the spices


components of the sauce


I used a yellow onion for this batch


This is the sauce before I add the spices or lentils


I spice the sauce


Adding in the black beluga lentils


Thicken the sauce and then spread on parchment paper to dry


Ready to be weighed into single servings and taken on the trail

Cheers,