All systems GO

Following up on last week's adventure in Yosemite, hiking up to Columbia Rock and then around Yosemite Valley, I wanted to give my arthritic knee an even stiffer test

Yesterday I joined two other experienced hikers (all of us in our 70s) to hike 5 miles from Gianelli trailhead to Powell Lake in the Emigrant Wilderness. The bad news? Snow covered much of the trail, which starts at 8500 feet and goes up before it goes down.

The good news? My knee did just fine. I'm ready for the hiking season to begin.

Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/SytfgEKBKrc3qE5u9

We met a handful of young people who had backpacked in and we hiking out, and another handful of folks our age, out for a day hike. Many people were accompanied by dogs ..and we saw two coyotes running free across the snowfields. Keep your dogs close out there!