So, for various reasons (which I won't go into here), Kevin, Mike, and I drove down to Three Rivers, CA in order to visit with Elizabeth yesterday. And also to rescue Sheila from SoCal (yes, that is one of the reasons which I wasn't going to go into. And I'm not going to go into it. This is just mentioning it). Anyways, Mike couldn't go all the way down there and not do something. Never-mind the fact that it was raining, and the weatherman didn't say that it was going to stop.
There didn't seem to be any deterring him on this idea of doing something outside, and I was a little sleep-deprived from Kevin keeping me up the night before -- so I didn't put up too much of a fight.
So, we went hiking in Sequoia National Forest. In the rain:
It actually wasn't that bad -- most of the way up the mountain, there was only a light rain. Of course, on the way back, the rain got heavier. But I wasn't 100% drenched by the time I made it back to the car. Of course, all of the water made parts of the trail pretty slippery. But, it's not like I value my body or anything.
The plan was to start the hike at the Potwisha camp site, where the elevation is low enough that it doesn't snow. The plan was to hike up to a neat waterfall that is connected to the Marble Fork. But, we got started a little bit late, which meant that we didn't go all of the way to the waterfall. We did get pretty close, however (even though my photos don't really capture that fact).
Speaking of which, I've uploaded the limited set of photos that I took (hey, it was raining!) at this gallery.
-Andy.