Mom wasn't too sure the day before that she really wanted to go. She does that anxiety thing and there was a lot of apprehension. I told her I'd be right beside her and it'd be okay and Wednesday morning we loaded the four of us and a picnic lunch into the car and off we went.
My new friend Foxy is fun to travel with. I have a 'bridge' between the front seats that goes from the console onto the backs of the backseats; the cargo section. When we have a human passenger and I can't ride shotgun, I sit up there and keep an eye out. Foxy got down on the floor behind the front passenger seat and made herself a den (apparently the name 'Foxy' suits her) and we actually saw very little of her for a large portion of the trip up. She'd come out occasionally for a drink of water or to peek out the window (you know, "are we there yet?")and whenever we'd stop and get out of the car to walk around.
We left home about 8am and drove to Mariposa and then into Yosemite and started up and up and up. We stopped a couple of times at buildings for mom & Judi to make what they called "pit stops" and by the side of the road for Foxy & me to make ours.
There was so much to see and take in. We saw huge trees and really huge rocks and little critters. Lots of people too; older people, younger people, children. We really enjoyed the children because they were as excited to see us as they were about the trees and rocks (maybe more).
We stopped at this HUGE outcropping of rock. Rock of all shapes, sizes, and colors, everywhere, as far as you could see. Mom said if we fell, it would take 45 days to hit bottom. She was joking, I think. Judi said we were at about 7000 to 8000 ft. Then we went a little higher and had our picnic lunch at a place called Tenaya Lake. Neither Foxy nor I are big on water other than for drinking, but the picnic area was really nice; just right for snacking and napping and taking a walk afterward. Every place we stopped had different smells and feels and there was so much to investigate. And sniffing strange and new smells is fun and cool with a buddy.
From our perspective, it was a really great day. Every place had brand new, really cool smells and lots of people to fuss over us. Nobody, human nor canine got carsick. Foxy & I are ready to go again. We got home about 6pm. Foxy and I had slept most of the way home but we were still, pardon the expression, dog-tired! It's so cool to have a BFF again. I can't wait 'til our next adventure.
By the way, I thought I'd include a picture taken of mom & me last year when we climbed to Glacier Point, a real climb for mom. She's stuck with 2 legs and I have 4, it was much easier for me. That big rock in the background is Half Dome, a famous rock at Yosemite that the humans like to climb. Whatever...
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