Some friends flew in from Madrid - off we went to Yosemite. We were there for only a day and a half, but we got in some pretty good hikes. We did about 2/3rds of the Upper Yosemite Falls trail. We opted to turn around and hike back down at the top of the tree line, where it gets much steeper and you are exposed more directly to the sun.
We then chose to drive to the city of Mariposa and drink at the Hideout, a local favorite. Then, we bought a pizza and a few bottles of Malbec and went back to the Airbnb up in the hills near Mariposa to watch a movie for the night. A comedy at which we laughed and laughed together. It was, of course, about love gone wrong. A man feels pressured into marrying the wrong girl, a fact that surfaces comedically as he begins to have feelings for the right girl. They both had the correct recessive genes for it.
My friends departed for LA yesterday afternoon. Things have returned to normalcy here, which is mostly just work and sleep. The boy is away at camp for the week. His first and longest stay away from us that involves more than just a sleepover at a friend's house.
We hardly know what to do with ourselves, though that has always been the case.
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