http://pct2007.org/2007/06/17/2007-06-17-mono-lake-side-trip-posted-june-20/ Mexico to Canada on two feet Wed, 27 May 2009 21:17:51 +1200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://pct2007.org/2007/06/17/2007-06-17-mono-lake-side-trip-posted-june-20/comment-page-1/#comment-437 Denis Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:38:37 +0000 http://pct2007.org/2007/06/20/2007-06-17-mono-lake-side-trip-posted-june-20/#comment-437 Walks with Son writes: The day hanging around Tuolumne Meadows with Craig, and driving down to see Mono Lake was nice for me. I had developed some blisters walking around San Francisco in my hiking shoes with thin socks so I wasn't keen to do anything more. I could feel that Craig was somehow uncomfortable as we were in the PCT environment but not in the PCT mindset. Walking slowly with no particular objective in mind. It was a bit like he was taking his aged parent for a nice walk in the garden to fill in time before dinner. At Mono Lake we paid $3 for an 'educational walk' around the rock formations, which must have seemed strange for a guy used to 30 miles of trail a day. Actually the parks service people were very nice and gave a Father's Day special. The sign said under 15s free. Craig claimed to be 14. The man asked me with mock sincerity if my son was 18 and I agreed. He said the age limit was supposed to be 18 and the signs hadn't been fixed yet. So my boy got in free. Such a hospitable country Walks with Son writes: The day hanging around Tuolumne Meadows with Craig, and driving down to see Mono Lake was nice for me. I had developed some blisters walking around San Francisco in my hiking shoes with thin socks so I wasn’t keen to do anything more. I could feel that Craig was somehow uncomfortable as we were in the PCT environment but not in the PCT mindset. Walking slowly with no particular objective in mind. It was a bit like he was taking his aged parent for a nice walk in the garden to fill in time before dinner. At Mono Lake we paid $3 for an ‘educational walk’ around the rock formations, which must have seemed strange for a guy used to 30 miles of trail a day. Actually the parks service people were very nice and gave a Father’s Day special. The sign said under 15s free. Craig claimed to be 14. The man asked me with mock sincerity if my son was 18 and I agreed. He said the age limit was supposed to be 18 and the signs hadn’t been fixed yet. So my boy got in free. Such a hospitable country

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