School starts next week for all of us and our floors at home are getting refinished; both great reasons to head out for an (almost) last trip of the summer. We had heard about how beautiful Bass Lake is, so we headed out to spend a few days there. Since we were in the area we also visited Yosemite, and on the way home stopped at Lake McClure and spent the day with one of Kevin’s wakeboard coaches from West Coast Camps taking runs on the lake.

Pix from Bass Lake (click through to see larger versions on Flickr):

Shane, in Alligator Mode Shane on Bass Lake
Mugging for the Camera Kevin at Bass Lake
Eric at the Helm Happy Dog
The south entrance of Yosemite is only about 1/2 hour from Bass Lake, which we took advantage of on Tuesday. The park doesn’t allow dogs in too many places, and won’t let you leave them unattended in the car, so our options were severely limited. The major stop for us was Glacier Point, with its amazing view of Yosemite Valley and Half Dome.
Right, um, There

The Grin Shane Visits Half Dome (almost)

More pictures to come…