{"id":49,"date":"2008-08-21T23:11:55","date_gmt":"2008-08-22T07:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anirama.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/winding-down-summer\/"},"modified":"2008-08-21T23:11:55","modified_gmt":"2008-08-22T07:11:55","slug":"winding-down-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anirama.com\/newdesign\/2008\/08\/21\/travel\/winding-down-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Winding Down Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s wakeboard coaches from West Coast Camps taking runs on the lake.<\/p>\n<p>Pix from Bass Lake (click through to see larger versions on Flickr):<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/2786383936\/\" title=\"Shane, in Alligator Mode by rosendahl, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3105\/2786383936_1ba04915f6_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Shane, in Alligator Mode\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/2785531995\/\" title=\"Shane on Bass Lake by rosendahl, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3079\/2785531995_b38d50975d_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Shane on Bass Lake\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/2786384124\/\" title=\"Mugging for the Camera by rosendahl, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3182\/2786384124_800f7a3eeb_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"181\" alt=\"Mugging for the Camera\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/2786384318\/\" title=\"Kevin at Bass Lake by rosendahl, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3010\/2786384318_b7458c45c8_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Kevin at Bass Lake\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/2786385594\/\" title=\"Eric at the Helm by rosendahl, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3251\/2786385594_10a55ceded_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"185\" alt=\"Eric at the Helm\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/2786385370\/\" title=\"Happy Dog by rosendahl, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3259\/2786385370_3592b57b44_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Happy Dog\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both\">\nThe south entrance of Yosemite is only about 1\/2 hour from Bass Lake, which we took advantage of on Tuesday. The park doesn&#8217;t allow dogs in too many places, and won&#8217;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.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/2786384608\/\" title=\"Right, um, There by rosendahl, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3178\/2786384608_fdb40677bb.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Right, um, There\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/2785531211\/\" title=\"The Grin by rosendahl, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3282\/2785531211_fc33276600_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" alt=\"The Grin\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rosendahl\/2786384910\/\" title=\"Shane Visits Half Dome (almost) by rosendahl, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3104\/2786384910_b797f0fed0_m.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" alt=\"Shane Visits Half Dome (almost)\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>More pictures to come&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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