Where to Go This Weekend? Bassi Falls!
Jun. 13th, 2023 04:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerThe past few weekends have been taking-it-easy, stay-mostly-around-home weekends. Taking it easy has been nice, especially after 6 weeks of heavy travel, but relaxing gets dull after a while. I like to go places and do things!
What to do this weekend has been on my mind for a while. By Friday I'll have been home for nearly 3 weeks, and this one's a three-day weekend with the Juneteenth holiday on Monday. It's time for us to get out again.
Alas we didn't try to plan anything for this weekend until a few days ago. Late planning means many of the things we thought of doing, like visiting Yosemite to see the lush waterfalls after this record rain season, are all booked up. For a bit it looked like we'd be closed out of all the cool stuff and would have to spend the weekend based at home, hopefully getting out Sat-Sun-Mon to do hiking in the area. But then last night I had a better idea: Bassi Falls!
At first I was dismissive of my own idea. "We've been there a lot," I thought. But then I considered that last time we were there the falls was dry. The photo above showing the falls flush with water is from our first visit, in 2017. Unlike our more recent visit it should be bursting with water again after this year's rains. And even that "more recent" visit was 2 years ago. So it's definitely time to go again! I'm looking forward to it beating the hell out of hiking locally.
What to do this weekend has been on my mind for a while. By Friday I'll have been home for nearly 3 weeks, and this one's a three-day weekend with the Juneteenth holiday on Monday. It's time for us to get out again.
Alas we didn't try to plan anything for this weekend until a few days ago. Late planning means many of the things we thought of doing, like visiting Yosemite to see the lush waterfalls after this record rain season, are all booked up. For a bit it looked like we'd be closed out of all the cool stuff and would have to spend the weekend based at home, hopefully getting out Sat-Sun-Mon to do hiking in the area. But then last night I had a better idea: Bassi Falls!
At first I was dismissive of my own idea. "We've been there a lot," I thought. But then I considered that last time we were there the falls was dry. The photo above showing the falls flush with water is from our first visit, in 2017. Unlike our more recent visit it should be bursting with water again after this year's rains. And even that "more recent" visit was 2 years ago. So it's definitely time to go again! I'm looking forward to it beating the hell out of hiking locally.
