{"id":597,"date":"2014-07-23T19:45:39","date_gmt":"2014-07-24T02:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/?p=597"},"modified":"2021-04-13T17:47:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T00:47:58","slug":"yosemite-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/yosemite-day-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Yosemite Day 2: Sentinel Dome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We hiked up the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yosemitehikes.com\/glacier-point-road\/sentinel-dome\/sentinel-dome.htm\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sentintel Dome<\/a> &#8211; a very easy 2mile roundtrip hike. At the top is a 360 degree view of Yosemite Valley, which was gorgeous. You could see El Capitan, Vernal and Nevada Falls, the Half Dome and so much more. This was like an extremely easy warm-up for what was to come the following day.<br \/>\n<!--more--><center><a href=\"http:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/View-from-the-top.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[597]\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/View-from-the-top-300x86.jpg\" alt=\"View from the top\" width=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/View-from-the-top-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/View-from-the-top.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Captain-America-on-top-of-Sentinel-Dome.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[597]\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Captain-America-on-top-of-Sentinel-Dome-300x79.jpg\" alt=\"Captain America on top of Sentinel Dome\" width=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Captain-America-on-top-of-Sentinel-Dome-300x79.jpg 300w, https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Captain-America-on-top-of-Sentinel-Dome.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sentinel-Dome.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[597]\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sentinel-Dome-300x87.jpg\" alt=\"Sentinel Dome\" width=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sentinel-Dome-300x87.jpg 300w, https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sentinel-Dome.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sentinel.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[597]\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sentinel-300x99.jpg\" alt=\"Sentinel\" width=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sentinel-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sentinel.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>From there, we traveled further into Yosemite Valley, where we passed majestic meadows that looked like something from a Disney film.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/I-wanted-to-frolic-in-this-meadow.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[597]\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/I-wanted-to-frolic-in-this-meadow-300x120.jpg\" alt=\"I wanted to frolic in this meadow\" width=\"500\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/I-wanted-to-frolic-in-this-meadow-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/I-wanted-to-frolic-in-this-meadow.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nWe made a stop at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yosemitepark.com\/the-ahwahnee.aspx\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ahwahnee Hotel<\/a>, which happens to be the one that inspired Kubrick&#8217;s set design for Stephen King&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firstshowing.net\/2013\/photos-of-the-ahwahneeoverlook-hotel-from-the-shining\/\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Shining<\/a>.<br \/>\n<center><a href=\"http:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ahwahnee-Hotel.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[597]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ahwahnee-Hotel-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ahwahnee Hotel\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ahwahnee-Hotel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ahwahnee-Hotel-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Ahwahnee-Hotel.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Come-play-with-us-Danny.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[597]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Come-play-with-us-Danny-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Come play with us, Danny\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-601\" srcset=\"https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Come-play-with-us-Danny-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Come-play-with-us-Danny-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Come-play-with-us-Danny.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Inside-the-Ahwahnee-Hotel.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[597]\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Inside-the-Ahwahnee-Hotel-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Inside the Ahwahnee Hotel\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-603\" \/><\/a><\/center><br \/>\nWe had dinner at the Ahwahnee then camped out on another campground, getting some rest for what was soon to come.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-597\" data-postid=\"597\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-597 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We hiked up the Sentintel Dome &#8211; a very easy 2mile roundtrip hike. At the top is a 360 degree view of Yosemite Valley, which was gorgeous. You could see El Capitan, Vernal and Nevada Falls, the Half Dome and so much more. This was like an extremely easy warm-up for what was to come [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[9,7,6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Sentinel-Dome.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2EMGA-9D","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4716,"href":"https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597\/revisions\/4716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memoirsofthedamned.com\/ramblings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}