It's almost time. It's a little after 4am on Wednesday, the guys are getting up at 5am for breakfast. We plan on a hearty one, to make sure we're fuelled up for the big event: Half Dome! The plan is to start hiking at 6. Happy Isles is only a half mile from our campsite.

OK, so what now? The nice thing for me will be prayer before leaving. I almost had a small disaster when I couldn't find my camera battery. All this time & planning with no photos to show for it? The battery & charger were in the car's center console all along.

So we should get some nice photos up there. See you at the top!

I've been having trouble sleeping tonight. I always get this way right before leaving for a vacation, wondering what I've forgotten. I did get a reprieve, though, because my cell phone rang and someone from work needed help. Normally I'd shove it onto someone else, but this was a guy who's in the Phillipines on a family emergency. His problem, come to find out, was that he had changed the time on his computer but not the timezone. Yay! Greg saves the day!

Pastor Rob put a little bug in my ear about wanting a shakedown hike on Tuesday and hiking to Half Dome on Wednesday. I still want to go on Tuesday, but if Bob agrees with Rob, we'll go ahead and wait until Wednesday. Not that it would be the end of the world, but this has been a long time coming. I'm itching to go up!

Either way, I'm excited. Excited and nervous; I know I can make it to the top and back, but I'm still nervous about how my poor body will feel before it's over. I suppose that's normal.

So those are my thoughts at 11:30 the night before heading to Yosemite. When I get back, I should have a picture like this of myself... see that little cave below where the person's standing? People actually hang out there. I won't be that daring. Cheers.

Last workout before our trip. Sunday's the Men's Breakfast so Rob and I get to whine to everyone, while sounding excited all the same. Here we go:

Warmup, 30 seconds of each in a circuit, 3 sets
* Jumping jack
* Split jack
* Prisoner squat
* Alternating lunge
* Mountain climber

Workout, alternating sets
* Deadlift, 125lbs, 3 sets of 5
* Single leg swiss ball hip extension, 3 sets of 6
* Close grip bench press, 1 set of 3 @ 115lbs, 3 sets of 5 @ 105lbs
* Hammer curl, 1 set of 5 @ 30lbs, 2 sets of 5 @ 35lbs

4 days and counting, Half Dome here we come. Check out the cables.



Here's another picture looking up towards them, for scope.



Keep in mind that the picture you're looking at was shot from the shoulder, which is 8 miles in. It's gonna be a blast!