2026 was Mathew, Wonyoung, Thuy Tien, Namya, Alexander, Saba, Sophia, Lucia, Mark, Abigail, Majid, Weiyu, Kowshik, Leigh, David, Mollie, Alan and Mary’s Excellent Adventure.
(Yipes, 36th annual.)
At an on campus pre-trip meeting, pitching a tent to take a look at it . . . (the shock cord not pass inspection, so he borrowed a tent from a friend).
A Tesla driver noticed that at the rows of charging stations, this one at Curry Village in Yosemite valley
some of them say free and some say 37 cents per kWh
A free bus takes people to the Badger Pass ski resort for the ranger snowshoe walk, skiing and snowboarding. Below, people who stayed at Curry Village, the first stop for the bus.
This year more snowboarders than skiers:
The park service provides snowshoes for a walk with a ranger (no experience needed):
Fine dining after the Ranger snowshoe walk:
Marshmallow roasting at the ice rink:
Ooops, no action photos of ice skating:
clear weather gave us a starry night sky:
Relaxing on a hike:
Lower Yosemite fall caught in midair:
See more photos of the walk (not really a hike) to the base of Yosemite Falls
We had our traditional last morning pot-luck brunch at an Ahwahnee hotel top floor room a student reserved:
The couches that looked like they folded out to a double bed, really only were a twin or a-little-wider-than-a-twin size.
The painting above the fireplace is a reproduction of Yosemite Valley (also known as “The Valley of the Yosemite) by Albert Bierstadt (painted 1864), one of many Bierstadt reproductions found in the hotel. (See the Smithsonian Bierstadt online exhibition.)
See a 3D tour of the Ahwahnee hotel Library Suite
View out one window is towards Glacier Point, with heron on a chimney for awhile:
view out another window is of upper Yosemite falls:
The hotel delivered two long tables with tablecloths, and we began setting up
food prep gloves are not always one size fits all:
Club mascot keeps going and going. . .
and a marshmallow just starting to catch fire:
Menu included (not all showing in the photos)
chocolate cookies, vanilla wafers, muffins, T Joe’s Banana bread, apple pie, many chocolate desserts with 2 flavors of whipped cream
Bagels and strawberry smear, Bagels and onion smear, smoked salmon
marshmallows, chocolate and graham crackers
raw vegies (cauliflower, broccoli, tomatoes, baby carrots, . . . ) with Tzatziki and Hummus dips,
orange juice, guava juice, apple cider, T Joes organic lemonade, coffee
bananas, kiwis, tangerines
tuna, 10 kinds of sliced or individually wrapped cheese selections, sliced salami, etc
4 kinds of crackers, 2 kinds of chips, mixed nuts
marinated artichoke hearts, T Joe’s garlic stuffed green olives,
and ooooops, left the pineapple in the fridge until after the brunch was over:
See also the De Anza College Outdoor Club main webpage for the Yosemite National Park winter quarter weekend trips.
And see De Anza College Outdoor Club coming attractions.
between summer quarter and fall quarter trip to Grand Teton National Park
May and October kayaking lesson and practice paddle 16 minutes from the campus
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