Kelly Brothers (except Brendan) Scale Half Dome!

We had a very weird weekend. Brendan's brother Brian flew down from Seattle and spent the night. On Friday we headed down to Yosemite. Brendan went down I-5 instead of 99. Luckily I got him on the right track before Tracy! We met up with brother Michael and his newest girlfriend in Yosemite on Fri afternoon part way up the trail to the top of Yosemite Falls. Then we all went back to Mariposa, where we were spending the night, and met up with brother Neil. Saturday THEY all got up early to hike up Half Dome. While they struggled up the trail and rock, Brendan and I slept in, drove around the park including up to Glacier Point and hiked along the Merced River stopping to watch climbers way up El Capitan along the way. Then we headed to Gilroy where we spent the night. Why? Because Michael and Neil wanted everyone to go through boxes of books and dishes at their mother's house in Capitola (Did you know she passed away peacefully 2 weeks ago). So we spent Sunday going through the "who wants this" ordeal of books that were their father's college text books! What fun was that??? I did get 3 really nice pottery serving bowls and ransacked the garden digging up iris, geraniums, calla lilies, and some really pretty blue daisy like flowers that are really pretty. Then we drive back home on Sunday with Brian in tow. He flew home on Monday. Whew!