Good things do happen.
This afternoon, we got a call from Ann T.—ex-colleague, buddy and one of the best managers ever to ride the elevators at Solar System Labs. As fate would have it, we retired on the very same day!
Ann organizes an annual, all-ladies trek to Tuolumne Meadows Lodge. One of her group had a to bail at the 11th hour. There's now an extra cabin. Ann wanted to know if we wanted to use that reservation.
My wife and I consulted carefully for about 30 milliseconds and grabbed the chance. As she put it, "I wouldn't want you to lose a chance to wear your new coat."
We're going back to Yosemite this year. I can't believe it.
Reports from the real and not-so-real trail