Yosemite Day 5 - The Valley

Day 5 - 12 September 2012

"The money goes. The money goes. The money goes. The money goes...up her nose..."

So says the Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, preachin' and bellowing his message about the evils of doing drugs (on that particular song) in his backwoods rockin' blues style.  Mitch had brought their latest album with us and we found ourselves rockin' out to the grooves numerous times on this trip.  Funny how music can define so many things.  For me, I'll hear certain tunes and it brings back memories of trips.  I liked this band so much I bought the album when I got back.  Check 'em out: www.bigdamnband.com

Anyway, we quickly packed up on Tuesday morning and headed out.  I checked with the Rangers one last time to see if my Tuolumne SuperTopo book had been turned in...no dice.  Oh well.  The story on that is that I left it by the window next to the sink in the bathroom.  I forgot about it while brushing my teeth and walked out without it.  I came back like 5 min later and it was gone.  Later that day I checked at the Ranger Station for the campground.  They said some guy had come by with it and asked about it.  My name wasn't in it but they said that it indeed had red tabs on the pages so we knew it was mine.  But at the time the guy was asking about it, he said he would take it for the day, use it, and then bring it back later...which he obviously never did.  I hope the guy didn't get into trouble out there or something, but I have to scratch my head at the whole thing.  I mean, seriously? It's obviously not yours but you're going to take it anyway and bring it back when it's convenient for you?  Oh well...whatever.  Mitch had a guidebook too so it wasn't a huge deal.  Besides, we were leaving Tuolumne for the Valley.