A few months back, Joe surprised me with a birthday trip to Yosemite. But not just any trip- a High Sierra backpacking loop. After many permit variations, we landed on 35 miles through Tenaya Canyon, up to Tenaya Lake, past Sunrise Lakes, and back to the valley on the John Muir Trail. Save the details on our journey from Boston to San Francisco to the Valley; our trip truly started at Dimond O campground- a quiet national forest site a few moments from the Big Oak Flat Trailh