W5RJD Summit on the Air (SOTA) Activations

I love my wife.  We decided (at the last minute) to take a weekend trip to Yosemite National Park.  And she was completely supportive of spending our first couple of hours Saturday morning on a nice drive up south of Mono lake in the Inyo National Forest.  We were staying in El Portal on the west side of the park, so we'd have to drive over an hour to get to the east entrance, and then another hour to get to the summit.  We decided to get there directly and then do site seeing along the way back. Google Maps pretty much takes you to the top of Lookout Mountain, although the last few miles are a dirt road, and as others have pointed out, there's lots of Obsidian in parts of the road that are a little nerve-wracking.  It really wasn't as bad as I expected.  It was only in two or three places up close to the summit, and the rest was pretty well ground into the road. The views were stunning, so after Michele helped me set up the end fed (she's got a much better...

It has been quite some time since the last summit, nearly 3 months.  During the three summit run in Arkansas and Oklahoma, I started to cough.  By the time I arrived in Dallas, TX, I had contracted Covid-19, and was shut down for two and a half weeks with another six weeks or so of respiratory recovery.  The thought of being at altitude again was pretty scary for awhile. I felt up to doing something easy, so Peter and I discussed chasing summits at Mount Umanhum.  We activated that already this year, so it would be a strict chasing event.  By the time he arrived at my house for the ride up, he felt more like going to Coyote Peak again.  I was concerned about the hike, but decided to give it a try. After a lot of rest stops for me to catch my breath, we made it to the top.  The views were pretty nice, unlike the last time we were up top and it was really foggy.  There's a large space at the top with several benches.  We set up in the same plac...