Rounding the Bend Above Mono Lake.
Still Snow at This Altitude.
Most of the Timber for Bodie Was Harvested on the Opposite Side of Mono Lake and Barged Across.
Starting Our Climb Toward Yosemite.
Let The Sun Shine Through!
Hard to Believe It's Early JULY!
Time For Another Scenic Stop.
Anyone Up For a Snowball Fight?
Hey, Tough Guy Just Try It.
Through the Pass and Into the Meadow!
Tuolumne Meadow Was Flooded Due to...
... a Rush of Melting Snow!
Stopped Along the Roadside to...
I Drove For the Next 45 Minutes Trying to Spot It Again!
It Certainly Didn't Move!
Here It Is As The Sun Sets Over Yosemite Valley.
Note Bridalveil Fall in the Background.
A Different Perspective of Bridalveil.
Dad Said He Has Photos of the Family...
... at This EXACT Spot Over 30 Years Ago!
The Snowpack Was Thick and the Creek Was Flowing.
We Hadn't Eaten and Were on Our Way to the Yosemite Lodge For Dinner.
See Any Climbers on El Capitan?
Good Night Bridalvail Fall! Dinner Was Excellent.
We Returned to Explore Glacier Point, But...
... Before Reaching It We Stopped to Enjoy The Backside of Half Dome.
Enjoying Our Time Together.
If It Wasn't For The Tree in the Foreground It'd Look Painted!
Another Perspective - Hard to Select Just One Favorite.
Enjoying The View And Time to Reflect.
GREAT Place to Put Life Into Perspective.
Not About What. Off to Glacier Point.
YIKES - We've Got Company!
... One of the Most Photographed Locations on Earth.
Sure It Takes Some Effort to Reach, But...
... No One Ever Takes a Single Photo!
With Every Step I Wanted to Record the Experience, So...
... I Could Share It. There's Absolutely No Way...
... the Photos Can Do It Justice.
If You've Yet to Visit Yosemite - Do It!
The Smoothest Biscuit Rubbed Log in the Park.
The View From the Point Is...
... Breathtaking. I've Got To Wonder How It's Changed Since...
... The Park Opened in 1890.
The Clouds Looked a Bit Threatening at Times, But...
... We Never Felt a Drop.
Certainly an Experience I'd Like to Repeat With Anita.
We Did Not Hike the Dome, But...
... We Did Enjoy the View.
I'm Sure You've Seen This Before, But...
... It Was Hard to Sift Through the Almost 200 Photos to Select the VERY BEST. So...
... I'm Sharing the Majority of Them With You.
Recommended Daily Allowance of Vitamin D Filtered Through Pine Needles!
Back Toward The Ranger Station...
... But Could Not Resist Another Photo Before...
We Even Had Cell Phone Service! Who Ya' Gonna Call?
Our Destination - Bridalveil Fall.
Another Perspective of the Valley.
And One More Valley Photo Before...
... Up Close And Personal With...
It Reminded Me of the Observation Deck at Niagara Falls.
Off to See the Giants in Sequoia National Forest.