Yosemite

I have a long and rich family history in Yosemite National Park. my Great-Grandparents honeymooned at the Mountainhouse Lodge and my parents courted in the park and honeymooned at the Glacier Point a Lodge (same hotel, different name, long since burned down). My dad worked in the park in the 50's building roads in the Mariposa Grove, building campgrounds in the Wawona area and fighting fires in the Hetch Hetchy area. I was a toddler but witnessed one of the last Fire Fallsa and have many many awesome memories of going to Yosemite as a child. My love of the park has only grown as an adult.

Famous view from the Yosemite tunnel. This view features a rainbow at the base of Bridal Veil Falls and a snow capped Half Dome and Clouds Rest.
Yosemite National Park Bridal Veil Falls rainbow snow Half Dome Yosemite Valley tunnel view
This was a rare April snowstorm in Yosemite Valley. This picture is artistically altered in that the Merced River is in color, but the trees and shoreline are black and white. This was a spectacular and special time to be in he valley. 2010
Yosemite National Park snow Merced River
This was a rare April snowstorm in Yosemite Valley. This is Yosemite Falls after the storm cleared. This was a spectacular and special time to be in he valley. 2010
Yosemite National Park snow Yosemite Falls
This is the Merced River in Yosemite Valley. It was early in the morning when I noticed the thin layer of mist on the water. I call it the misty Merced.
Yosemite National Park mist Merced. River
This picture was an experiment! This is North Dome by moon light only.
Yosemite National Park North Dome moonlight
This view is of Half Dome and Clouds Rest from the North Dome trail.
Yosemite National Park Clouds Rest Half. Dome granite high Sierra
This is Vogelsang Peak taken from near Vogelsang High Sierra Camp.
Yosemite National Park Vogelsang
Indian Ridge Natural Arch, North Dome Trail.
Yosemite National Park a North Dome trail Indian Ridge Natural Arch high Sierra
Yosemite chipmunk
Yosemite National Park chipmunk
Lembert Dome, Tuolumne Meadows
Yosemite National Park
Lyell Fork of the Tuolumne River.
Yosemite National Park
Soda Springs, Yosemite National Park. The Soda Springs are a place where naturally cold, carbonated water bubbles from the ground.
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite Falls
Yosemite National Park Yosemite Falls
Yosemite National Park Nevada Falls Liberty Cap
Yosemite National Park Vernal Falls Nevada Falls Panoramic Trail
Half Dome from Clouds Rest
Yosemite National Park Clouds Rest Half Dome
Mirror Lake
Yosemite National Park Mirror Lake
Clouds Rest
Yosemite National Park Clouds Rest
Pacific Crest Trail
PCT
Drought on the Tuolumne
Tuolumne river
California Falls in Drought
California Falls and granite
Glen Aulin in Drought
Glen Aulin
California Falls in Drought
California Falls
Yosemite Falls by Moonlight
P3053039Moonlight Falls

Cairn Foto

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