Monday, April 7, 2014

Yosemite, Apirl 7-10, 2014

Enjoying a pre-birthday drink on the Merced River

Evening on the Merced at the "Dry Gulch" campground, Sierra National Forest

Alex at the Merced

Jumping for joy with poppies everywhere!

Poppy-covered hills along the Merced

'Tunnel View' including El Capitan, Half Dome and Bridalveil Falls


Catching Bridalveil Falls

 In Yosemite Valley, Merced River

Merced River

Yosemite Valley

On the Mist Trail, Vernal Falls

Alex and Vernal Falls



At the top of Vernal Falls

Vernal Falls plunges 317 feet

Approaching Nevada Falls

Bridge over Merced River above Nevada Falls, Liberty Cap in the background

Merced River above Nevada Falls

 Sentinel Dome panorama

Nevada Falls from above. This waterfall is 594 feet high

 Alex near the top of Nevada Falls

Snow on the John Muir Trail

Back of Half Dome, Mount Broderick, Liberty Cap and Nevada Falls from the John Muir Trail

Alex and stone wall on the John Muir Trail

Upper Yosemite Falls from Yosemite Valley

Bridalveil Falls

 Alex and Lower Yosemite Falls

On Upper Yosemite Falls Trail



At the top of Upper Yosemite Falls, looking down to the valley floor 2500 feet below

Cascades in Yosemite Creek above the upper falls.

Resting along Yosemite Creek above the upper falls, before moving on to Yosemite Point.

View of Yosemite Valley from Yosemite Point

Panorama of Yosemite Valley from Yosemite Point

A guy was standing out on the rock outcropping in the foreground just before I took this picture.

Beginning the descent back into the valley.


View from Yosemite Lodge

Merged giant sequoias


Tunnel tree

Lodgepole pine

El Capitan dead ahead

Alex in the woods of Yosemite


Area slowly recovering from the massive 2013 "Rim Fire"

 Panorama of burned forest

Final stop before heading home

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