We stayed in Yosemite National Park, although the accommodations were primitive (no elevator, no TV, no phone, and no Wi-Fi – except in the lobby). I took hundreds of photos, then in the last gift shop spotted the book How to Take Photographs in Yosemite. <sigh>
I did not realize that President Lincoln deeded the Federal land to the state of California to create a park called the Yosemite Grant. There was no such thing as a national park in 1864. California screwed it up allowing grazing and over-commercialization. The Feds took it back. It’s better now. But crowded… and we waited until after the Labor Day weekend to arrive.
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- The famous Yosemite Falls or it would be in the spring when there’s water.
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- John Muir, instigator of National Park status with Teddy Roosevelt.
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- Sequoia in Mariposa Grove behind uprooted roots.
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- Fallen Sequioa.
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- Nevada Falls.
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- Nevada Falls and Vernal Falls from Glacier Point.
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- Nevada Falls with dead tree from Glacier Point.
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- Bridalveil Falls.
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- Bridalveil Falls.
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- Bridalveil Falls.
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- Panorama from Sentinel Beach.
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- Half Dome.
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- Half Dome.
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- Half Dome.
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- Half Dome.
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- Dead tree.
Bridalveil Falls blowing in the wind: