Showing posts with label Yosemite National Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yosemite National Park. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Yosemite National Park, Part 2 | Grand Trip Out West

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The second day in Yosemite was spent in the valley. It was amazing to see places like Half Dome from below after seeing them from above the day before!

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Yosemite Valley, with Half Dome in the distance

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Bridalveil Falls, called such because the wind blows the water from side to side and it looks like a bride's veil blowing in the breeze!

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The sun was directly overhead, and I had to use my hand to shield the lens so you could actually see the falls!

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El Capitan

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At the end of the road in the valley is the historic Ahwahnee Hotel
(It's also a AAA Four Diamond hotel.)

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It's not often you see this...

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...or this!

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We ate a picnic lunch by the Merced River

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That water was COLD!

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We thought this was so funny...you get married, and you camp and play golf on your honeymoon!
Or, you get married and all your relatives can camp and play golf while they're up there!

For the love of travel,
Rebekah

Yosemite National Park, Part 1 | Grand Trip Out West

(click here to start at the beginning, then click "Newer Post" at the bottom)

After a wonderful week in Monterey, we headed over to Yosemite National Park for a couple days. What a beautiful place!

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We drove through Castroville, the Artichoke Capitol of the World...

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And also Gilroy, the Garlic Capitol of the World! It really does smell like garlic there. Actually, it smells like an Italian restaurant. :)

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And yes, we went to In-N-Out again!

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Driving through Yosemite

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This is the base of the tree in the previous picture!

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The Grizzly Giant, which, if Daddy's calculations were correct (1/16th inch growth per year times 15 foot radius) is at least 2,700 years old! The lowest limb is 7 feet in diameter!

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The California Tunnel Tree

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The historic Wawona Hotel

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Strange to see a coyote walking around in the middle of the day! It was really hot and dry out, though.

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Half Dome

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Vernal Falls

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Nevada Falls

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Nothing like shooting Yosemite with a few thousand dollars worth of photography gear!

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This little chipmunk was quite funny. He posed for more than one photographer!

For the love of travel,
Rebekah