California Travel 2021 (7) - Yosemite National Park

Changde Wu    2022-03-05

We spent 2 days visisting Yosemite National Park, starting from Mono Lake, staying one night at the Yosemite valley. Besides the valley, we also visited Saddlebag Lake,Hetch hetcy reservoir, and Mariposa Grove Welcome Plaza. We didn't go to Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias since the auto road was closed and the trail is too long.

The first day was much better than the second day which was foggy and smokey due to controled burning in manay places. The season was extremely dry, and all of the water falls in the valley completed disappearing.

P1 Th mountains over the valley of east of Tioga pass.

P2 Ellery Lake

P3 The Peak east of Ellery Lake

P4 Saddlebag Lake and distant mountains

P5 Tioga Lake

P6 Tioga Lake 2

P7 Tuolumne Meadows

P8 Tenaya Lake

P9 Olmsted Point

P10 Half dome viewed from Olmsted Point

P11 Valley and Half dome viewed from Olmsted Point

P12 Hetch hetchy reservoir

P13 The valley beneath Hetch hetchy reservoir

P14 Big Oak Flat Road Tunnel

P15 Disappeared Yosemite Falls

P16 The foot of Yosemite Falls

P17 The sunrise at Yosemite

P18 The sunrise at Yosemite 2

P19 The morning at Half dome

P20 A creek at Yosemite on Wawona Road

P21 The trail head to Mariposa Grove

P22 Yosemite History Center

P23 Yosemite valley from Tunnel view

P24 Mirror Lake, none more water at this dry season, the Half dome on background

P25 Mirror Lake, now play ground

P26 The sunset at the Yosemite valley

P27 Mountains still there, no more water falls

P28 Inside Yosemite valley

P29 The outlet of the vally

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