Saturday was our first full day at Yosemite National Park. One of our leaders was on crutches and announced she was leading a saunter so S and I decided that was our kind of hike! I walked outside our room in the morning to get the photo above. It was COLD out there!
This was the view from our patio. Somebody said this was Cathedral Rocks so I’m going with that!
Photographers blocking our view!
We set out on our “saunter” along the Merced River. There was no snow but it was CHILLY! My gloved hands were totally numb and I had difficulty clicking the shutter on my camera.
The top of the Yosemite Falls. One of the magnificent features of the park is all the waterfalls.
Half Dome peeking up in the center.
I honestly didn’t think I had any good photos from this trip. But when I got home and looked at them in Lightroom I realized I had a few. I think there might even be two or three that I can work on to upload to Fine Art America.
I enjoy framing a similar view in a different way.
The light coming through the trees was magical and mystical.
In the afternoon we visited the Ansel Adams Gallery. What could be finer than viewing masterful photographs by the man himself in the location he shot them in? Ah, life doesn’t get much better!
Bridal Falls… think you can figure out where the name came from!
I came back to our room and sat outside in the patio with a little vodka cocktail (well, maybe not so little…). You can see our chairs and table and the beautiful view through our picture window. My friend said when she got back to LA her body had returned but her soul was still in Yosemite. Agreed!
It is so important to spend time in nature and to get out of your usual routine so your brain can fly.
As evening set in we were fortunate to catch the Golden Hour. The next evening the clouds rolled in and there was no Golden Hour…
All day long and all evening long we were fascinated with the plane entrails passing overhead.
So you’ve seen day one and day two. Two more days coming up!
