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I stayed at the Wawona Hotel. Nice parking lot.
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Hackers were out early on Wawona Golf Course.
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Glacier Point Road, leading to Glacier Point
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Morning view from Glacier Point. Half Dome profiled at left, Vernal Falls in lower foreground.
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Zoomed in on the Vernal Falls (lower) and Nevada Falls (upper)
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Morning view from Glacier Point. Half Dome profiled at right.
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Glacier Point Critter
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Morning view from Glacier Point.
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Looking straight down into Yosemite Valley from Glacier Point
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Yosemite Falls, as seen from Glacier Point
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Zoomed view of Yosemite Falls
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View of the valley
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Half Dome standing stately guard over the Valley. Yosemite's "ultimate hike" finishes with a 900' climb straight up the back of Half Dome
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Sentinel Dome at Taft Point
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Man standing on Sentinel Dome at Taft Point.
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Zoomed man standing on Sentinel Dome at Taft Point
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Valley view from on top of Sentinel Dome
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Yellowstone Falls, as seen from Sentinel Dome
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A zoomed view of Yellowstone Falls
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Half Dome, as seen from Sentinel Dome
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Nevada Falls, with Half Dome at left
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Half Dome and El Capitan
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Tunnel View, muted by clouds
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Tunnel View, zoomed
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Bridalveil Fall
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Bridalveil Fall
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Yosemite Falls, from the valley floor
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Yosemite Falls, from the valley floor, but closer
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Zoom in on Yosemite Falls
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The face of Half Dome, from Mirror Lake
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Mirror Lake
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Halfway up the Vernal Falls section of the John Muir Mist Trail
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Vernal Falls, in the distance
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Vernal Falls. The foreground rocks show why this is called the Mist Trail.
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The Merced River, tumbling over the edge of Vernal Falls
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View from the top
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Valley View in late afternoon
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Tunnel View, without clouds
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Wide angle of Tunnel View
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Big ears on this charging wild animal
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Nevada Falls in sunlight, Vernal Falls in shadow. They looked much bigger on the trail.
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Half Dome at sunset, from Glacier Point
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Zoomed
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Wide angle of Half Dome and Nevada Falls
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Looking north from Glacier Point
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Odd pose
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What's up, deer?
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View to the east, from Glacier Point at sunset
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Half Dome, in sunet light
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Looking back, on the ride down Glacier point Road
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Glacier Point Road at dusk
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Yosemite sunset
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Sunset zoomed
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Vapor trail
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Morning at Tuolumne Meadows. Frost on the grass, and on my windshield. Low-30's on June 19th in California.
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Mammoth Peak and the road out of Yosemite
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Mammoth Peak, 12,171'
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Leaving Yosemite National Park. Always a sad moment.
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Tioga lake, with Mount Dana beyond
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Mount Dana, 13,057'
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RAM on a snowbank. Nearly killed myself on the rock scrambling down
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Treacherous rocks
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Anonymous craggy foothills. From these snowy peaks, it was off to Death Valley, just 120 miles away....
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