Yosemite Trip September 2014 Tuolumne meadow

The Tuolumne River entering the meadow.

The Tuolumne Meadow with the river flowing towards the Tuolumne Fall. The meadow is at 8,600 feet.

Susie and Brian by the river in Tuolumne Meadow.

Jen Walking on water at Tuolumne Meadow.

Yosemite Trip September 2014- Tioga Road and Tenaya Lake

The View towards Half Dome  from Olmsted Point on the Tioga road

Half Dome Zoomed from Olmsted Point. Climbers on the curve going up the Via Ferrata. Very hard to see without binoculars. Olmsted point is at an elevation of 8,300 feet. the top of Half Dome is 8,800.

 

Tenaya Lake beside the Tioga road on the way to Tuolumne meadows is an Alpine lake at 8,100 feet. 

Jen at Tenaya lake

Brian and Susie examining the lake.

Yosemite Trip September 2014- Tunnel View & Glacier point

Classic Tunnel View

Stephanie and Greg at Tunnel View

Tom and Jen at Tunnel View

The Glacier Point Rock.     Scene of many follies.

Looking down to the valley floor 3200 feet below Glacier Point

View of the Half Dome and Sierras from Glacier Point with Vernal and Nevada Falls on the right .

Tom feeling the heat.

Half Dome and the Yosemite valley below with Royal Arches to the left

Zoomed in on Half Dome. Climbers can be seen on the top and right side. They look just like dots on the surface. Half Dome is 8,800 feet high and stands 4,700 feet above the valley floor.

Zoomed in shot of Nevada and vernal falls.

Yosemite Trip September 2014 - Climbing the Mist Trail to the Vernal Fall

Jen and Tom at the start of the trail on the bridge over the Merced River

Horses and riders starting off for the Mist trail.

Jen on the trail half way up to the fall

Looking back down the trail on a flat piece.

View of the Merced River valley part way up the trail

At the bridge over the river at the base of the Vernal fall

Looking down the river into the valley from the bridge

Yosemite Trip September 2014-- Yosemite Valley Floor

Yosemite valley looking towards Inspiration Point

Bridal Veil  Fall from the valley floor (zoomed)

Cathedral peak

Merced River looking back to Valley entrance

Merced River from the south bank looking at El Capitan

The grounds of the Ahwahnee  hotel

Sentinel Peak from the North bank of the Merced River

Yosemite Trip September 2014 --Yosemite Falls

Upper and lower Yosemite falls from the trailhead.

Jen at thebase of the lower fall

Tom on the bridge below the lower fall

The lower fall from the rocks at the base

View of the valley from the base

Jen checking out a glacial boulder

Yosemite Trip Sept 2014 -- Big Meadow in Foresta

The two barns in the Big Meadow at Foresta survived the fire of 1992

The meadow with one barn  and the original farm house

The meadow looking towards Yosemite

The old barn beside the forest road.

The barn and meadow from the old farm house