Yosemite
- Gordon
 |
| The giant granite - Half Dome standing tall |
El Capitan - The Nose Route
 |
| The Bridalveil Fall |
Yosemite is fun. It is full of beaches, hiking places, water falls and landmarks. Yosemite also has things no other places have. There are giant stones that have no cracks. These giant stones can be seen anywhere!
 |
| See the Half Dome behind us? |
 |
| Al Capitan |
Yosemite has a lot of granite. The most famous part, the Half Dome, stays the same for more than thousands of years. There are many view points of Half dome along the way. So we can see different faces of the Half Dome. Yet it is very dangerous because some people died while conquering the piece of slippery granite. Many people think it's weird that it does not have trees. It isn't too high for trees. The whole mountain is a whole giant piece of granite. It doesn't have any cracks for trees to grow.
 |
| Walked in the icy cold water |
 |
| Walked in the icy cold water |
 |
| Standing in icy cold water |
 |
| Rest on a rock |
Sometimes it gets hot, so why not go to the river and have some fun? Playing with the water is just right for a hot day cooling down. Everyone wants to have a drink of the clean and cold water. It's okay to take a gulp of Yosemite's water. The water is as cold as ice. It is melted ice and snow from the mountain tops. Such a relief for a hot summer day!
 |
| The Upper Fall and the Lower Fall |
Yosemite has a lot of falls, so don't be surprised if it has the famous falls called Upper Fall and Lower Fall. They are very high and tremendous. It is from 2,425 feet high mountain top. They are actually 2 parts of the falls.
 |
| Deer close to our campsite |
Some times there are bears or elk. Be quiet, you may hear them from far away. We lived at the Upper Pine Campground. We had a good campfire and good marshmallows.
 |
| Our tent |
 |
| The campfire and roasted marshmallows |
 |
| At the Vernal Fall Bridge |
 |
| At the Vernal Fall |
 |
| At the Vernal Fall |
 |
| At the Vernal Fall |
 |
| At the top of Vernal Fall, see the rainbow? |
 |
| At the top of Vernal Fall see the rainbow? |
 |
| People swim at the top of Vernal Fall |
 |
| View from top of the Vernal Fall |
 |
| View from top of the Vernal Fall |
 |
| Nevada Fall |
 |
| Nevada Fall |
 |
| Nevada Fall |
 |
| Nevada Fall |
 |
| Top of Nevada Fall |
 |
| Nevada Fall |
 |
| Wish next time climb to Half Dome |
 |
| Reached top of Nevada Fall |
The second day in Yosemite, we visited a museum at the Happy Isles. We saw that at least one car every year has been broken by black bear. We hiked to Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall. It was very tiring. The Nevada Fall is probably called Nevada Fall because it feels like you walked a long way to Nevada. That is a pretty long distance!
 |
| Take a good rest after a tiring hiking to the Nevada Fall |
 |
| Rock Rubble Dam, on the trail to the Mirror Lake |
 |
| At the Mirror Lake |
 |
| The Mirror Lake - beautiful reflection of the mountains |
 |
| A meadow of the Mirror Lake |
 |
| A family picnic at the meadow of the Mirror Lake |
 |
| Early morning sunlight climbed over the mountains, at the Mirror Lake Trail |
 |
| The Mirror Lake |
 |
| Early morning exercises: take off the shoes, cross the river of the Lower Pool of the Mirror Lake |
On the early morning of the third day, we went to Mirror lake. You know why it is called Mirror Lake? Mirror Lake's water does not move. That makes it look like a mirror. It is really just a pond. But unlike others, it doesn't have any salt. Normally a salt lake has a better reflection.
 |
| El Capitan |
 |
| Playing sand |
 |
| Playing sand with my brother |
 |
| A snake in the river |
 |
| Duck swam freely in the river |
We went to El Capitan. It has a height of 7569 feet(2307 meters). We went to a beach nearby. It was called Cathedral Beach. It was very relaxing. We had a great time there. It was our final stop before we left. Just then we saw a snake in the water. It was very quick.
Yosemite is very good at every point of view. Wherever you go, it's beautiful. My opinion is that Yosemite is the best place to go to.
Half Dome
El Capitan - The Nose
No comments:
Post a Comment