YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK

August 2001

Stephan and I, we took our first Yosemite trip in 2001.

 

 

August 2008 -  Second trip

  

June 2011 - Third trip

 

   We also had the pleasure to drive his new toy which we had picked up in Leipzig in February.

 

The waterfalls are at their best in spring and here they are:

Bridalveil Falls

 

 

Ribbon Fall And Sentinel Fall

Yosemite Fall

Half Dome     

 

El Capitan      &      Mt Hoffman

 

Hotel Ahwanee and tourist transportation

  

Flowers in the park

 

Amazing waters of Yosemite

       

  May 2012  -  Fourth trip

Mom and dad Wengers visiting -  and another trip to Yosemite.

We stayed at Ahwahnee and I took this amazing photo from our room.  No filters or photoshop!

Yosemite Falls

 

Tunnel View with Half Dome El Capitan and Bridalveil Falls

 

    We also got to see some of the animals of Yosemite :  A raggedy coyote, a baby bear that took refuge behind a tree and several deer

   

We hiked to the skirts of Bridalveil Falls and promptly got wet.

  

Tree roots grabbing onto rocks for stability

Olmsted Point and Mono Lake [below]

 

Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and O'Shaughnessy Dam

    

 

 

  

October 2018 - 5th trip and Halloween with family [See Family for more pictures]

Thanks to Ben's planning our trip included a train ride, a jeep ride, and a night hike from Tenaya Lodge.

We also visited the Mariposa Grove below are:

'The California Tunnel tree'  -  'The Bachelor and three Graces'  -  'The Fallen Monarch'  -  Grizzly Giant'

Deer in action

 

Sentinel Dome, Glacier Point and vicinity

View of Yosemite Valley and Half Dome in October

 

              

Wild fire devastation [left]    and    fresh branches [right]

Our jeep ride was exciting and exhilarating - it included clearing fallen trees, hiking to in the beautiful Sierra National Forest and getting dusty to our cores.

We took the Bull Buck Trail and hiked to a solitary giant sequioa which according to our guide was spared by loggers because it was the largest in the forest.

 

Wildfire devastation and the largest standing dead tree in the forest or may be ever.

 

Bass Lake

  

We ended the trip with a flight back to San Francisco

Additional Yosemite 2018-10 pictures : Family

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