Curry Village - our home in Yosemite valley
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It´s not quite Bellagio
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I say, where are the facilities?
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Cliffs all around
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On a rock
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Halfdome
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Biking through the woods
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Another cliff
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Lorna posing on the bridge
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Halfdone viewed over the meadows
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Another view of Halfdome
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Sequoias are the largest living things in the world...
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The Grizzly Giant
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View from the bottom of the Bridalveil Falls
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...to get a closer look at the falls
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Yosemite by night
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The Squirrel sent me further up the valley
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On arrival at Lorna´s "Base Camp"
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The Merced river
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More scenery
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Lower Yosemite falls were little more than a trickle
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More posing
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El Capitan (right) and the Yosemite valley
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More posing
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Next to a fallen Sequoia
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...though not as tall as the Coastal Redwoods
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Oh Deer
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Lorna likes Grizzly Giants
This one is the 28th largest Seqoia in the world
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Dan and a Sequoia
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Dogs on bikes are prohibited
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View up the valley to the Vernal Falls
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Lorna decided to stop walking and chat to a squirrel
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Struggling up further gave a better view of the falls
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Eventually I made it to the top, then had to jog back down!
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A Stag getting ready to spend the night
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Warning: Bears!
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Relaxing outside the tent/cabin
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Lorna on the bed
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Getting ready to leave Yosemite in Colin the Colorado Corolla
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A polite bear
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El Capitan
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Lorna hiding in the rocks
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View of a man who scrambled up a bit...
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Lorna and some baby Sequoias
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It had to be done
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Waterfall panorama
Can you get a vertical panorama? Click for a larger version...
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