Yosemite Trip Day 3
We’re at the campsite today, and the tent is up. There are a lot of large photos from this point on; click on any picture to see it enlarged.
Ant in the morning
On the drive to our first destination, we saw a bear. My camera couldn’t zoom far enough for me to get a picture, but I did get a few pictures of people looking.
For a glimpse of the bear, look at the posts about this trip on my parents’ blog which my mom is putting together.
First destination was Mariposa Grove to see the amazing giant Sequoias.
This tree is not a Sequoia:
Here’s one:
the grove
The giant pine cones we saw are actually not from the Sequoias.
These smaller ones are:
This is actually two photos stitched together of one of the largest trees. You can see my family to the left of the tree for an idea of how imense it is (click this picture).
The incredible clothespin tree:
The Sequoias are resilient to fire and disease; their only weakness is…
very shallow roots.
I messed up this shot of a stellar jay, but it ended up looking pretty interesting. 
Next we drove to the beautiful Bridal Veil Falls:
Once we got close to the falls, this very matter-of-fact sign greeted us.
Mysterious lady in yellow
The stream the falls creates:
El Capitan Meadow
more interesting photos on my parents’ blog.