The Merced and the Valley.
Before heading up to Tuolumne Meadows for a weekend getaway, we decided to stop and take a few pictures of Yosemite Valley.
Lembert 1 on the left and Lembert 2 on the right.Pam and I hiked up to the top of that 9,450 foot granite monolith in Tuolumne Meadows on Saturday, August 3, to kill some time before reporting to the ranger station at 1:30 for the campsite lottery.
We hiked up to the top via the Dog Lake Trail and proceeded to what we thought was the summit. It was not! After some photos we decided to go ahead and ascend the other summit keeping a lookout on the time. We headed down another trail that dumped us out on Tioga Road east of Tuolumne Lodge. Pam and I doubl-timed it to where our vehicle was parked next to the bridge over the Tuolumne River. The distance turned out to be 4.25 miles. We finished the hike in 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Our first Yosemite "bag."We managed to get a site Tuolumne Meadows. Number C21. Hey, you get all of this for just $20 a day (tent and wood not included).
Cathedral Lake. Note the people along the shore in lower left.On Sunday, August 3, we hiked up to Cathedral Lake (7.5 miles/3:37:00). It started out as a butt kicker reminiscent of Baden-Powell. We were rewarded with spectacular views of the lake and surrounding peaks.
Pictures like these are an injustice to the beauty of this area.
Us.
Cathedral Peak.Next?
Mt. Shasta.
Wherever I may roam...
