Yosemite Nat'l Park, CA

Hi all, sorry we haven't blogged for a couple of days, but we have stayed in little "mom and pop" type motels the last few nights that had no internet access. Tuesday was spent in driving from Redwoods National Park to Yosemite National Park, so pictures on that day.

As we entered Yosemite from the west, we came accross this burned area. In 2006 the park service started a burn that got out of control. This shows part of that burn and three years later there is still smoke odor in the air.

This is a view of Half Dome (center) and El Capitan (to the left of Half Dome). These are the two most notable rock formations in the park.

Another awesome rock formation.

These rock formations are found throughout the park. Each view more glorious than the last.

This is Bridal Veil Falls. There is not much water cascading at this time of the year, but in the spring the water gushes over the falls.

This is a beautiful lake nestled in the mountains of Yosemite.

We drove a loop through the park to see most of these scenes. Then we drove from west to east through the park. We went up and down the mountains and around S curves and hairpin curves. The speed limit on the road through the park is 45 mph with many curves with limits of 25 mph. At one point we were at 9942 feet above sea level. The drive was fun, but a little scary at times when we went up the side of the mountain with a sheer drop on one side and no fences or barriers of any kind along the side of the road. Of course we stopped at every vista point along the way to take pictures.

On to Lake Tahoe.