Posts Tagged ‘Half Dome’
Fame
Posted: March 20, 2022 in One Word SundayTags: Art Institute of Chicago, fame, famous, famous mountains, famous paintings, Half Dome, One Word Sunday, One Word Sunday: fame, Renoir, Two Sisters on the Terrace, Yosemite National Park
Rock
Posted: October 24, 2021 in One Word Sunday, squaresTags: #PastSquares, California mountains, California national park, Half Dome, mountains, One Word Sunday, One Word Sunday: rock, Past Squares, rock, sky, squares, SquareUp challenge, top, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park
One Word Sunday…celebrity
Posted: May 6, 2018 in One Word Sunday, UncategorizedTags: Bridal Veil Falls, California, Half Dome, national parks, Nature, One Word Sunday, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park
Not one, but two celebrities, unbeknownst to them, were captured in this shot: Half Dome on the left and Bridal Veil Falls on the right, two of the stars of Yosemite National Park.
It was easy being green.
Posted: April 1, 2017 in Personal, TravelTags: Bridal Veil Falls, California, Half Dome, personal, travel, Yosemite, Yosemite Falls Lodge, Yosemite National Park
Back from La-La Land, back from sunshine and (at the end, at least, warmth) to rain, gloom, and a high of 42F (although it’s supposed to be in the 50’s in the coming days.) It’s good to travel and good to come home…and even better to have a home I like to come home to!
Each time I visit our daughter, we have a brave, daring adventure. Last visit it was a whirlwind trip up “The 1” to Napa’s wine country. “The 1” has nothing to do with Neo and “The Matrix” and everything to do with the fact that for some unknown reason, highways in California and Arizona (and possibly elsewhere in the west) are called The Whatever Number. At least you know the number. In the Chicago area, they nickname the highways: The Dan Ryan, The Kennedy, The Eisenhower, and so on. If you’re new to the area or don’t use the highways much, you have NO idea what highway the traffic reports are referencing!
This year’s brave, daring adventure was a quick trip to Yosemite National Park, a place I haven’t seen since I was too young to remember what I saw and all photos were black and white without editing. During tourist season, we wouldn’t have been able to spontaneously do this, as reservations have to be made many months (or more) in advance. My understanding is that even trails have to be reserved for hiking during the high season, a far cry from the days when my mom and her family camped in the park for several weeks, an inexpensive vacation for a Lutheran teacher’s family!
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