A short and sweet (like me) hike to a two blue and cool lakes. There's remnants of silver mines up there too. Don't venture into them though, you might get shafted!
Thursday, September 4, 2014
No Clouds at Clouds Rest Overlook...
On this 14 mile (uphill both ways) hike. I was looking down from 9,926 feet to Half Dome. No matter what angle or altitude you view this granite gargantuan from in Yosemite, your eyes are ratcheted upon it instantly. It's an "Awww!" magnet.
Here's a shot of me not too often seen. I'm sitting down! It happens every now and then like a total eclipse.
Yosemite National Park and the Range of Light...
"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings." John Muir
During the death and destruction years of America's Civil War, honest Abe and the Union Congress took a break from the daily body count figures and signed the "Yosemite Grant" into law. For the first time in history an area was set aside for preservation, just because it was beyond amazing. The grant included Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Giant Sequoia grove. A relatively small chunk of the US, but the birthplace of a large concept: National Parks and Wilderness Areas.
What's really impressive was most of Congress and Lincoln knew they would never see the fruits of their labors. The wilds of the Sierra Nevada was as distant as Mars is today.
Now that's unselfish and forward thinking at the same time.
I spent over a week in this diamond in the rough. Come along and see the sights of Yosemite Sam-bur's visit there.
Cheers!
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