Remember Pip? Everyone's favorite battered marble-turned-one-legged-hippo? We dug him out of the ashtray of L's car to head our latest expedition.

120--our route to Yosemite--wound its way through several small towns. B, fiending for meat, snapped this shot.

On our way to appreciate nature's beauty, we view the commercial side of national parks (presumably from Sierra National Forest: "land of many uses" according to its signs.)

genuine mountains!

result of 1990 forest fire

Leslie, Bryan, big famous Yosemite rocks in the distance

various shots entering Yosemite Valley

Leslie had a thing for fall leaves. Bryan for big rocks.

(big rock)

big rock + fall leaves (something for everyone)

Bryan gawks at big rock