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21 October 2005
Leslie and Bryan make their first trip to Yosemite since living in California, just late enough in the season to see beautiful fall leaves and dodge tourist crowds in the valley.
- pip is our copilot
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. - House of Beef
120--our route to Yosemite--wound its way through several small towns. B, fiending for meat, snapped this shot. - IMG_6798.JPG
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.) - IMG_6799.JPG
genuine mountains! - IMG_6801.JPG
result of 1990 forest fire - IMG_6805.JPG
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Leslie, Bryan, big famous Yosemite rocks in the distance - IMG_6810.JPG
various shots entering Yosemite Valley - IMG_6814.JPG
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Leslie had a thing for fall leaves. Bryan for big rocks. - IMG_6821.JPG
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(big rock) - IMG_6824.JPG
big rock + fall leaves (something for everyone) - IMG_6825.JPG
Bryan gawks at big rock - IMG_6826.JPG
big rock Bryan was gawking at - IMG_6828.JPG
Leslie takes frantic shots out the car window, trying desperately to capture the fall magic whizzing by. - IMG_6829.JPG
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On the march! L&B start their hike up to Vernal Falls. - IMG_6835.JPG
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Expect many more pictures of yellow leaves. - IMG_6838.JPG
mossy rocks - IMG_6839.JPG
B gawking at more rocks - IMG_6841.JPG
Our long views were somewhat obscured by smoke from a local forest fire. So Bryan takes a dozen shots trying to capture the way the sunlight was streaming through the smoke at the top of various cliffs. - IMG_6842.JPG
like here - IMG_6846.JPG
Yes, the dual obsessions of yellow leaves and big smoky rocks dominate the next 60 or so pics... - IMG_6847.JPG
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