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While the sheer cliffs and towering waterfalls of Yosemite National Park tend to get all the attention, Cook’s Meadow in the valley is also beautiful. During our June visit I walked the meadow’s 1-mile loop trail twice, excited to spot lots of milkweed and a monarch or two, plus many other small creatures and lovely plants.… Read More
We planned to lounge on a beach and relax while David powered his way through Yosemite’s Half Dome hike. An earthquake suprised us all.… Read More
Half Dome. El Capitan. Tuolumne Meadows. Yosemite Falls. The names of Yosemite’s majestic granite walls, grassy leas, and thundering waterfalls are more familiar to many of us than the features of parks in our own regions.… Read More
October 12, 2009 The world is full of beautiful places, and proclaiming one the most beautiful is, I’ll admit, as capricious as crowning one person the most lovely. Still, Yosemite National Park has to rank near the top. My husband … Read More