Beauty and Wonder - Day 28 - 2018

Just a little beyond the beaten path...

We did two hikes in Yosemite Valley.

Here's how we packed for the day...

(Bill)

Some images from the Yosemite Valley Loop Trail...

(Lisa)

(Bill)

Images from the Mirror Lake Trail...

(Lisa)

(Bill)

Beauty and Wonder - Day 27 - 2018

Just a little beyond the beaten path...

The fountain at Big Trees Lodge...

(Lisa)

Some of the relocated and reconstructed buildings

at the Yosemite History Museum...

(Lisa)

The Jail

(Bill)

We walked along the South Fork of the Merced River

to the Swinging Bridge...

(Lisa)

(Bill)

In the afternoon we hiked the Wawona Meadow Loop...

(Lisa)

(Bill)

Beauty and Wonder - Day 26 - 2018

Just a little beyond the beaten path...

We visited Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park,

and drove to our lodge in Yosemite,

the Clark Cottage...

(Lisa)

(Bill)

That's a fallen Sequoia behind Lisa

The Clark Cottage

Beauty and Wonder - Day 25 - 2018

Just a little beyond the beaten path...

We hiked into some of the high terrain in Lassen Volcanic Park,

and traveled to our base of operations for

Sequoia and Kings Canyon...

(Lisa)

(Bill)

Beauty and Wonder - Day 24 - 2018

Just a little beyond the beaten path...

We had a rich sunrise and watched the day start at the ranch...

(Bill)

We hiked to an active hydrothermal area called Devil's Kitchen.

Along the way we encountered some Blacktail Deer,

which seem common to the area...

(Lisa)

(Bill)