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| Entering the Park! |
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| View of Half Dome and Bridal Veil Falls |
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| Historical sign marking place where President Roosevelt camped with John Muir |
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| Looking down the Valley....Bridal Veil Falls on the right |
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| Our jeep with Half Dome on the right in the background |
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| Merced River |
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| Stopping at the Mariposa Grove Foot Trails...near the entrance to the park |
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| The Grizzly Giant: 209' tall, 96' circumference, and 28' at base. Estimated to be 1,800 years old! |
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| Sign about the Tunnel Tree |
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| Standing in the tunnel tree! |
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| View of El Capitan |
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| A coyote in Yosemite and below pictures are some of the other wildlife we saw there. |
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| Ground squirrel |
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| Steller's Jay |
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| Lots of Bobcats in Yosemite |
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| Deer |
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| Entering the Ahwahnee Hotel to spend the night In the early 1920's, Stephen Mather, the National Park Service Director, realized that the Park needed accommodations to suit the affluent and influential traveler. The concept of a hotel such as The Ahwahnee® became the impetus to draw such a visitor. The site for The Ahwahnee, once a village of the native Miwoks, was chosen because of its exposure to the sun and stunning views of Yosemite's icons – Half Dome, Yosemite Falls and Glacier Point. |
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| Walkway to the front entrance |
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| View of the exterior of the hotel |
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| View of Yosemite Falls from our room! |
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| A basket weaver in the Yosemite Village museum...she was so still and quiet we thought she was a statue...but she was weaving a basket! |
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| A description of the basket on the right below. |
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| View of Yosemite Falls |
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| Another view of Yosemite Falls |
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| View of the Upper Valley of Yosemite |
Where did you stay while visiting Yosemite?
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