“Hold fast to dreams, for when dreams go, life is a barren field, frozen with snow.” — Langston Hughes
“The day shall not be up so soon as I, to try the fair adventure of tomorrow.” — William Shakespeare
“Possession of anything begins in the mind.” — Bruce Lee
“Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.” — G.K. Chesterton
During our Yosemite Visit, the Merced River was at full flow
The week before we arrived at Yosemite, it had rained nearly every day. Added to the snowpack, this pushed all water features into overdrive and it was superb!
This picture of the Merced River is just one indication of the fullness of the flow.
Do you have a question about our visit to Yosemite? Ask it in the comment section.
See previous Year of Yosemite (YOY) posts HERE. If you want to read the introduction to the YOY series, CLICK HERE.
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“Polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.” — Lord Chesterfield
“Some people weave burlap into the fabric of our lives, and some weave gold thread. Both contribute to make the whole picture beautiful and unique.” — Unknown
“I guess we all like to be recognized not for one piece of fireworks, but for the ledger of our daily work.” — Neil Armstrong
“His ignorance was an Empire State Building of ignorance. You had to admire it for its size.” — Dorothy Parker
** NOTE ** JBRish will be on a brief hiatus starting tomorrow and thus Year of Yosemite (YOY) postings will also pause.
The day we began our hike on the Wapama Falls Trail at Hetch Hetchy the weather was variable. It started as a partly cloudy morning, but by midday, the clouds were dominant.
As we were making our way back to the parking area, I couldn’t get enough of the dramatic valley containing the reservoir. It was reminiscent of the scenes one sees from China with the mountains encircling the water. The clouds added another dimension to the setting.
Do you have a question about our visit to Yosemite? Ask it in the comment section.
See previous Year of Yosemite (YOY) posts HERE. If you want to read the introduction to the YOY series, CLICK HERE.
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We continue our series of personalized (vanity) license plates in Arizona. To maintain individual privacy, we try to show as little information about particular cars as possible as long as we can reveal the license plate.
NOTE – License plate photos may have been archived for quite some time. The years indicated on the registration stickers DO NOT necessarily reflect the current status of any given plate!
We hope you enjoy these PL8ATUDES!
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“The end of labor is to gain leisure.” — Aristotle
“Common sense and good nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult.” — William Somerset Maugham
“If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.” — E.B. White
“As a child, I was taught that it was bad manners to bring attention to yourself, and to never, ever make a spectacle of yourself… All of which I’ve earned a living doing.” — Audrey Hepburn
Walking past one of the viewing points for Yosemite Falls, this metal artwork was embedded in one of the granite columns
Even among all of the natural beauty of Yosemite, we find attempts to add the human signature to the park with various embellishments. If anything, it helps to remind us that as much as we try, we are all amateur artists when compared to nature!
Do you have a question about our visit to Yosemite? Ask it in the comment section.
See previous Year of Yosemite (YOY) posts HERE. If you want to read the introduction to the YOY series, CLICK HERE.
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“Out of our quarrels with others we make rhetoric. Out of our quarrels with ourselves we make poetry.” — William Butler Yeats
“What do I know of man’s destiny? I could tell you more about radishes.” — Samuel Beckett
“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.” — Cicero
“A technical objection is the first refuge of a scoundrel.” — Heywood Broun
Ribbon Fall is seasonal and flows only during the melts of winter and early spring.
Ribbon Fall is more wispy than many of the other waterfalls and it may be overshadowed by its proximity to El Capitan; situated just to the west.
Looking at the way the water starts narrow and widens as it reaches the base, it is easy to understand how it received the moniker, horsetail. I was drawn in by the light playing off the leaves of the trees as the mountain was being bathed in shadow.
Do you have a question about our visit to Yosemite? Ask it in the comment section.
See previous Year of Yosemite (YOY) posts HERE. If you want to read the introduction to the YOY series, CLICK HERE.
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