Year of Yosemite (YOY) – Day 141 (Yosemite Falls Powerful Wider View)

Yosemite Falls from afar

This shot of Yosemite Falls is from a distant point on the Valley Loop Trail


This photograph of Yosemite Falls shows the scope and power of the water flow. The spray is extending very far from the rock face. It is hard to believe that this power continues every day, all day for weeks. Just thinking about all the water coming over the falls boggles my mind.

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20161123

** NOTE ** — STATUS QUOtes will be on hiatus for several days. We will resume with quotes and quips on November 28, 2016!


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“You never lose a dream. It just incubates as a hobby.” — Larry Page

“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” — Francis of Assisi

“In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.” — Henry David Thoreau

“If you don’t want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so that you won’t have to work.” — Ogden Nash

 

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Year of Yosemite (YOY) – Day 140 (Yosemite Falls from the Woods)

Yosemite Falls as seen from the woods

Yosemite Falls can be seen from many points along the Valley Loop Trail

As the other iconic sites at the park, Yosemite Falls looms over a large area and can be seen from many places. Part of the fun and excitement of hiking in Yosemite is to see how different these beautiful natural wonders look at different distances and from different angles.

Seen from the Valley, the falls have a large, almost intimidating persona. When viewed from Glacier Point, which is quite a distance away and much higher, it looks totally different, but still impressive in comparison to the other falls seen from the outlook.

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20161122

“Even a dog knows the difference between being tripped-over and kicked.” — Proverb

“A Stone is broken by the last stroke of Hammer. This doesn’t mean that the 1st Stroke is useless. Success is the result of continuous and persistent efforts!.” — Unknown

“Talk to yourself like you would to someone you love.” — Brené Brown

“A salad is not a meal. It is a style.” — Fran Lebowitz

 

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Year of Yosemite (YOY) – Day 139 (Yosemite Falls – Daily Dose)

Powerful Yosemite Falls

Yosemite Falls proved to be the loudest and perhaps most powerful of all the waterfalls we saw

If you are fortunate enough to visit Yosemite when the waterfalls are flowing well, Yosemite Falls will astound you! The sound alone is enough to foretell the power of this cascade. Note the narrow stream of plunging water at the top of the falls as it widens into a curtain of power expanding outward as it travels down the rock face of the mountain.

Our lodging was just a short walk from this waterfall and we could hear the low rumble throughout the night. It was calming. Each day as we walked to the food court for breakfast and/or dinner, we would pass the waterfall and I think I stopped to look at every time. It was captivating. Our pass by Yosemite Falls this time however, was when we were on the Valley Loop Trail!

 
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SignEdge: Attempted Murder (T-Shirt Humor)



Attempted Murder T-Shirt
Visual Pun T-Shirt – Attempted Murder

**NOTE** – A Murder of Crows is a term used to refer to a large gathering of crows. Only having two at a meeting would be a mere attempt! How did this term evolve? According to Quora these are the possibilities:

  • For instance, there is a folktale that crows will gather and decide the capital fate of another crow.
  • Many view the appearance of crows as an omen of death because ravens and crows are scavengers and are generally associated with dead bodies, battlefields, and cemeteries, and they’re thought to circle in large numbers above sites where animals or people are expected to soon die.
  • But the term “murder of crows” mostly reflects a time when groupings of many animals had colorful and poetic name



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STATUS QUOtes — 20161121

“Be the person who leaves a mark, not a scar.” — Unknown

“Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.” — Zelda Fitzgerald

“I’m like everybody else: weak, full of mistakes, but basically good.” — Junot Diaz, This is How You Lose Her

“All I’ve ever wanted was an honest week’s pay for an honest day’s work.” — Steve Martin

 

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SignEdge: 99 MPG Subaru



99 MPG - WOW!
Economy Mode

After hiking in the Sierra Nevada mountains one afternoon, we returned to our car to begin the journey back to our hotel in Bishop, CA. We had no way of anticipating we would have this kind of gasoline economy! We might have done even better, but the car stops counting at 99.9 MPG.

BTW – The automobile is a 2015 Subaru Forester! The image was captured with a smartphone.

 



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Year of Yosemite (YOY) – Day 138 (Merced River – Calm After the Storm)

A Calm area of the Merced River

This is one area of the Merced River that was calm after all the rains and ice melt

The Valley Loop Trail skirts the Swinging Bridge Picnic Area where the picture above was snapped. There had been people floating by on inner tubes and rafts while others took the opportunity to go kayaking.

In the distance two people have left their boat and are walking along the far edge of the sandbar. Picnickers and hikers alike were enjoying this calm section of the Merced River of Yosemite National Park.

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20161120

“You have to know how to accept rejection and reject acceptance.” — Ray Bradbury

“To each other, we were as normal and nice as the smell of bread. We were just a family. In a family even exaggerations make perfect sense.” — John Irving

“I wish I could tell you it gets better. It doesn’t get better. YOU get better.” — Joan Rivers

“I had an out a body experience once and when I returned someone else was there.” — Tom Zegan 

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