Year of Yosemite (YOY) – Day 151 (Four Mile Trail 1/5 – Yosemite Falls)

NOTE – This is the first photograph in a series of five that will be presented over the following days to give readers a sense of what it was like to hike the four Mile Trail. Previous Year of Yosemite photographs and descriptions were mostly individual presentations without providing a narrative to portray the essence of the hike.

Yosemite Falls from GP

Yosemite Falls from Glacier Point just before we begin our hike

After spending some time at Glacier Point, we moved toward the Four Mile Trail trailhead. On the way, I stopped for one last picture of Yosemite Falls. We were far away, but the falls were so overwhelming that they made their presence felt.

We read about the Four Mile Trail and we were excited to begin our adventure. No matter how much one reads about certain trails, being there can still take your breath away. While we “heard” that Half Dome and El Cap could be seen from the trail, the reality of how much, how close and how amazing the views would be could not be anticipated.

Even though the Four Mile Trail from Glacier Point is downhill, there are numerous switchbacks and the footing can be slow in places so be prepared.

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20161207

“The suspense is terrible… I hope it’ll last.” — Gene Wilder

“Wisdom is not what you know but how quickly you adjust when the opposite proves true.” — Robert Brault

“Forgiveness means giving up all hope for a better past.” — Lily Tomlin

“You only have to bat 1.000 in two things—flying and heart transplants; everything else, you can go four in five.” — Beano Cook

 

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STATUS QUOtes — Picture Quote — 20161206

Today’s Picture Quote

You may be someone's lighthouse in the storm
“Don’t forget that maybe you are the lighthouse in someone’s storm”

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Year of Yosemite (YOY) – Day 150 (Yosemite – Mountain Range)

A multitude of mountain tops seen from Glacier Point

This is another view from Glacier Point – a multitude of mountain tops
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A multitude of mountain tops seen from Glacier Point

In yesterday’s post (click HERE) we talked about Liberty Cap Mountain, which would be just out of the frame to the left of this photograph. Vernal Fall is still being used as an anchor in the bottom left of the photograph, the peak with the reference #1 (top photo), reaching into a cloud is Mount Clark. That tall peak all the way to the right under reference #2 is Mount Starr King

The view was breathtaking and confusing as it was difficult to grasp all the individual mountains one could view at a single glance. Well, actually I don’t think anyone could just glance at the sight. It would be more like a stare! There is probably a book somewhere that includes the history explaining how each mountain received its name. Some are obvious, but others are less so.

 
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STATUS QUOtes — 20161206

“Some of the most well-trodden roads lead nowhere.” — Proverb

“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” — Albert Einstein

“We’re all strange inside. We learn how to disguise our differences as we grow up.” — Annie Proulx, The Shipping News

“Why is it that when anything goes without saying, it never does?” — Marcelene Cox

 

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Year of Yosemite (YOY) – Day 149 (Glacier Point – Liberty Cap)

Liberty Cap from Glacier Point

Liberty Cap mountain viewed from Glacier Point

When standing at Glacier Point and soaking in the panorama that lies before you, it is almost overwhelming. There are mountains on top of mountains.

Closer to the pedestrian viewpoints, however, there are some that loom large and add to the beauty of the foreground scene. There is one very recognizable landmark among the sea of hilltops and peaks. Just to the left of Vernal Fall in the picture is Liberty Cap mountain.

Apparently this is quite hikeable and draws a good number of adventurers. You can read more about the hike to Liberty Cap at the linkk below:

SummitPost.org – Liberty Cap Hike: Yosemite

 
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SignEdge: Times are Hard for Stick Figure Families



Star War battle with stick figure family
Can the Empire be this heartless? Well, I guess so!

While the economy seems to be going strong, some families are apparently having a hard time. This stick figure family appears to be embattled by “The Empire.”

I had never seen this car decal before, but apparently there is no end to the popular meme.



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STATUS QUOtes — 20161205

“Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine.” — Elvis Presley

“The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.” — Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

“We are bound together by the sympathy of our antipathies.” — James Joyce

“I don’t like to call it revenge…returning the favor sounds nicer.” — Unknown

 

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PL8ATUDES – December 4, 2016



Plate-A-Tude

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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Everyone knows that

BUSYBBB

Have a lot of

ZIPPP
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Year of Yosemite (YOY) – Day 148 (Merced by the Majestic Yosemite – Old Style)

Old style picture of the Merced near the Majestic Yosemite Hotel

An old style picture of the Merced River and stone bridge near the Majestic Yosemite Hotel

This picture is very similar to another picture I posted (click HERE to see that photo), but this rendition presents a stylized version. Using Lightroom (LR), I tried to create a faded, somewhat painterly version of the scene. I think this particular view goes well with the LR filters and presets used.

 
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