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My Yosemite adventure… part 14… the final chapter…

In a way, that photo of the entire Yosemite valley does capture the scale of the granite cliffs that surround it. Trees that are more than a hundred-feet-tall look like grass under the escarpments. Reflections in a still river. The … Continue reading

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My Yosemite adventure… part 12… in which I try, one more time, to explain how really huge those granite formations really are…

I used the telephoto lens to zoom in on a rock that was hanging over the edge of a cliff near Half Dome. That rock is probably the size of a small house. Or maybe even a big house. That’s … Continue reading

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My Yosemite adventure… part 10… yes, they have a big, fancy hotel there, because rich people need to see nature too…

I know, it sounds crazy. The same rich people who want to dump coal sluicing waste directly into streams and cut down all the forests to build towers still want to see a tree now and then. I mean, they … Continue reading

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My Yosemite adventure… part 9… Bridalveil Falls…

Another series of photos to highlight how being in Yosemite right after the wildfires had closed the park, and therefore made it virtually free of pesky humanity, allowed me, over two days, to take pictures of interesting things from an … Continue reading

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My Yosemite adventure… part 7… how I ended up spending the night there, where I stayed, and how I used my extra time taking even more photos for you!!!

When I was up in the Bay Area visiting my mom for her 95th birthday, I wasn’t actually planning on a trip to Yosemite. And when I did decide to go, it was just a spontaneous idea for a day … Continue reading

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Hey, I bet nobody else you know got up at four this morning and drove for miles just to walk out onto the Golden Gate Bridge to get you some photos… the final chapter…

Well, this will wrap up my little San Francisco adventure series of posts. Which is good, because in a few hours I am leaving my mom’s house to drive back to San Diego… and reality. So what better place to … Continue reading

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Hey, I bet nobody else you know got up at four this morning and drove for miles just to walk out onto the Golden Gate Bridge to get you some photos… part 3… in which I run into a horse’s asshole that looks strangely familiar, and come face to face with some lion nuts…

Okay, I am back to posting the photos of my recent San Francisco adventure in chronological order, just for a change. We have seen the sunrise from the middle of the bridge, if you can call it a sunrise, being … Continue reading

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Hey, I bet nobody else you know got up at four this morning and drove for miles just to walk out onto the Golden Gate Bridge to get you some photos… part 2… in which I pay tribute to our military, and discuss some of the military history of the Bay Area…

This will be the only part of my series about my most recent adventure in San Francisco that is not, more or less, in chronological order- probably- and I guess, most of it almost is. After I finished walking out … Continue reading

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My Yosemite adventure… part 5… the wildlife… part 3… in which I finally tell you all about that bear, and share the photos of deer so close that you can see their eyelashes…

There is the bear I saw on my adventure in Yosemite. Not only did I see him once, I saw him twice. On two separate days. Even the park rangers were amazed by that. Lots of people go to Yosemite … Continue reading

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Hey, I bet nobody else you know got up at four this morning and drove for miles just to walk out onto the Golden Gate Bridge to get you some photos…

Well, I did. I mean, I did lots of other stuff too, and this will certainly make doing my Yosemite picture posts more challenging, but hey, I do it all for you. So, bearing in mind that I am, obviously, … Continue reading

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