Magnificent Yosemite

View from 36,000' - Half Dome, Nevada & Vernal Falls

Aerial View with labels - Half Dome, Nevada & Vernal Falls

Panorama: Half Dome, Nevada and Vernal Falls

Nevada and Vernal Falls

Nevada Falls

Vernal Falls

Vernal Falls

Vernal Falls: Rainbow in the Mist

Dead tree and Rainbow in the Mist at Vernal Falls

A Wider View

The top - Vernal Falls

Over the edge - Vernal Falls

Mist Trail at Vernal Falls

Half Dome

On top of old Half Dome, all covered with ... people

Half Dome at Sunset

Beneath Half Dome

Mirror Lake - Half Dome at upper right

Dolly Parton

Looking down on a slightly smokey Yosemite Valley

Yosemite Falls

Upper Yosemite Falls

Inside Yosemite Valley - Yosemite Falls right of center

Face of El Capitan

Bridal Veil Falls

Bridal Veil Falls wide shot

Smoke in Yosemite Valley - Bridal Veil Falls at right

Olympic Peninsula

The Olympic Peninsula is a lovely place to explore. Here are just a few pictures from the area, but none can compare to a visit in person.

Paved trail to Dungeness Spit

View toward the west from the land-end of Dungeness Spit

The trail back up

Lobby of the Lake Crescent Lodge

If a tree falls in the forest...

... does it eventually rot?

Sol Duc Falls

Forest trail

Storm King ranger station

Tall trees preside over the trail

Along a forest trail

Undergrowth

Marymere Falls

Through the trees, clouds hug the mountaintops

Rainforest

Lake Crescent through the trees

Lake Crescent - wide angle view

Olympic Mountains

A view from Hurricane Ridge

Snow accumulation at Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center

Olympic Mountains shrouded in clouds

Destruction Island Light Station viewed from Ruby Beach

"Needles" at Ruby Beach

Ruby Beach

A wider view of Ruby Beach

"Big Cedar"

Lake Quinault Lodge

Lake Quinault

Hummingbird at Lake Quinault Lodge