Del Dotto Winery
It's essentially a cave where they store and ferment the wine....
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Wine
Marc and I in front of oak barrels filled with wine. mmm
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Del Dotto
mmm, vases P.S. - I stole the wine glass from here. shhh
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Domaine Chandon
We tasted Champagne here. mmmm
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Domaine Chandon
Nice pond in front, no alcohol yet...
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Domaine Chandon
Those little bubble lookin things are the tops to champagne (sparling wine)...
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Domaine Chandon
some flowers back behind the bar
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Robert Mondavi
Nice lookin vineyard...wine wasn't spectacular though.
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More Mondavi
like I said, nice place. beautiful weather too
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Eyes closed
coulda been an OK picture. but my eyes are closed in almost every picture...
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Yosemite
aka Yellowstone (don't ask). One of our first shots from Tunnel View....
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Tunnel View
Just switching around the shots. This is probably one of the most...
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Tunnel View
Just a different look. I imagine in summer it's not as easy to get...
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Tunnel View
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Tunnel View
kinda dark, huh? hmm
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Tunnel View
kinda bright, huh?
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eyes wide shut
we look freakin huge.
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NOT Tunnel View
We're goin up a hike from Tunnel View called Inspiration Point. 3...
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Inspiration Point Trail
Same thing
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Same thing
same thing
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Inspiration Point
So the other photos of Half Dome and El Capitain were nice. This is...
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Inspiratio Point - Half Dome sorta
So that's the view of Half Dome from Inspiration Point...no...
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Same
Same, just a little nicer looking
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Yeah timer!
So we rested it on a rock and tried out the timer...I BARELY made it there in...
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Same
I'm so much taller than Marc...just like nursery school
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Our descent
It was steeper than it looks. And we briefly got lost, but it was better than...
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Same descent, better view
Get used to seeing half dome in my pictures...
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descent
This may or may not have been on the trail, but I finally got some berries in...
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Waterfall
This was on the way down, we didn't notice this before but there's a...
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Mariposa Grove - Grizzly Giant
So we drove the hour and half from Tunnel View down to Mariposa Grove...
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Mariposa Grove - Grizzly Giant + Marc
Same tree. It was about half a mile from the parking lot.
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Groveland, CA - our home
This is a shot from the balcony in our hotel (not our room's balcony, the...
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Lazy ass
Our room. How quaint.
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a dear
there were a buncha dear...all near the roads, none on the trails...
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Big Rocks
This is the same road\same dear, but shown in the context of some big rocks.
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similar shot
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Same Road
Still on the way to Yosemite Valley, more big rocks. Pretty
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Looked better in person
hard to get a good shot of it, but the rocks were like shiny with the sun...
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Cool
It's a dome.
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Deer Butt
I waited and waited for the damn deers to pick up their head for a...
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Well...
He lifted is head only after turning around, that jerk
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vertical much?
Still all the same position I think...
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Not sure??
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Still not sure...
This could be from the road still or at the beginning of the trailhead for...
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Vernal Falls Trail aka Mist Trail
Some pondish thing fed by the stream, looked tranquil. The trail wasn't...
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Vernal Falls
Wasn't quite high tide...but this is the streamish thing fed by the falls
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There she is
This is from a bridge along the trail I believe. About 1/8th of the...
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Vernal Falls
I wonder what it looks like in spring when it's at full gush, it...
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Rock Climbing?
I guess...
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Yeah...not so much
Note: If you plan on doing this hike, somewhere around here the trail...
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Getting closer
I think this is where it stated "0.3 miles to Vernal Falls"...it was...
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Isn't this the same shot?
I dunno, I took a buncha pictures, what do you want from me?
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Some of the steps
Multiply this by about 30 and you're set. It was steep at the end of this...
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Similar Picture
bite me, I was trying to get the lighting right.
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Misty
Still got a ways to go, but the tree adds a cool depth to the picture
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Behind us
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Base of the falls
Still got a LOT Of steps to go. We'll be up in the right corner...
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Rainbow
Just wanted to see how it'd come out
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oooh, waterfall
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The top!!!
A crapload of stairs later, we're at the top. That's where we were...
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Behind us again
That might be Glacier Point up there?
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Squirrel\badger
They were all over the freakin place. They followed us up mountains,...
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fatty
they were better looking than Jersey tree-rats
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Pre-stairs trail
They don't know what's comin. I think you can see this part of...
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eh
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The "river" that feeds the falls
Like I said, wonder what it's like in the spring
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Top of the falls
So we're up there, that's where we started alll the way down there
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I thought this was a nice shot
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Nevada Falls
Yeah...we're going to the top of that now. Oh boy
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Nevada Falls
Now at some point this trail divides too. We had a crappy map, but...
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Me on a Bridge
I like this shot. Keep in mind, you only get here if you stay off the...
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Shot from the bridge
Looked really cool, but you can tell how low the water is...
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Nevada Falls
Yeah, we still gotta go all the way up there...
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Pretty Rock
I dunno, it looked cool
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Almost there
Shot from the side as we continue the ascent...
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Behind us again
This is from the top of Nevada Falls, standing on some rocks
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Not sure what that's called
Marc was gonna hit me if that turned out to be Glacier Point...but it...
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Same shot
oh well
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I think that section behind the tree MIGHT be Glacier Point, but I'm not...
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Nevada Falls
Duh
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The way down
No, but I thought it was a cool show.
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Cool
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The Top
We are lunch here. As did those people over there. They also went swimming in...
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Pretty Bird
I looked up what this was, they were all over the place
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Tree Trunk
The bird left, but the dead tree stayed put
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There he is
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The walk back, down John Muir Trail
We hoped this would be easier\different. There's our falls...
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Where the hell is this?
This is an awesome shot, not sure where this was. Must have been on...
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Glacier Point "Map"
Susprised it's even legible...
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Glacier Point. Worth the trip
Two half-domes? You get crazy vistas from Glacier Point. Many more coming......
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Another shot
There's our falls again. And yes, that's a forest fire. It was...
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Glacier Point
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Glacier Point
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Glacier Point
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Glacier Point
Haha...look at little Nevada Falls in between the trees
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Glacier Point
This one needs no caption...
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Glacier Point
That's my knee brace down around my ankle. Deal with it.
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Glacier Point
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Glacier Point
Not sure if those domes have names? Check the guide above.
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Glacier Point - Yosemite Falls
As an aside: Marc refused to go out on that rock for this shot...wuss....
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Glacier Point - Yosemite Valley
So that's the Ahwahanee Lodge down there. It's worth the visit there,...
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Glacier Point
You'd think the pictures from Glacier Point would get tired...I don't...
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Glacier Point
Rocks...
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Glacier Point
...nice. Man, we hiked a long ways that morning.
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Glacier Point - our Waterfall trail
You can basically see how far we hiked on our trail. Starting fromthe...
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Near Glacier Point
See...we left eventually. This is a pull off on the road to Glacier...
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Same spot
trees
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Olmsted Point?
The woman at our hotel told us to be sure to stop at Olmsted Point on...
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Olmsted Point
They were doing construction here, but it was still crowded...not sure why.
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Same
Some guy almost got in a fight for asking some other guy to put out his...
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Still Olmsted
Yeah, not terribly impressive. But still beats Jersey...
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Construction
I wouldn't lie...
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On the road, Tenaya Lake
Left Olmsted, pulled off to get a shot of Tenaya Lake, where we would...
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Touched up much?
Closer shot, i brightened it up a little too much
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Better?
It was a nice lake. You'll see. And there were rock-climbers on...
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Tenaya Lake
That's Marc...but there were about half a dozen other people there. One...
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Tenaya Lake
So the trail starts from the EAST END of the lake, then goes up to the...
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Tenaya Lake
Yes, the water was really that blue. It was insanely clear.
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Tenaya Lake - rock climbers
Check out some of these pictures at full-size...you will see two little blobs...
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Tenaya Lake
Too bad we could see the road at all points...but we didn't notice it...
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Rock Climbers
There they are! I'll take a couple more from the road later.
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Tenaya Lake
Pretty...I think you can see the swimmer if you check out the...
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Marc hanging on for dear life?
I dunno...it was his idea. Trying to climb a rock or something.
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Me on a Rock
So I saw this rock out there, and I already had my bathing suit on, so...
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Me and My Rock
I look like I'm in the middle of a huge lake. It's really only 50-75...
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Metal
My stick looks freaky comin out of the water like that...
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Awesome Shot
I'm pretty sure I claimed that rock as mine...bitch
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Tenaya Lake
NOW I look like I'm in the middle of some huge lake (the water was...
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Awesome Shot
One of these might be frame-worthy...any suggestions?
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Big Lake
Too bad I'm not looking up, or this would be the best shot I...
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Me and my stick
It was the smallest stick I could find. And it saved my life when I...
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snakes...
This is a nice shot too. Kinda glad those weren't snakes...
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My shot
just wanted to take some of my own of the desolate lake.
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Too bright?
looks kinda cool, you can see through the water almost.
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Tenaya Lake
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Rock climbers
Good luck...
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Ahhh, Tuolomne Meadows and Lembert Dome
Finally made it. Only problem is that we have to get to the top of that thing...
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Tuolomne Meadows
That's maybe Tenaya Peak? Not sure, this is on the trail to Lembert Dome.
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Lembert Dome Trail
picture
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Same Trail
Thought this was a nice shot. Not sure what those are still...
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Lembert Dome
Ok, so get this. We're 3/4 of the way up the trail (about a mile and a...
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Trail
Just a little look behind us. Not up the dome yet...
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ALMOST THERE
This was the first clearing, almost at the top. You can see the rocks are...
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Cathedral Peak?
Who knows...
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....yeah
So this is how you get to the first part of the top of the Dome. I...
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The other direction
This is from the first level of the top, lookin off to the backside....
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Lembert Dome
Wanted to somewhat show how steep it was. There's a kid in a black shirt...
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Peaks
Still the first level of domedom. Awesome panoramas though
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Behind us
there was another rock over there, and then some cool mountains behind it.
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Marc and I on top
Still not the top top, Marc wouldn't go up there. Nice shot though...
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We're huge again
Those mountains don't look so tough
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Down towards the "va;lley"
Keep in mind base of Tuolomne Meadows is 8000 feet up. So we're over 9000...
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Steep much
It was at this point where Marc said "this reminds me why I...
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Pretty clouds
I like that shadow on that mountain too. And yes, that's snow on the...
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The Valley Below
The Tuolomne River runs down there, this was into the sun, but still came out.
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THAT'S the top
Yeah, so I climbed up that. Well worth it though, it's gorgeous up there...
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From the Top of Lembert Dome
Trees
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Lembert Dome
That's a road down the middle there. Still love the shadows on the...
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Lembert Dome
So there was this rock up on top, this shot might've been better...
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There we go
Gorgeous.
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ME on top
Not the best shot, but at least it's proof I was up there...sorta
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That's the end of the Dome
I didn't walk over there, but that guy in the black shirt did. It...
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Top of Lembert Dome
Nice
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Highest Peak in Yosemite?
Maybe, Im not sure. Looks tall. And there's that guy at the end of...
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Nice
There's the river down there!
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Nice again
We parked somewhere all the way to the left of this...
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Down the Dome
So these people took a shortcut straight down the side of the...
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Lembert Dome
Headin down...
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Steep?
I dunno, I climbed right up that in old worn out sneakers...
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Back on the bottom
just wanted to take this shot, missed it on the way up.
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Same place
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We were up there???
No way
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Dark?
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Trees growing out of rocks...
nice
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Lembert Dome
This is from the bottom, driving out of the Meadows a ways....
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Clouds
From the same spot.
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Deserted
Looks like the epitomy of desertion...awesome.
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Valley
There's our dome again. Cool clouds.
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Similar shot
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Awesome
So I turned around to go back to the car, and saw this shot. That's...
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Same thing
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Lembert Dome
I don't see people up there...
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same?
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Cloud's Rest?
I think this is the overpass we missed on the way there. I think...
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Haha...
So Marc and I wanted to find a reststop or turn out with a nice view...
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Dinner
There's our car. See, we were kinda far from the road. Well worth it though.
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