December 27, 2009

CA Part 2: Yosemite National Park

We went to Mariposa Grove in Yosemite to see some giant sequoia trees. Some of these trees are nearly 2,000 years old:




The tree behind us in the next picture is the Grizzly Giant. Not that impressive you say? Well, it has a diameter of 31 feet, and a circumference of nearly 100 feet:




El Capitan is nearly 4,000 feet, and the largest single granite rock on the earth. Really, really crazy climbers climb the face of this rock (which is a two day process) :





Tunnel View of Yosemite Valley:


Bridalveil Falls (Apparently more impressive earlier in the summer when there is more water...) :


The Half Dome:



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