Glacier Point

One last post of old Yosemite photos, these from around the Glacier Point trailhead and early parts of the Panorama Trail. Again, the absence of adjectives -- or any serious attempt to describe what the place is like -- is no accident.

Panorama Trail

Various photos from along Yosemite's Panorama Trail. Some of them even turned out decently, even though I had a crappy camera and had no idea what I was doing. And for that I give all the credit to the scenery. You'll note that I've gone this many consecutive posts full of Yosemite photos without seriously trying to describe the place. That's entirely deliberate. Rather than attempting such a thing, I think I'll just point you at the Wikipedia articles for "superlative" and "purple prose" and leave it at that.

Yet another Yosemite waterfall

This one I haven't been able to identify. Vernal Fall is one candidate, but it doesn't look quite right to me. I really should have made notes, either at the time or after I got the photos back. Pretty sure there would have been a sign at the viewpoint, but I usually didn't take photos of signs since that wasted one of the 36 shots on your roll of film. In contrast, today I could figure it where I was from GPS and post the photos straight to Flickr or Tumblr or Instagram right from the trail, presumably, assuming my carrier has good coverage in Yosemite.

So feel free to leave a comment if you have any idea which waterfall we're looking at here, because I'm kind of stumped.

Illilouette Fall, Yosemite

Couple of old photos of Illilouette Fall in Yosemite. I agree this is a bit of a disorienting angle, and I apologize for any vertigo the photos might inspire. It's partly due to my not holding the camera entirely straight, and somewhat due to my not owning a camera with a zoom lens back then. Other photos I've seen of the falls seem to indicate it really needs a wider angle than what I had with me at the time. So the only lesson I can really draw here is that I probably ought to go back and see what modern technology and the ability to afford same can do. Which is of course counterbalanced by the little problem of not being 20-something anymore, so the hike itself may no longer be quite the same easy jaunt I remember it being last time.

Nevada Fall, Yosemite

Some photos of Nevada Fall, also in Yosemite. The National Park Service seems to want to use "Fall", singular, in Yosemite when referring to a single waterfall. I guess that makes sense, although it's a little jarring to someone used to Pacific Northwest usage, in which all waterfalls are "Falls". If any linguists out there would like to explain this situation and how it came about, I'd love to hear about it.

I'm not 100% sure the second photo is Nevada Fall; I neglected to write names on the backs of photos at the time, so I'm having to go back and try to identify places based on their resemblance to Google Image search results. So if I misidentify something, I humbly apologize and also blame the entire rest of the internet for leading me astray.

Yosemite Falls

A couple of old photos of Yosemite Falls, in Yosemite National Park. I am willing to stipulate that better photos than mine exist of these falls, and this is also true for everything else in Yosemite, and probably all of the Sierras for that matter. But hey.

Squirrels, Yosemite