Below is an image of McLeod Lake in Mammoth Lakes from my trip in June. From the Horseshoe Lake parking area, the hike to McLeod Lake is about .6 miles (little over half a mile). If you want to just get out and do a quick hike, this is definitely the hike to do! The […]

Mornings around Mammoth Lakes are always amazing! Below is an image of an early summer morning at Twin Lakes in Mammoth. It was a little breezy, but nice to take in the view. Speaking of lakes, I’m currently making plans on hikes I’m going to do around Crater Lake. There were a number of hikes […]

One thing that is really noticeable when up in the high country of Yosemite in spring and early summer is the abundance of wildflowers. I had never noticed it before when visiting Quaking Aspen Falls, but there is a bush that flowers next to the falls. Below is an image of the beautiful white flowers. […]

It’s always great to stop at Olmstead Point in Yosemite, which is what I did in June. Below is an image of the side view of Half Dome from the point. I thought a black and white image would be good this time around. What I should’ve done was take out my super telephoto and […]

El Capitan isn’t the only granite feature that people climb in Yosemite. You can find people climbing all over the walls of Yosemite Valley, but a number of people climb the cliffs up in the high country. Below is an image of two climbers that were scaling a section of a granite wall around Tenaya […]

I spent an early morning around Pothole Dome during my June trip to Yosemite. I had the whole area to myself! It seems as if nobody had the idea of doing an early morning hike around the dome that day. Below are two images from that morning. The first is of the Tuolumne River cascading […]

I started my Yosemite trip last month with a sunrise at Tunnel View. There were no clouds in the sky, so the waterfalls seemed to be the best option to photograph. The first image below is of Bridalveil Fall. It was looking pretty good, but as I was looking at the fall, I noticed another […]

It was a waterfall spectacular in Yosemite last weekend! I had a really great time in Yosemite and Mammoth Lake! I just wished it hadn’t ended so quickly. BUT, I’ll be back up in the area in October. Below are some images from the trip. The first two images are of Lower Yosemite Falls. The […]

I’m looking forward to getting up to Yosemite and seeing the waterfalls. Looking at the Yosemite National Park website, Yosemite Falls is flowing really well! Below is an image of Lower Yosemite Falls last October. As you can see there was a little water coming off the top of the cliff. This time of the […]

Below are two images I took while hiking the Grand Wash in Capitol Reef National Park in September last year. I’m happy I did the hike early because on the return trip to the car it started to warm up and there wasn’t as much shade like the hike had at the beginning. The same […]