Yosemite, April

I have been to Yosemite dozens of times over the years but this was the very first time for Heather and we had a blast...as usual. This was a unique trip because it was sunny one day and snowed the next! We were able to get some outstanding photos of from the valley, along the mist trail and to the base of Nevada falls. 

Day one bright and sunny...

Exploring the greater mirror lake

valley views of Half Dome

Mirror lake in the Valley

The weather is changing quickly

we are always prepared for weather

Yosemite falls as the night comes

Overnight snow fell hard

Water levels were high

a very peaceful, misty morning

leaving foot prints on the mist trail

the water was running ice blue

vernal fall, i have stood her nearly a dozen times

normally slippery wet, now add ice

ascending the stairs to stairs to the top of vernal

a look back toward heather as i scale the side stair

the weather was changing and cycling rapidly

this was a nice little pool a few hundred feet before the vernal fall overlook

the misty mountain

my feet are soaked but I don't care

a good day for epic yosemite snow contrast

this was actually a very difficult hike, because snow

the foot bridge to nevada falls trail

a rare view of nevada falls with snow

cold, wet and happy

getting to the point where its too slippery to scale

better safe than sorry, we are heading back to camp

please excuse heather, it's her first time to yosemite

Ahwahnee hotel, our New years goal for 2019 or 2020