Tuolumne Meadows and the Yosemite High Country
After the Morning at the Alabama Hills I was yet undecided as to where to go. As I headed north towards Bishop I heard the days weather forecast on the radio: hot and sunny in the Owen’s valley and a possibility of thunderstorms up by Yosemite. So off I went!
No thunderstorms ever arrived, but at least there were some nice clouds during the afternoon and of course at the 9,000ft of Tuolumne Meadows, a sane temperature. I’ve never acually been here during the summer (usually in the autumn), so it was nice to see everything lush and green, and full of tourists. Lucky enough, I found myself a campsite at the Tuolumne Meadows campground which saved me from having to drive out of the park at night, and back again in the early morning for sunrise.
Even in the sun, the Sierra hummingbird mosquito was in full attack mode. Around sunset, while standing in the meadows, I estimate something like 5-6 bites per photo taken. I remembered why I never go near the Sierra high country during summer.
Lone rock sits on Pothole dome. I wonder how long that rock has been sitting there?
View from above Olmstead point looking back towards Tenaya lake.
Sunset over flooded field in Tuolumne Meadows. Lembert dome in the middle of photo, with 13,053 ft (3979 m) Mt. Dana rising in the distant background.
