RHH's photos

On our third morning in Yosemite we drove from our campsite to Tuolumne Meadows to do some hiking there, stopping at Olmstead Point for photos and breakfast. This was the view of Half Dome that morning as we watched the sunrise.

Taken the third morning of our stay in Yosemite as we drove from our campsite to Tuolumne Meadows to hike the Cathedral Lakes trails.

After hiking to Upper Gaylor Lake we went on around the lake and followed the trail, visible in the photo to the site of the Great Sierra Silver Mine. The photo looks back over the lake to Gaylor Peak and beyond it to the ridge over which we hiked to reach this lake and the one beyond it, not visible in the photo.

From Gaylor Lakes we hiked to the site of the now-abandoned Great Sierra Silver Mine on the northeast border of Yosemite. The effort was never successful and only a small amount of silver was found. The area, however, is full of old ruined buildings and mine shafts.

As we hiked from Upper Gaylor Lake to the site of the old Sierra Silver Mine, this was the view back down the trail. The peak is Gaylor Peak and the ridge over which hiked to reach the lakes is just beyond the peak.

Taken as we hiked from Middle to Upper Gaylor Lake in Yosemite National Park - I believe the red leaves are of the wild blueberry.

Our hike to Gaylor Lakes took us up over a ridge and down to Middle Gaylor Lake, shown here. We hiked on from here to Upper Gaylor Lake and into the surrounding mountains to the now abandoned Great Sierra Silver Mine.

This was taken near Middle Gaylor Lake in Yosemite National Park as we hiked to the lakes and on to the Great Sierra Silver Mine.

The second day of our stay in Yosemite we drove from our Crane Flat campground to the Tuolumne Meadows Vistors' Center and asked about hiking in the area. The ranger to whom we spoke suggested the Gaylor Lakes Trail further to the east. We spent a good part of the day hiking that trail first to Middle Gaylor Lake, shown in the photo, then to Upper Gaylor Lake and finally to the site of the Great Sierra Silver Mine in the mountains beyond the lakes.