RHH's photos with the keyword: sierra nevada

Taken from Yosemite Valley, this photo shows Half Dome in the evening light.

Taken from a viewpoint on the Wawona Road as we came into Yosemite from the south. Half Dome is just visible in the background with El Capitan looming on the left.

Half Dome is near the center of the photo and El Capitan to its left, the photos taken from the Yosemite Falls trail near Columbia Rock..

The photo shows El Capitan and Yosemite Falls from the the Yosemite Valley.

Half Dome is in the center of the photo and the edge of El Capitan on the left. Taken last winter when we were in Yosemite for a few days.

Taken in Yosemite National Park last winter when we were therefor a few days. We are hoping to go back in October for another visit. El Capitan is on the left and Half Dome near the center in the background.

Taken from a viewpoint along the Merced River, this is Yosemite Valley.

Taken from the Upper Falls trail this was one of our last views of Yosemite Valley and Half Dome. We left the park the next morning and headed for King's Canyon and Sequoia.

These are the Upper Falls at Yosemite National Park on a windy day. Later in the day we would climb the trail to the top of the falls and get a completely different view of them.

These are the lower falls at Yosemite National Park. We hiked to them and then on to the Upper Falls trail.

The second morning of our visit to Yosemite National Park we drove into the park early in the morning and after stopping for some photos along the way, this one of them, we hiked to Mirror Lake, below Half Dome.

This was Upper Yosemite Falls the second morning of our visit to Yosemite National Park. The photo was taken from the valley below as we make our way to the trailhead for Mirror Lake.

The second day of our stay in Yosemite National Park we drove into the park early in the morning and after stopping for some photos along the way hiked to Mirror Lake. This was El Capitan in the morning light.

When in Yosemite National Park recently we did not stay in the park since camping was not available there but stayed outside the park. Before leaving one evening we drove up the Big Oak Flat Road, did some hiking and then watched the sunset. In this photo, taken that evening, Half Dome is in the center of the photo and El Capitan to the left. In the other photo the mountains to the east are shown.

These Sequoia trees were photographed near the car park for the General Grant tree. We walked the trails here, some of the few trails open in King's Canyon National Park.

While in California recently we spent a day at King's Canyon National Park and several days in Sequoia National Park. Though many trails and areas of the park were still closed on account of snow we were able to see the Sequoias which my wife had never seen and I only once as a young child. One of the short trails we were able to take took us to the General Grant tree, the world's third largest tree by volume. It is 40 feet (12 m) in diameter at the base, 268 feet (82 m) in height, weighs 1254 tons and is 1700 years old which means it starrted growing during the reign of the Emperor Constantine.

When in California recently we spent a day in King's Canyon National Park and camped there for a night. These are some of the Sequoia trees in the park. Sequoias are not as tall as Redwoods but are much bulkier.

These are the Sierra Nevadas from Owens Valley near Olancha. This was almost the last photo we took as we left Death Valley National Park and headed back to our temporary home in southern California.