{"id":82,"date":"2005-09-20T22:30:34","date_gmt":"2005-09-20T22:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bufton.net\/blog\/?p=82"},"modified":"2005-10-07T16:26:53","modified_gmt":"2005-10-07T16:26:53","slug":"yosemite-photos-are-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bufton.net\/blog\/2005\/09\/20\/yosemite-photos-are-up","title":{"rendered":"Yosemite"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"On<\/a>The day started out grey. Having failed to contact Mary-Anne last night (which worried her, as I expected), I finally managed to get through.
\nMy trip over Monitor Pass yesterday was so beautiful that I did not expect Yosemite to live up to it. The drive up Tioga Pass – this time in daylight! – was pleasant, and would probably have been better in sunshine. It did not really compare to Monitor Pass; after a while, everything looked much the same: lots of trees and rock. I still stopped frequently to take photos, though!

\n\"TheThe first view of Half Dome from Olmsted Point<\/a> was less impressive than I expected.

\n\"The<\/a>The drive into Yosemite Valley, however, was quite spectacular. The first view of the valley and Half Dome is quite a surprise. Almost everyone stopped to take photos. The sun was breaking through the clouds as I drove into the valley itself, surrounded by trees alongside the Merced river.

\n\"From<\/a>The trees clear and BAM<\/strong> – you are surrounded by high cliffs and mountains. (This photo was taken the following morning, with better light). I greatly missed the convertible we had last year in Colorado, which would have given me even better views. If you’re visiting Yosemite, rent a convertible!

\nMy first concern was to contact Mary-Anne again, because the drive over Tioga Pass had taken far longer than I expected. (One of the locals had told me it would take about 90 minutes – that may be true for someone who never stops to look or take photos \ud83d\ude42 ) I also had to find somewhere to stay, so I didn’t spend much time admiring the views on the way in. (OK, so I did stop once or twice…) I eventually found a nice, but rather expensive, hotel – again without a telephone! However, having a hot tub somewhat made up for that.
\n\"Me<\/a>After checking in and getting myself sorted out, I drove up to Glacier Point to photograph Half Dome at sunset. Luckily, I stopped at Washburn Point to get some photos too, because by the time I reached Glacier Point, the clouds were returning, and Half Dome and the valley were already in shadow.
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\"The<\/a>Mary-Anne would not have liked the road between Washburn and Glacier Points!

\n\"Dinner<\/a>I turned back from Glacier Point just in time; on the way back, it started to rain, and became a downpour just as I reached my hotel. I needed my jacket for the fifteen steps from the car to my door, and my legs were still soaked! My planned dinner on the verandah was cancelled; I ate in my room, and jumped into the hot tub when the storm had passed.
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The day started out grey. Having failed to contact Mary-Anne last night (which worried her, as I expected), I finally managed to get through. My trip over Monitor Pass yesterday was so beautiful that I did not expect Yosemite to live up to it. The drive up Tioga Pass – this time in daylight! – was pleasant, … Continue reading “Yosemite”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tagebuch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bufton.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bufton.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bufton.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bufton.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bufton.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bufton.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bufton.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bufton.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bufton.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}