Tincan Travels Too
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • The Way Across
  • Chicago and Beyond
  • How the West Was Won
  • Devils Tower to Little Bighorn
  • A River Runs Through It
  • Random Western Views
  • Majestic Mount Rainier
  • Trees of the Great Northwest
  • Hiking Mt. Rainer
  • Random Rainier
  • Strictly Seattle
  • Dungeness Spit and Beyond
  • Waterfalls, Creeks, Deep Forest Glacial Lakes and Family
  • The Great Green
  • Rainforest Rivers and Beaches
  • From Rialto Beach to Cape Flattery
  • A Walk On The Beach
  • Weekend in Westport, Washington
  • Disappointment Awaits
  • The Forest Smells Like Autumn
  • Looking For One-Eyed Willie in Astoria, Oregon
  • The North Oregon Coast
  • Four Days in Portlandia
  • Columbia Gorge to Mt. Hood
  • Waterfalls Walks and the Fruit Loop
  • Around the Bend in LaPine
  • Down Deep at Crater Lake
  • A Birthday Weekend in Chicago
  • Oregon South Coast
  • California Coastal Redwoods
  • Rain and Redwoods
  • Old Friends and San Francisco
  • A Day at Lake Tahoe
  • Mono Lake Magic
  • The Road Ahead
  • Yosemite National Park
  • Gold Mine Gone Bust Bodie, CA
  • Manzanar
  • Owens Lake- Dust Mitigation Project
  • Relaxing in the Alabama Hills
  • Death Valley Daze
  • Red Rock Canyon, Nevada
  • Snow Canyon
  • Canyons Calling
  • We Remember Zion
  • Lower Antelope Canyon-Where the Light Gets In
  • Into the Mystic
  • Looking for the sun in McDowell Mt. Regional Park
  • A Week in the Country-Sedona pt. 2
  • Ancient Arizona
  • Chicago Holiday
  • Back in Time: Tucson
  • Usery Regional Park
  • California or Bust
  • Exploring Joshua Tree National Park
  • Exploring Joshua Tree - Mojave Desert
  • A Week in the Desert
  • Here we are in San Diego
  • Solidarity in San Diego
  • Here We Are In San Diego, Part 2
  • SoCal Sojourn
  • Los Angeles to Dana Point
  • Our Last Days In California
  • On the Borderline-Lake Havasu
  • Superstition Mountains
  • Sedona Redux
  • How green is my desert?
  • World of sound
  • More Desert Love
  • A Quick Stop and a Hike
  • Patagonia Lake State Park, AZ
  • Around the Big Bend
  • Continuing Around the Big Bend
  • Last Look Around the Big Bend
  • West Texas Addendum
  • Hatch, New Mexico
  • Silver City Respite
  • Silver City Orphans
  • Happily back in Santa Fe
  • Hiking the Hills Around Santa Fe
  • That Santa Fe Style
  • New Mexican Enchantment
  • Lost Pueblos: Tsankawi and Pecos
  • The Road Home


YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK

When planing our travels down the eastern Sierras we didn't think we could get to Yosemite NP. Weren't sure if the road over Tioga Pass (at almost 10,000 ft.) would be open. The week before our arrival at Mono Lake the pass was closed due to snow, but we kept an eye on the weather and made for the pass as soon as weather permitted.
Picture
With only one day to explore the park we came to the realization that one day was not enough time to explore the Yosemite Valley. That's not to say we didn't get some amazing views.
Picture
Picture
Or go on some amazing hikes.
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Upper and Lower Yosemite Falls
The park is home to two giant sequoia groves, the Mariposa Grove and the Tuolumne Grove. The larger of the two groves Mariposa was closed for restoration work so Tuolumne it was.
Picture
Picture
Picture
This sequoia was dead and had been cut to allow cars to pass through, Model Ts not the cars of today.
Picture
El Capitan
Our time was short but the road through the park offered lots of turnouts for exploring.
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
We only got a taste of the park but enough of a taste to know we needed to come back.
Picture
The party is over for now- watch for a new blog next fall!!
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact
  • The Way Across
  • Chicago and Beyond
  • How the West Was Won
  • Devils Tower to Little Bighorn
  • A River Runs Through It
  • Random Western Views
  • Majestic Mount Rainier
  • Trees of the Great Northwest
  • Hiking Mt. Rainer
  • Random Rainier
  • Strictly Seattle
  • Dungeness Spit and Beyond
  • Waterfalls, Creeks, Deep Forest Glacial Lakes and Family
  • The Great Green
  • Rainforest Rivers and Beaches
  • From Rialto Beach to Cape Flattery
  • A Walk On The Beach
  • Weekend in Westport, Washington
  • Disappointment Awaits
  • The Forest Smells Like Autumn
  • Looking For One-Eyed Willie in Astoria, Oregon
  • The North Oregon Coast
  • Four Days in Portlandia
  • Columbia Gorge to Mt. Hood
  • Waterfalls Walks and the Fruit Loop
  • Around the Bend in LaPine
  • Down Deep at Crater Lake
  • A Birthday Weekend in Chicago
  • Oregon South Coast
  • California Coastal Redwoods
  • Rain and Redwoods
  • Old Friends and San Francisco
  • A Day at Lake Tahoe
  • Mono Lake Magic
  • The Road Ahead
  • Yosemite National Park
  • Gold Mine Gone Bust Bodie, CA
  • Manzanar
  • Owens Lake- Dust Mitigation Project
  • Relaxing in the Alabama Hills
  • Death Valley Daze
  • Red Rock Canyon, Nevada
  • Snow Canyon
  • Canyons Calling
  • We Remember Zion
  • Lower Antelope Canyon-Where the Light Gets In
  • Into the Mystic
  • Looking for the sun in McDowell Mt. Regional Park
  • A Week in the Country-Sedona pt. 2
  • Ancient Arizona
  • Chicago Holiday
  • Back in Time: Tucson
  • Usery Regional Park
  • California or Bust
  • Exploring Joshua Tree National Park
  • Exploring Joshua Tree - Mojave Desert
  • A Week in the Desert
  • Here we are in San Diego
  • Solidarity in San Diego
  • Here We Are In San Diego, Part 2
  • SoCal Sojourn
  • Los Angeles to Dana Point
  • Our Last Days In California
  • On the Borderline-Lake Havasu
  • Superstition Mountains
  • Sedona Redux
  • How green is my desert?
  • World of sound
  • More Desert Love
  • A Quick Stop and a Hike
  • Patagonia Lake State Park, AZ
  • Around the Big Bend
  • Continuing Around the Big Bend
  • Last Look Around the Big Bend
  • West Texas Addendum
  • Hatch, New Mexico
  • Silver City Respite
  • Silver City Orphans
  • Happily back in Santa Fe
  • Hiking the Hills Around Santa Fe
  • That Santa Fe Style
  • New Mexican Enchantment
  • Lost Pueblos: Tsankawi and Pecos
  • The Road Home