Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Bob. Great series. Love Yosemite in foul weather. Spend a week there a few winters ago and want to go back. Got stopped in Jan 2010 by closed roads, and this January there was no snow when we would have tried. Maybe next... Glad to see the Elder is still standing. Last Spring when we where there I saw some big chunks were missing from it's base. I compared shots from previous spring's and it was intact then. I fear it is not much longer and that shot will disappear from the valley floor. The last three springs we have camped there around the last week in April or first week in May. For all those trips, we made reservations perhaps 3 or 4 weeks before and have always had a pick of 20 or 30 sites. I never even looked earlier, but for some reason this year I looked about a month ago and was surprised to see the campgrounds were all booked up in April and May. One is closed, so maybe that is why. Or maybe Oprah's show directed more people to the park, but I doubt it that early in the season. I'll keep looking, but I fear that we might be skunked this spring. Too bad, with all that water in the mountains just waiting to come thundering down Vernal falls, the mist trail would be quite fun. http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/spr09/yos/vernal_falls_trail-1639.jpg.html Aram > From: "Bob Adler" <rgacpa at yahoo.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 1:49 AM > Subject: [Leica] IMGs: Yosemite - A stormy weekend > > >> Well the storm in Yosemite was much worse than anticipated. All roads >> into >> the >> park were closed on Friday. We got in at about 10am on Thursday. Not a >> lot >> of >> "clearing storm" opportunities. Just fogged up, gusted up (to 45mph), >> froze up >> (didn't get above 28F Saturday) and dumped 2.5 - 3 ft of heavy, wet snow >> in 24 >> hours, then turned bright bright bright. I kept thinking of what Ted >> said, >> "I >> HATE SNOW!". I understood much better after this weekend :-) >> >> But it was Yosemite, so I managed to get a few images I think are worth >> sharing >> with you. >> Hope you enjoy. Comments and critiques always appreciated: >> >> http://www.rgaphoto.com/2011Yosemite >> >> Bob >> Bob Adler >> Palo Alto, CA >> http://www.rgaphoto.com >>