Yosemite Cedar Lodge/SR-140 - Yosemite National Park (Part 4)

Yosemite National Park is a national park located in California that stretches eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in the central eastern portion of California and covers around 761,268 acres or 3,080.74 km² of land. Yosemite National Park is best known for its waterfalls, deep valleys, grand meadows, giant sequoias, giant wilderness area, and much more. I, personally, love Yosemite National Park. I think it is very beautiful and is a great place for photographs. I also happen to live in the SF Bay Area which isn't very far from it! I try to make at least 1 trip almost every year to the park. I visited the park several month ago and I am here to show you some of the photos I took in the park as well as some photos I took on the way into the park from the SF Bay Area. These photos will be divided over several blog posts. I hope you enjoy the photos! Also, I have route information recorded using a Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver. If you are planning a similar trip to Yosemite National Park and would like to see the route I took, feel free to email me at the email address I provided on my "About the Photographer" page for a copy. I can provide you the route information in Google Earth KMZ, Canon NMEA, and GPX formats. If you would like to get notifications when I do post, you can Like/Follow me on the following fan pages: Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.

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• Yosemite 2013 (Best Photos)
• Yosemite 2013 (All Photos)

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Now let's introduce you to the photos for today. The photos for today was from the 2nd day of my trip. Some of the photos will be from near Yosemite Cedar Lodge, and the others will be on my drive into Yosemite National Park. If you would like to read my review on Yosemite Cedar Lodge, please view my previous post.

 Yosemite Cedar Lodge and SR-140. Morning fog rolling in, so I decided to take a shot. Wish there was a bit more fog though. That would have made an even better shot. 

View of Stanislaus National Forest from Yosemite Cedar Lodge. More morning fog.  

The Merced River facing towards Yosemite National Park. When I saw this in the morning, I was hoping "Please don't rain". Luckily it didn't, however it was pretty cloudy that day.  

View of Stanislaus National Forest from Yosemite Cedar Lodge. More morning fog.  

Photo of SR-140 near Indian Flat RV Park. On the left is some Redbud (Cercis canadensis). On the right is SR-140. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 39 41 N 119 50 54 W

 Close up shot of the Redbud (Cercis canadensis) on the side of SR-140 above. 

 Close up shot of the Redbud (Cercis canadensis) on the side of SR-140 above. 

Shot of Merced River from a picnic area.

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 39 43 N 119 50 46 W

Shot of Merced River from a picnic area.

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 39 43 N 119 50 46 W 

Shot of Merced River from a picnic area.

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 39 43 N 119 50 48 W 

 Baby Blue Eyes (Nemophila menziesii)

Photo taken at a different location on Foresta Road in El Portal, CA near the National Park Services Administrative and Maintenance building. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 40 11 N 119 48 58 W 

View of Merced River on Foresta Road.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 40 09 N 119 49 01 W  

 View of Merced River on Foresta Road.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 40 10 N 119 49 02 W

View of Stanislaus National Forest from Foresta Road.

 Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 40 11 N 119 49 01 W

A shot of the National Park Services Administrative and Maintenance building on Foresta Road.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 40 11 N 119 48 57 W

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed them. Next time I will have more photos of driving into Yosemite National Park and the entrance area of Yosemite National Park. Please don't forget to share my blog posts with your friends! If you would like to get notifications next time I post, you can "Like" me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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Yosemite National Park/Mono Lake (Yosemite Falls Comparison)

Yosemite National Park is a national park located in California that stretches eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in the central eastern portion of California and covers around 761,268 acres or 3,080.74 km² of land. Yosemite National Park is best known for its waterfalls, deep valleys, grand meadows, giant sequoias, giant wilderness area, and much more. Mono Lake, a salt lake east of Yosemite National Park that is located in Mono County, California, covers a total of 45,133 acres or 182.65 km². The lake is famous for its high salt content and its tufa formations. I have visited both of those areas and are here to show you some of the photos I took at these two places along with some other photos I have taken along the route. These photos will be divided over several blog posts. I hope you enjoy the photos! If you would like to get notifications when I do post, you can Like/Follow me on the following fan pages: Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To view my best Yosemite National Park photos from 2012, use this link. To view all of my photos from Yosemite National Park photos from 2012, use this link.

Parts: Yosemite Falls Comparison | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | HDR Compositions | Panoramas | 

Now let's introduce today's photo. That's right, I said photo... Technically it's 3 photos, but I combined them to form one photo. In today's article, I just want to do a comparison of Yosemite Falls between the fall this year, and the fall in 2010. You will be quite surprised at what it looks like. You can click the photo to see it magnified.

Surprising right? There was like no water at all except for a few small drops of water (shown on the left). It was very dry and hot there. The amount of tourists I saw that was in bikinis, bathing suits, and swimming trunks that walked away in disappointment. HAHA For me, it was also kind of a disappointment too. I was able to get photos of the empty waterfall to show you guys, but I really wanted to go in the water to cool down and splash around in. :/ I still remember back in 2010 when I got to walk in the water. It was a really great experience and I really loved it. In fact, I heard people say there is no water from people who visited the park before me, but I didn't expect it to be this dry. I thought there would still be a some left, and in my head, I was picturing like 1/8 the amount of water as before. I really thought there would be a little bit of water to play in, but I was wrong. It was a really dry season sadly.

Well, this is all I wanted to show you guys today. I hope you have enjoyed this blog post. Please don't forget to share my blog posts with your friends! If you would like to get notifications next time I post, you can "Like" me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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