Thursday, August 25, 2016

Yosemite National Park ~ Day 11

Thursday, August 25th ~ Happy 100 Year Birthday National Park Service!!

Today we played tourist again and started the day by watching two movies in the Yosemite Theater. Then it was onto El Capitan to see some of the rockclimbers......


But first, we watched this bird take a very long bath in the water fountain! :-)


There are two guys climbing here - look in the middle of the photo for the guy on the bottom and up to the left a bit for the lead guy.  Need a closer view?


Here ya go!


Here's the guy on the bottom.  So it takes, on average, 3 -5 days to climb El Capitan and the climbers need to bring everything - food, water, shelter - with them.


Watching other people climb made us hungry. Here's Brad enjoying ice cream AND a donut.


We took a drive around to see other sites - this is Bridalveil Falls - like I said, really quite dry this time of year. It was flowing so little, that whenever a breeze went by, the water was blown away, rather than down.


The Merced River at the west end of the Valley.


Back in 1997 there was a flood that destroyed much of the housing, structures and campgrounds. Knowing that Brad is 6 ft tall, this sign gives perspective.





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