More Pix of Beautiful Yosemite High Country

December 8, 2011 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

view of Cathedral Peak, Yosemite. Photo by Barbara Falconer Newhall — Cathedral Peak, Yosemite, seen from the high country. Photo by Barbara Falconer Newhall

By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Here are some more pictures from my days in the Sierra Nevada last September. We spent time at the Inyo National Forest and Tuolemne Meadows in Yosemite National Park. (My friends pronounce it too-OLL-eh-mee.)

That’s porphyritic granite piled up everywhere.

I’ve got lots of Sierra Nevada pix on this site. Enjoy!

spring flowers in september at inyo national forest. Photo by Barbara Falconer Newhall — It was spring in September at 11,000 feet in Inyo National Forest. Photo Barbara Falconer Newhall

Yosemite-high-country-diseased-tree — A diseased tree on the trail at Yosemite high country. Even the rotten stuff looked gorgeous at 8,000 feet. Photo by Barbara Falconer Newhall.

Water splashing over rocks along Merced River Yosemite. Photo by BF Newhall — High country near Tuolumne Meadows. Photo by BF Newhall.

lupine blooming alongside river in Yosemite High Country near Tuoluemne Meadows. Photo by BF Newhall. — Lupine — a wildflower that blooms in spring at lower elevations in California — was blooming in September near Tuolemne Meadows. Spring came late in 2011– in July — when the last of the snow melted. Photo by BF Newhall.

River rushes over granite rocks in Tuolumne High Country at Yosemite National Park. Photo by BF Newhall — Rocks, trees, river. A great place to just be. Photo by BF Newhall