Monday, November 21, 2011

Occupy Yosemite??

Nope...just our Unite Here Local 19 Union march for betterness.....


We did get a feel for how a "Corporate Person" reacts.....4 mounted NPS police, 2 on the ground, and although I do not have a photo of them, there were 4 to 6 Riot Police with semi automatic rubber bullet guns!!  


Thanks to Lesley for taking these pics....  

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Caves and Mortars

Maria, a co-worker at the Village Store, and I set out to find some Indian Caves and Mortars we had heard about.  This time on the trail to Mirror Lake.....We scrambled and climbed above this cave for over an hour convinced there were more caves and evidence that the Native Peoples had lived right here.....



After climbing back down to the trail, we headed back towards home.....Our friends had explained that we would find the mortars by looking for a large, flat boulder in a clearing and here it is!!  More caves were nearby barely 50 yards from the trail.....


The cave below has a picture of a Bear that has naturally occurred in the stone....Do you see it??




Monday, November 7, 2011

Fall

Walking through the Valley I hear the sound of crunchy snow underfoot
Treading lightly with knees slightly bent so as not to slip
The snow ads a beautiful element to the familiar...