When we go to the top, I sat on a large rock and was startled when one of these little cuties scurried by me. Then I looked around and noticed they were everywhere. I was fascinated by them. They move really fast and climb trees too. I'm pretty sure they are called Blue-bellied Lizards, and they are pretty common in California.
Another amazing view of the mountains and the valley.
Half Dome.
On the walk to Mirror Lake (which was also peaceful and amazing), we came across this giant, tipped over tree. The roots were pretty cool to see.
Mirror Lake, but mostly dried up at this point of the summer. There were just these little, ice cold wading pools, with the mountains reflecting into them. Lovely. When we were hiking here, it was about an hour and a half until sunset. We saw a sign on our way in that said we were entering mountain lion territory. We walked back to our car in the dark, and I was so freaked out, thinking that for sure a mountain lion was stalking us...but we made it out safely!
"Grizzly Giant"! The largest in the park.
HUGE!
The pretty wildflower meadow.
Way back when (early 1900's?), the park was trying to encourage tourists to visit, so they cut a hole in the middle of this one, and fit a car through it for promo photos. Total bummer, but it is thriving!
Sweet moment in the meadow. The sun was so perfect and listening to the bees could put you in a trance. I wanted to just cozy up on the ground and take a nap...
Crazy, right? This one was hallowed out from a forest fire.
"Faithful Couple". Two sweetie trees grew together over the years and that is what they named the tree.
The end. :)
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