A land of domes and so much more. For music, click on arrow.
Cathedral Mountain, a prominent edifice in the park, stands bold and majestic (upper lake).
The Monday morning blues seems to be a common malady, probably more in the mind than real.
Nevertheless, we often feel once we hit a trail on a Monday or any other day for that matter, a feeling
of tranquility and being at one with the world occurs. Thereafter, the sweat and struggle of the hike
arises but that's a wonderful feeling in itself, but different. We set out to reach the two lakes that
lie below Cathedral Mountain, one higher than the other. We have viewed the edifice from five different
vantage points in Yosemite. The hike with add-ons was nine miles although we did not get much above
an elevation gain of 1,100 feet. Yosemite's layout usually entails a long walk through the forest followed
by rising above the tree-line and then spectacular views.
Jenni stands at the trail end for the lower lake.
A scene on the way back from the lakes, only saw it by chance through the trees.
Jenni captures Cathedral Mountain from the upper lake of the same name.
Some may think, including ourselves, what is it about hiking that keeps the interest level so high. There are
obviously many facets to our lifestyle that create whatever emotions we have. However, what is unexplainable
is the feeling as we take the first few steps on a trail. For whatever reason, whether understandable or not,
a feeling enters the mind and body that's unique, exciting and almost contradictory; it brings about an emotion
of serenity. Funnily enough, we ask ourselves questions of this nature often. Sometimes, answers are not important.
Jenni used 'invisible rope' to pull up 'boy-hero' as we ascend the dome across the way from Lembert.
'Gone fishing' below the cathedral. Even the birds have given up on modesty or perhaps,the equivalent of the 'thumbs-up' sign.
Jenni climbing Lembert Dome, a lot of fun with a little adrenaline flow in places.
Success as she reaches the top.
Jenni is using one of the cameras that we (I) used until recently. It is small and fits snugly into
a carry case. This can be seen around her neck. Hardly an interesting factoid. However the point of
this information goes deeper into issues of woman and man. We are great admirers of women and their
caring and nurturing natures. Nevertheless, once in a while we see the humor resulting from the differences
between genders. Many times its the stuff of comedians, real or imaginary. However, we witnessed a different
approach of the female compared with the male. When we used it, it contained a camera and sometimes a small
lens cloth. After all, it is a camera carrying case. We have recently noticed that it now doubles as a container
for lip-ice, lip-gloss, tissues, maybe a comb and at times, a headband. We hate to ask but wonder if there's
room for a camera.
Following my leader closely.
Then she drags up husband so she can have a photo taken by Robert, one of many German visitors
to the park. Cathedral Mountain in background.
Lake Tenaya in Yosemite, another beauty.
We completed five hikes in Yosemite, the latter three are contained in this blog. The hike to Cathedral Lakes
was mentioned earlier; Lembert Dome took a little walking to get onto the dome but the rest was climbing and
adrenaline pumping; Yosemite Falls was spectacular. We did not complete the hike as we had not intended to do it.
We were passing from east to west heading to see our younger son, Robbie when we decided to take a closer look.
We hiked 1,600 foot up a steep path while taking in amazing views. This included North Dome and Half Dome again.
We turned back as we had insufficient time to complete the distance. However, we will be back as the thought of
standing on the cliffs high above the high falls is breathtaking. (America's highest).
The dramatic falls without water—still dramatic, America's highest.
Our target after 1,600 feet ascent (above the top of falls). Time constraint caused us to return early.
This leaves unfinished business. Guess who intends to revisit?
Cheers,
Jenni and Jeffrey
A scene from a forthcoming hike. All but a fraction is lake surface. No! We did not do a handstand.
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