Traveling the world one color at a time.
Need to escape? Looking to be whisked away? Itching for travel inspiration?
Look no further than the wildflower-strewn fields of Yosemite National Park in California. The farther away from the Yosemite Valley you travel, the more serene the park becomes.
My debut visit to California’s Yosemite National Park was met with 4th of July crowds and a prescribed burn. People and smoke … lots of both. Nonetheless, we managed to capture some beautiful pictures of the park.
On the Mist Trail:
(Note: This was written Thursday, July 2.)
When I first travel to a national park, I have little choice but to be That Guy. I don’t know the lay of the land, I am unfamiliar with the famous landmarks and I yearn to learn about the biggies that make a park worthy of national park designation.
Hence my day as That Guy in Yosemite Valley. An estimated four million people visit Yosemite National Park every year, and most of them squeeze into the approximately two percent of the park that makes up the Yosemite Valley. To say that Yosemite is too crowded is an understatement. The bad news is that being That Guy requires taking my place among those four million in that two percent worth of space.
