Yosemite – Mariposa Grove and Bridalveil Falls

Posted by Karen on 09-May-2009

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And it’s a moonbow and waterfalls in Yosemite this weekend.  Tersha, Vic, Brianna and I arrived last night and settled into Housekeeping Camp.  This was my first time saying at Housekeeping instead of Curry Village and it wins hands-down (if you can get a reservation there).  It’s got beds of a sort (bring you own padding and bedding), a firepit and you can cook food there, whereas you can’t at Curry Village.  After we settled in, I headed over to Cooks Meadow around 11pm to try and capture a picture of the Yosemite Falls Moonbow.  The moonbow is a phenonemon that occurs only under the right conditions of a full moon at the right angle and enough water in the waterfall to produce enough mist for a rainbow.  During the day, the naked eye can see the rainbows, but at night they appear silverly and can be seen with time-lapsed photography.  So I joined the many dozens of people with their tripods along the path in Cooks Meadow and took a few photos and got one I like. 

This morning we headed up to Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias so that Tersha could get her big tree fix.  We stopped at many of the tourist pullout spots on the way because this was Brianna’s first trip to Yosemite and we had to show her all the wonderful postcard views that we could.  We took the open-air tram tour of the grove this time and enjoyed it quite well.  Afterwards, on the way back to camp, we stopped at Bridalveil Falls, donned our rain ponchos, walked to the base of the 620 foot waterfall and took a shower!  At this time of year with the waterfall at peak flow, there is no way to get near the base without getting drenched and we enjoyed evey minute of it!

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2 Responses to “Yosemite – Mariposa Grove and Bridalveil Falls”

1. Carol says:

   22-May-2009 at 4:18 am

   wow…you got some great pics…love those trees…I’ve never seen them in person, but wow!

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2. Karen says:

   26-May-2009 at 11:31 am

   Thanks Carol. The big trees are quite impressive and we need to get you and hubby out to the left coast so that you can see them!!

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