Early along a hike down into the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne (over 3000ft deep).
 
 

A tree taking its time about falling down.
 
 

A viewpoint along the trail.
 
 

A well-constructed stone bridge helps Ben cross a stream.
 
 

Water snake.
 
 

At last we reached the bottom (it was much harder than climbing back up) and soaked our feet in the river.
 
 

The view from the bottom of the canyon, and my fingertip in the upper right.
 
 

We made it back to our camp by nightfall.
 
 

The next day we went to see famous sits in the much more heavily visited Central Valley.
 
 

Meadow, trees, and mountains.
 
 

A tunnel big enough for a car through a sequioa trunk.
 
 

Another waterfall trickles through the summer months.
 
 

A scenic waterfall with a little more volume to it.
 
 

Half Dome, a sheer face of rock, in the early evening light.
 
 

This deer grazed next to a parking lot in the Central Valley and was totally indifferent to my presence.