John Muir Trail - Yosemite National Park (Part 15)

Yosemite National Park is a national park located in California that stretches eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in the central eastern portion of California and covers around 761,268 acres or 3,080.74 km² of land. Yosemite National Park is best known for its waterfalls, deep valleys, grand meadows, giant sequoias, giant wilderness area, and much more. I, personally, love Yosemite National Park. I think it is very beautiful and is a great place for photographs. I also happen to live in the SF Bay Area which isn't very far from it! I try to make at least 1 trip almost every year to the park. I visited the park several month ago and I am here to show you some of the photos I took in the park as well as some photos I took on the way into the park from the SF Bay Area. These photos will be divided over several blog posts. I hope you enjoy the photos! Also, I have route information recorded using a Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver. If you are planning a similar trip to Yosemite National Park and would like to see the route I took, feel free to email me at the email address I provided on my "About the Photographer" page for a copy. I can provide you the route information in Google Earth KMZ, Canon NMEA, and GPX formats. If you would like to get notifications when I do post, you can Like/Follow me on the following fan pages: Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. If you are interested, choose one of the links below:

• Yosemite 2013 (Best Photos)
• Yosemite 2013 (All Photos)

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Now let's introduce you to the photos for today. The photos for today was from the 3rd day of my trip. After walking down Happy Isle Loop Road, I turned onto the John Muir Trail to hike to Vernal Fall. The photos for today are from the John Muir Trail up to the Vernal Fall Foot Bridge where I took some photos and a rest.

While hiking up, saw this squirrel just sitting there, probably sunbathing, or just pondering on little squirrel questions. :P It let me get pretty close for a photo. I didn't even have to switch to my telephoto.  

 Hiked down near the river bank for a photo of the Merced River. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 52 N 119 33 34 W 

 A photo I shot on the John Muir trail hiking up. On the left, at the peak is where the Glacier Point Viewing area is. On the right is Upper Yosemite Fall. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 37 N 119 33 32 W 

 View of the Merced River while hiking up John Muir Trail.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 36 N 119 33 29 W 

Another photo of the Merced River.

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 36 N 119 33 30 W 

An HDR composition during the hike. Notice the snow on the mountain?

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 38 41 16 N 119 56 35 W  

 An HDR composition shooting up hill photographing the rocks on the side. Sure would suck if an avalanche happened! 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 38 10 35 N 119 50 23 W 

HDR composition of the John Muir Trail. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 38 40 52 N 119 48 33 W  

A photo of Vernal Fall (off in the distance) and the Merced River on the Vernal Fall Foot Bridge. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 37 43 34 N 119 33 06 W  

 HDR composition from the Vernal Fall Foot Bridge.

An HDR composition facing down the mountain on the Vernal Fall Foot Bridge. 

 An HDR composition of Vernal Fall (off in the distance) and the Merced River on the Vernal Fall Foot Bridge. 

Regular shot of the scenery down the mountain.  

Another photo of Vernal Fall (off in the distance) and the Merced River on the Vernal Fall Foot Bridge. 

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed them. Next time I will have photos of squirrels that I took photos of near the Vernal Fall Foot Bridge. Please don't forget to share my blog posts with your friends! If you would like to get notifications next time I post, you can "Like" me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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