Hello out there. Sorry it's been awhile but my access was rather limited in Yosemite although the next to last day I did find a good signal in the Ahwahnee Hotel which worked pretty good. Got to Yosemite on Tues., stayed thru today, then came back to my brother's place in Palo Alto. Yosemite was as beautiful as it was on our trip out here in 1994 with the boys. The Valley, Half Dome, and El Capitan are just natural places that my pics won't be able to capture very well. Four was a good number for this part of our journey, four days at Yosemite, four hours to do a pretty tough hike up to Vernal Falls and the John Muir trail above Vernal (just about did us in that day), and four bear encounters during our stay!! One of those was very close, a young adult was walking down the lane through our tenting area in Curry Village looking for people food (not people to eat, just scraps). He was about 40 feet from me and, like a good tourist, I did manage to get two shot of him before someone chased him away. All in all a beautiful repeat visit to Yosemite, one of my most favorite national parks. Sort of resting here in Palo Alto until Tuesday when we get on the Amtrak California Zephyr headed towards Salt Lake City. Bye for now, jim and sheila.