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Happy Isle is the name given to a pair of small islands
formed where the Merced River enters Yosemite Valley. There is a
Nature Center located near by, which has exhibits explaining the
natural features of the park. Happy Isle is also the starting
point for the famed John Muir Trail, as well as the point of
departure for popular treks to Vernal and Nevada Falls, Merced
Lake, and Half Dome.
| If you visit the lake during spring-time, you can see
impressive views and mirrored reflections of Tenaya Canyon. The
lake is naturally evolving into a meadow and dries up by summer's
end. The Lake is located at the east end of Yosemite Valley. |
Heading west from Yosemite along highway 120, is a turnout
viewing area named Valley View. You can look back and see
Bridalveil and far below is the Merced River as it leaves the
valley on its journey towards . . (I haven't the faintest idea
where it goes from there)
Giant sequoia trees are the largest living things on earth, and
are among the oldest. Yosemite's
Grizzly
Giant, has a huge 30-foot-thick trunk, is 2,700 years
old, stands as tall as a football field is long, and has
survived many major climate and environmental changes in the last
several thousand ears.. This tree lives among the Mariposa Grove
of giant sequoia, near the Wawona region of Yosemite, just inside
the southern entrance of the park. |
| Bridalveil Falls -The Ahwahneechee called this place Pohono,
"spirit of the puffing wind." The wind swirls about the cliff,
often lifting the falling water and blowing it from side to side
in a delicate free-fall. Although Bridalveil Fall appears to be
small when seen against the surrounding canyon walls, it is
actually 620 feet high. The Falls are located on the south wall
near the entrance to the valley; its base can be reached via a
short spray-drenched footpath. |
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