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Post by phazan on Oct 11, 2006 22:21:17 GMT -5
So let me first say this is going to be a video/picture random trip report to Yosemite. There will be TONS of pictures, so if your on dial up (And you know who you are!) TURN BACK NOW!!! So I just got back from my two day adventure. It was great to back at Yosemite again. Everything looked like fall, and I actually saw some wild life this time, but no bears. And the giant waterfalls I saw last time, were very little! But anyway, I had a great time, and I saw some huge rocks and stuff. I'll let the pictures tell the rest... Yosemite wants everyone to stay hydrated before they go on strenous hikes, so they sell soda! This bag of chips was about to pop on the way up to the mountains! The big long tunnel before an increadible view of the valley! BOOOOOORING!!!!! Dang...there's some pretty big mountains! More... I claim this valley! A random flower that looked nice... More scenery... More valley floor stuff... Reflection picture!!! ... Yosemite has some HUGE rock/mountains...they are awesome!
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Post by wdwfanatic on Oct 11, 2006 22:24:07 GMT -5
What? No Brandon being attacked by deer? No Brandon screaming like a girl? No dead Brandon? I want a refund! Anyway, . Those mountains are HUGE! Way bigger than anything I've ever seen before. can you post a story on how you nearly got mauled by deer?
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Post by asdflkahsflasd on Oct 11, 2006 22:26:15 GMT -5
Wow...the only national park I've been to is the Everglades. Yellowstone looks beautiful, though.
BTW, Barbeque chips FTW.
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Post by Coasterdude5 on Oct 11, 2006 22:39:58 GMT -5
Whoa, those pictures are mind-numbing, or eye-numbing! [shut-up John] Haha, glad you're back.
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Post by phazan on Oct 11, 2006 23:05:07 GMT -5
MORE!!! Clouds!! These were kind of making me....FREEZING. They kept moving in front of the sun and I was wearing shorts and a short sleave shirt...later they brought rain, I was hoping it would snow...it never got cold enough. Water fall!! Dark mountain... More of the water fall... I HAD to venture into the rocks and get up close to it, so along the way, I found this cool mini waterfall! Dang, I'm getting pretty close to it! Heres what I had to climb over to get this awesome view. Don't steal the toilet paper!! Time to visit El Capitan! This thing is HUGE! More El Capitan! Zoomed in...can you find some climbers? Leaf! I took these next few pictures through my dad's binoculers...see if you can find some climbers! And I end this update with...MY LUNCH!! It was very good too! Check back tomorrow!
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Post by Coasterdude5 on Oct 11, 2006 23:09:35 GMT -5
Wow... that's about all I can say.
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Post by spaminacan11 on Oct 11, 2006 23:47:53 GMT -5
Wow man, great pictures. It reminds me a lot of my trip to the Rocky Mountains. I love the mountain valleys. It is to cool being able to look down into them. They are so pretty.
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Post by wdwfanatic on Oct 12, 2006 9:38:34 GMT -5
El Capitan is huge! Those waterfalls were my favorite part of the TR. Or maybe the sandwich was. I dunno. I couldn't see any climbers. All those boulders that you had to climb over looked like they would be fun.
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Post by phazan on Oct 12, 2006 12:01:31 GMT -5
MORE!! Here are some climbers for those of you who couldn't find them. They are really hard to see. It was out of focus, but you can still see them as little blobs. Here is a giant tree. Last time I was here, this river was flooding! And the clouds keep getting bigger and coming closer... Mountain... Another reflectoin picture! Mountains... More mountains... Here is a cool bird I took a picture of...not that exciting... I see Half Dome! When summer comes, I'm gonna hike to the top! Another reflection picture... ... Water that once was rushing really fast and flooding! Here is a model of the valley. I found it to be pretty cool. Here is the outlook area where I took this next picture I posted earlier... And I took a picture of another bird! He was pretty cool though... We were driving along and saw a bunch of random deer that almost mauled me! So I got out and took some pictures. more deer... Another deer...there were tons of them all in a group. It was pretty wild. It's time for the first video of TR! It's not that great, its just like 30 seconds of walking around looking at the deer...the other videos will be cooler. How many can you find? Another deer... Deers love peacfull medows... Half Dome! The trail to a waterfall. trees... Now my sister wanted to climb to the waterfall, so I went again. This time, I went a lot further! Getting there... lots of big rocks to climb over... And I saw this huge cliff, so I had to touch it! Another cool view of Half Dome! This is a pool of water where the waterfall empties out. If it weren't so cold, I would have swam in it. My sister was too scared to climb over some of the rocks, so I left her with my camera so she could take this picture. Here I am next to the waterfall. Then I got my camera back and got closer! I got really close to it, some of the water was hitting me. It was really cool. Another picture when I decided to head back. Check back later for more pictures!
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Post by Coasterdude5 on Oct 12, 2006 13:46:08 GMT -5
Wow, the climbers picture was cool. They looked like dots. Once again, great pictures!
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Post by wdwfanatic on Oct 12, 2006 14:56:09 GMT -5
Those climbers are crazy! I like that blackish, purple-ish, oily feathered bird. It looks cool. Did the deer charge at you or something? The model of the valley looks cool.
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Post by phazan on Oct 12, 2006 21:00:44 GMT -5
MORE!!! Lots of El Capitan pictures in this section... EDIT:Okay, the youtube thing isn't working, so you are going to have to click on the links to see the videos...yes it is hard work but I know you can do it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0agMJdQWqY8A video showing what surrounded me while I was climbing to the water fall. It's pretty cool, watch it! Trees These next pictures are when we stopped at the El Capitan meadow. This place was really cool. The way the light shined on El Capitan made it look amazing. Zoomed view. If you look really close you can see climbers. They are tiny dots... yeah, there are a lot of pictures of El Capitan! The sun is going down... Haha, fooled you! MORE!!! Last one I promise! 360 of El Capitan meadow video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2X4GJoJ45MAs we were driving to our cabin, we had to stop at the viewing area for another look at the valley. We were driving to the cabin and drove right next to this awesome cow! He just sat there looking at us while chewing hay, with a plain face and then decided we weren't worth standing next to, so he walked away. We stopped for dinner and I got some good food! This next video shows one of my amazing hidden talents! I make an awesome noise only using a wine glass. It annoyed my parents the way my hand whistiling does! (You may want to turn your sound up, it's a little quiet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j04O4IWCyeAKeep checking for more! Next pictures will be of Glacier Point, probably the coolest pictures out of this TR!
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Post by phazan on Oct 13, 2006 14:05:58 GMT -5
Glacier Point day pics! Day two we went up to Glacier Point which has an awesome view of the valley... Breakfast for me was French toast! It was gooooooood. We passed by the Yosemite sign on our way into the park. Getting there... On the way there, we passed by some Coyotes! (sp?) And we passed by the Valley outlook place again... Glacier Point!! Half Dome looks awesome You get to get close the edge of a cliff. It's really cool to look down, it makes you a little nervous to get near the edge. Squirrel!! Another shot of him... More trees... Hey look another one! The ledge of doom! This squirrel is flirting with danger. Notice the bottom of the valley a few inches away from the squirrel Wow... More Glacier Point pictures later today...stay tuned!
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Post by Coasterdude5 on Oct 13, 2006 15:14:18 GMT -5
Whoa... again... The squirrel pics were awesome!!
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Post by phazan on Oct 14, 2006 16:42:06 GMT -5
More Glacier Point pictures.... Everyone looking over the edge of the drop off. There were a lot of foreigners there. It made me feel like I was in a different country...there some HOT ones too! (obviously not the one in the picture...shes a little old for me) Half dome... Whoa... Binocular picture...I will be hiking to that ledge next summer! I like this picture... A Russian man was nice enough to let us see the climbers with a telescope. Time for some much needed lunch. Macaroni salad, and some Powerade After Glacier Point, we drove around the valley floor for one last look before we left. Some wind blew for a second, and blew mist everywhere from this waterfall. It looked pretty cool, so I got my camera out of my pocket and took this. Nothing beats some Tie Dye and Jerky! (We didn't stop there) Tie Dye and Jerky GO BACK Well thats it, thanks for reading! Thanks for all the nice comments everyone!
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