This breathtaking view was first memorialized in a photograph by Ansel Adams and since then I think there have been millions of photographs from this location. That did not stop me from being next in line the first time we saw this vista. It is a very special place even if you have to jostle with a few score of other people taking the same shot and it takes 15 minutes to wait for a parking spot to open up. If you are fortunate as we were.

It is worth the crowds to stand in awe of the beauty of this place. We were here three times on our week in Yosemite, once with bright sun and blue skies and once just past sunset. Yet this first view with the rain clearing (it was actually raining on us where we were standing but lightly) is the one I will always remember. I recently edited this photo and this is the first time I have posted it but I did have another one from this general area when we were there three years ago. This one is more subtile. Yosemite should be on your list of places you really don’t want to miss in the USA.

You can see El Capitan peeking out a bit on the extreme left, Bridal Veil Falls toward the middle and Cathedral Rocks right behind the falls.