For our final day in the Yosemite National Park area we decided to explore the Tuolumne Meadow region, as well as Devil's Postpile National Monument near Mammoth Lakes, California, and Mono Lake California. Check out some of America's beautiful park landscape in these pictures!

On the way to Yosemite, this mountainside in a National Forest has been completely logged off.

Vista from Tuolumne Meadows Road

Another vista from Tuolumne Meadows Road

Headed UP the Tuolumne Road

Half Dome from North in the morning

Avalance of ROCK...you can see why this area is completely closed in the winter

Tenaya Lake  (south to north) with High Sierras

Tenaya Lake (north to south)

Medlicott Dome

High Sierras

Pothole Dome

Lembert Dome

High Sierra Snow Pack

Upper Tuolumne River

Tuolumne Meadow in front of Mammoth Peak

Alpine Meadow pond

Alpine Meadow in Tuolumne Meadows

Tioga Lake

Unicorn Peak



Tioga Creek

Ellery Lake

Tioga Pass road (closed in the winter!)

Minaret Peaks near Mammoth Lakes, CA

Middle Fork of the San Joquin River near Devils Postpile

Devils Postpile National Monument (in the early 60's there were plans to dynamite this area to build a highway!)

Devils Postpile close up

White Island in Mono Lake (a salt lake 3 x's saltier than the Pacific Ocean)

Black Island in Mono Lake

Tufa- Tower formations made when fresh spring water bubbles up thru the salty lake water

Half Dome in the afternoon sun