Yosemite National Park My Trip

Leaving on Sept 10, we spent 5 days camping and hiking in the Mammoth Lakes region of the Eastern Sierra Mountains. Autumn is definitely in the air and the leaves are just beginning to change. The deer and the bears have come down from the higher elevations seeking food and warmth. In fact we had a bear in camp who made a visit to our drink cooler...he does not like diet soda! A quick chase and he was on his way to better food.
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Camping at Twin Lakes put us in close proximity to Yosemite National Park and a number of other area's to discover and explore. Twin Lakes our home away from home.
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I planned an afternoon trip to Yosemite to try and get some late afternoon to early evening pictures of some of my favorite places. Here's a few. I used both my new Panasonic LX5 and the Panasonic GF1 with my new Olympus 9-18mm lens. Lembert Dome from Tuolumme Meadows
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Tuolumme Meadows and Tuolumme River Taken with LX5
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Tuolumme River running through meadow
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View of Half Dome from Olmstead Point
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Tuolumme River
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Lembert Dome
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Lots more pics on my Flickr link below. We had a great time and I got to use both camera's. The GF1 around my neck and the LX5 in my jacket pocket. I am very pleased with the results of both. Thanks for looking! Feel free to post your comments good/bad or indifferent.

 

BBW and Mauve
The bear was in camp at least 3 times while we were there. I've never encountered one before that close, but the thing with bears is make a lot of noise. Never ever ever get between a momma bear and her "cute" little cubs..a mistake many people make. Like all good mothers she'll protect her baby's and in the case of a bear that means lots of pain.

The bear in the pic above came into camp around 8am thinking he was invited to breakfast. Everyone had their bear lockers open and were preparing bacon/eggs/pancakes etc. The bear must have thought it was an open invitation to dine..he came right into the camp site right behind ours and headed straight to the open locker. Everyone around started screaming "Bear" Bear and a quick thinking camper threw a rock at the locker..made of metal..the loud thud was enough to send the bear running.

Me, Hannah and Matt in close pursuit...had to get the pic of our morning visitor. No danger..the bear was headed away from us and in a hurry!

 

Don
What a sweet thing to say. Thanks for your continued encouragement and support. Plus..I really do love that LX5! Between the two..I got it covered.