Sentences with phrase «vernal falls»
Vernal Falls Photos Stock photos of Vernal Falls and the Mist Trail in Yosemite National Park, California
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It is a strenuous climb up to Vernal Falls and Nevada Falls.
Rows upon rows of little white tent cabins sit right under Half Dome, with easy access to one of my favorite trails in the valley — the mist trail to Vernal Falls.
A guy on the trail near us at Vernal Falls said he saw a bobcat, but as far as wildlife goes my list is short: crows a plenty, a handful of squirrels, and one raccoon.
We did the hike to the base of Vernal Falls, the bridge rather, and followed that up with a walk to Mirror Lake.
Hikers walk on the Mist Trail to Vernal Fall at Yosemite National Park in California.
The Merced River winds its way through Yosemite Valley, plunging 600 feet at Nevada Fall before slumbering for a moment at Emerald Pool and crashing another 300 feet at Vernal Fall.
Not exact matches
It's not a coincidence that March 25 (the destruction of Sauron and the ring) falls on the feast of the Annunciation / ~ vernal equinox / which was the traditional new year's day (from 525AD) until it was later reset to January 1.
Technically, Spring falls just after the Vernal Equinox, when day and night are each 12 hours long as the Sun's center crosses the equator on its way north.
Stand at the stone walls and survey Vernal and Nevada Falls and the Merced River canyon, or walk inside the granite Geology Hut to peer out at Half Dome.
The commanding vista from Glacier Point, a 7,214 - foot / 2,199 - meter granite precipice that dramatically reaches out over Yosemite Valley, takes in the park's most famous landmarks — Half Dome, Clouds Rest, Liberty Cap, Vernal and Nevada Falls, and the surrounding High Sierra.
A more demanding hike to Vernal and Nevada Falls ascends granite steps to the brink of two massive drops, where you can watch the entire Merced River plunge over the rocky ledge.
As we said last year on Good Friday, there are five nationwide holidays in this country: Canada Day (July 1), Labour Day (1st Monday in September), Christmas Day (December 25), New Year's Day (January 1)-- and Good Friday, today (which is two days prior to Easter, which in turn falls, roughly speaking, on the first Sunday after the first full moon, after the vernal equinox).