Yosemite revisited

With family in from Europe this week, we organized a quick trip to Yosemite to show them around the place. It was a memorable two days.

We began by claiming a campsite in Porcupine Flat, then driving up to Tuolumne Meadows to grab a sandwich and take a hike. And since we always like to do something a little different, and they had done very little in Yosemite, we were able to find a hike that suited us both: the trail from the meadows up to Lower Gaylor Lake. It's a slow, steady climb that leads up to a lovely alpine lake with some fine views---and in this case, enough of a breeze to limit the mosquitoes. And very few people take this hike--we saw one other group during our entire expedition. Quite nice.