Friday, March 2, 2012

from an old travelogue


Yosemite Valley-  The eternal wait comes to a screeching halt as we start the Odyssey straight into the Californian Heartland- The Yosemite National Park, the drive itself was a pleasure from bustling global metros to the deserted open spaces to thick forests, the expansive hinterlands around make your mind really think, wander, the fact is world is huge in every aspect, we are just miniatures and our small world is still smaller, don’t get lost in yourself, look out, look at the big picture and your small world will look much better. Yosemite was just awesome, pure thrill filled with the striking beauty of Yosemite Valley, whose flat floor contrasts with near vertical granite walls over which pour several major waterfalls.

Lake Tahoe- A big day, trip to Lake Tahoe, it seemed exact replica of the  previous day- wilderness of mountain peaks, rivers, meadows, groves of giant
 trees, curvaceous, scary turns and of course long weekend crowds. As it  always happens, when you have thought you figured all out, the surprise awaits, I wish my words could express it all, 8000 ft up on Sierra Nevada mountains, down in the graben, surrounded by mountains around, you find a  dark blue ocean like wonder called Lake Tahoe, its sheer magic of the  almighty!!!. We squeezed in enough halts in a short 4 hour trip across the lake, time to graze, click few snaps and lots of memories.

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