July 2019: Hiking to the waterfalls in Yosemite

I visited retired friends who live in the Sierra foothills, and we spent a day hiking up the Merced River, to Vernal and Nevada Falls. The day was hot but this was the hike to do.

On the cool Mist Trail at 317' Vernal Falls

The awesome backside of Half Dome. See the climbers?

From the John Muir Trail: Half Dome, Liberty Cap, and 480' Nevada Falls

With hikers at the top