Tuesday, June 15, 2010

My trip to Los Angeles: May 26. - 2

First, we visited a lake that called “the mirror lake”. After we stopped the car into parking lot, we walked in the mountain path for the lake.
I saw a clear stream, cliffs and those who went riding on the way to the lake.








We walked about 15 minutes, and the beautiful lake spread out before us. There is a big rock in the lake, and the rock was reflected on the surface of the lake. It was as if a mirror. I realized the reason the lake was called “the mirror lake”.






Second, we visited the Yosemite Falls.
The Yosemite falls is the highest waterfall in North America and the world’s fifth tallest. The water drops down at total distance of 2425 feet or 739 meters from the top of the Yosemite Falls to the ground. Depending on how much snow fell during the wintertime the water in the Yosemite Falls flows from winter through early to mid-summer. The Yosemite Falls is at its height in spring, when the melted snow plunges over the cliffs into the Valley and is usually dry during summertime, beginning in August. In winter time Yosemite Falls are especially spectacular when the cliffs are covered by snow, ice, and frost.
We visited in spring, so it is the best season. I was surprised at the fall’s power.



Though Yosemite was very far from my sister’s house, we stayed only overnight. We leaved for home in the evening. We saw the valley from the upper. It was a lovely landscape. There were camp sites far below.
I said goodbye to Yosemite.
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