Today we hiked up to Vernal Falls.  On the way, we traversed a fen near happy isles:

Looking up from Happy Isles:

After a while, the path transitions to steps:

At last, we reached Vernal Falls.  There’s not much water this time of year:

This California Ground Squirrel was waiting for us to turn our back so he could raid our pack:

After some more steps, we reached the top:

Continuing on towards Nevada Falls, we had a great view of Liberty Cap, which Trish and I summited in ‘93:

Broderick and Liberty Cap:

Water coming down from Nevada Falls towards Vernal Falls:

Heading back:

One last photo of Vernal Falls:

Towards dusk, we went for a short bike ride: