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<\/a>\n<\/div>\nPermanent residents–<\/p>\n
<\/a>\n<\/div>\nThe first painting of the trip–<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\n<\/div>\nThe next day we headed east, further up Hwy 120 toward Tioga Pass. After stopping at some of the viewpoints like Olmstead Point, we stopped at Tenaya Lake so I could do another painting. Here are some shots along Hwy 120–<\/p>\n
Views from Olmstead Point. That is Halfdome in the back of the first, and Tenaya Lake in the second scene–<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\n<\/div>\nA small Lake just below the highway (not sure the name) —<\/p>\n
<\/a>\n<\/div>\nHere is Tenaya Lake, me painting and the finished painting–<\/p>\n
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<\/a>\n<\/div>\nAnother stop was Tuolumne Meadows, the campground and other facilities had closed for the season, but the gas station was still open. The Tuolumne River flowing through the meadows–<\/p>\n
<\/a>\n<\/div>\nWe originally planned on staying at Porcupine Campground for 3 nights, but instead decided to go on over Tioga Pass and see if there was any space available (and my RV could fit) in a couple small Forest Service campgrounds there. We found a good place at Tioga Lake Campground. It was quite unsheltered\/open and the view was wonderful. I did a painting right by the RV in the late afternoon.<\/p>\n
A couple of shots of the motorhome and me painting. <\/p>\n
<\/p>\n<\/a> Here is the scene I was painting, and the painting–<\/p>\n It was a full moon that night, which came up later in the evening. That was nice, but it also washed out the starry sky.<\/p>\n The next day, our destination was May Lake. It is a 1.2 mile hike uphill all the way to the lake, and close to 10,000 feet in elevation. Ever since my last hike up to the lake in 1992, I had been wanting to go back and paint it. <\/p>\n Hiking up to May Lake–<\/p>\n Painting at the lake–<\/p>\n The scene I was painting and the finished painting–<\/p>\n In the afternoon, I did another smaller painting–<\/p>\n We hung around the lake for most of the day, then hiked back down, and headed back to Porcupine Campground for the night.<\/p>\n Next day was on to Yosemite Valley. 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