On the Way to Smith Rock

And here is the last shot for this week story on the 2011 trip with Manrico Dell'Agnola to Smith Rock. Here is the lake at Tioga Pass.

Tioga Pass (el. 9,943 ft. / 3,031 m.) is a mountain pass in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. State Route 120 runs through it, and serves as the eastern entry point for Yosemite National Park, at the Tioga Pass Entrance Station. It is the highest highway pass in California and in the Sierra Nevada.^[1] Mount Dana is to the east of the pass. There are several trailheads into the Yosemite backcountry which begin at Tioga Pass, including the trail to the Gaylor Lakes to the west/northwest, and the rough trail to the summit of Mount Dana. Dana Meadows is immediately south of the pass alongside the highway, as the pass itself is roughly angled north/south as opposed to east/west. Dana Meadows contains several small lakes.

You can see more pictures of the trip in our gallery.  Next Week I'll post some shots of a trip I took with Sam (my trusted furry friend) to Istanbul by car.