Mono/Yosemite

One of the luxuries of being retired is time. You can go at your own pace, which in the Old Sloat's case means ambling instead of scurrying. Coming home from Tahoe I opted to drive south along the east slope of the Sierra, then come thru Yosemite over Tioga Pass on the way home. It turned out to be a 10 hour drive, instead of the 5 hour trip via Placerville and Sacramento, but it was fine. Here's Mono Lake, brooding under towering cumulus in early afternoon.

Traveling over Tioga Pass, I drove by Lembert Dome, near Tuolumne Meadows. This was a perfect spot to engage in granitic sloatation and down a cold one. I love the granite of the Sierra. It's clean and stark, and very fine to lay upon.