The Morning After

[ambitious_wench]

With camera in hand, and the laptop in my backpack, I headed out this morning to take pictures of the flood damage. The first stop was over to the porch of Dorm C to have a wonderful cup of coffee with my friends Cindy and Mike.

Aparrently Yosemite made the news last night, and they had calls from family concerned about their safety.

Then off down the road--Indian Creek had subsied a bit, but was still way above the level I'd first seen it. Then off to Ahwahnee Meadow--which was largely unaffected by the high water level. To the south of it the river had flooded well beyond its banks, and so I took off down a path that leads to the Housekeeping camp.



Water draining towards the river



Fine weather for ducks:This is the view that greeted me; You can see the water level on the trees in the background, and yes, that's a pair of mallards swimming near the center of the picture.



Reflections on a floodplain: I had to dodge some serious puddles.

Then over a foot bridge and into housekeeping camp. I'll let the images speak for themseves.










In spite of it all, beauty remains

I met up with a Security officer in the parking lot of the registration desk. A few questions revealed that the park is again open as of 6:30 AM. Dave Stone, a deputy sheriff veteran of 15 years said during our conversation that this was the calmest emergency he's ever dealt with; evacuation went smoothly, and the visitors to the park largely handled it well. There was a rumor of a couple of guests that were "upset about it", but that's to be expected.

I'm reminded of something my friend Susan once said: People in California are nice because they know that at any time you may be seeing them in their pajamas because of an earthquake.

Tomorrow: Images of Mirror Lake again, this time with LOTS of water; For now, a tease:

Comments

[kcmistresskatie.livejournal.com]

The pics are fantastic Edie. Thanks for sharing them with us.