last week we traveled to yosemite for a wedding and got to spend a few days taking in all mother nature had to offer. there was no cell phone reception and very limited internet access, making it ideal for long hikes and killer photo ops. we stopped off the side of the main road to grab a few images of the burnt landscape and to say it was breathtaking is an understatement. you could look out into the wildness and it’s just miles and miles of charred terrain.

we also stopped at groveland, a teeny tiny town, for lunch at the old iron door saloon. it was a neat place to visit, but certainly didn’t feel very californian. there were dollar bills nailed to the ceiling, a blowfish hanging above the bar and very western-like wooden plank sidewalks.

on our way back to san fran we drove by a bunch of cows and ray just had to stop for photos. he’s into everything bovine (steak, milk and cheese) so there’s no way this city boy would pass up a chance to get up close to them. they look just as happy as those ‘happy cows come from california’ commercials don’t they?

and lastly i leave you with our stop at the san luis reservoir. pulling off the side of the freeway seemed to be a theme for that weekend so we couldn’t pass this up. the scenery, the colors…unreal. we were getting pretty hungry, but managed to squeeze a quicky timelapse of the crazy clouds roaring through the mountain pass.