Heather Lake in the morning light brings calm and serenity to visitors who would venture this far into the wilderness. In this natural setting, your senses are piqued as you absorb the beauty and meaning of this place.
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Sacred Forest
When you consider the forest and its Sequoias, it hosts an endless variety of life. It is the place to return to peace and centeredness that reminds me that I am alive. That life is not just about work and personal success, but this is what it is to return to balance. To experience the wilderness is to experience the forests and what it brings to the soul.
Contemplative
There is a natural and contemplative beauty to Yosemite. From place to place throughout the Yosemite wilderness you come upon different moods and places of interest. Here I pause for a photo along a trail on the South Rim of the valley.
Subtle Light
The valley floor of Yosemite this day was filled with exhilaration. The defected light coming through the canopy of the forest created unique lighting conditions that were quite a treat. While what I saw made perfect sense, the mist burning off the forest floor brought about a natural behavior rarely seen.
Thicket
The brush on and around Mt Emma nearer to the Mojave Desert gives you a softer contrast to the trail before you. On this route, the dust, mud, and dirt is often accentuated by the delicate and fragile plant life.
Obscured
A place to withdraw and contemplate, the soft Winter of the lower Sierra offers solace and a new awakening. Here the Winter forest floor at the base of Mt Hillyer keeps your senses piqued.
Serrated
The knife’s edge of a leaf on this tree within the San Gabriel mountains looks more imposing than it really is. While coming back to trek this path a number of times, this overhanging limb remained in place season after season.
Fire Cloud
The soft hues below are accentuated by the fire in the sky above. As the overcast clouds above burn off from the sun overhead, the sunlight fades and passes away. To withdraw and leave behind the darkness. To make way for the promise of a new day.
Unfolded
When the evening sky opens up, there is a state of wonder that comes as with scenes such as this. How the symphony and balance of light between heaven and earth unfold to hold you in place.
Solar Hue
At dusk, the clouds above the Sierra forest unfold and the sky above shines through in a brilliant display of solar hues. There’s a fire in the sky without the flames. The cast of fading color brings out the greatest drama in the Beetle Rock landscape of the Sierra.
Far And Wide
Ridge after ridge, the mountains here are large and small just to sweep out before you both far and wide. At this fire lookout station, the range of view contributes to the protection of this wilderness.
Kratka Ridge
From one end to another, traversing the Kratka Ridge of the San Gabriel mountain range leads you to incredible and awe-inspiring views. Whether it is the journey, the destination, or both, the beauty is but a shadow of new inspiration to come. Following the path laid before you to guide along a way of renewal and wonder.
