2001 Yosemite Institute Field Trip Album

(-Most photographs by Michael Diggles)

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Group photo (picture #0111N-30


Quick jumps to field-trip days

  • Sunday
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Wednesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
  • Photos of chaperones and their students

    Sunday

    We gathered at school, loaded the bus, and headed for Yosemite Valley where we checked in at Camp Curry.

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    Schoolyard (picture #0111N-06)

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    Lunch stop in Groveland (picture #0111N-10)

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    First view (picture #0111N-12)

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    Camp Curry was home for the next few days

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    Curry cabins (picture #0111N-20)

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    Monday

    Our first day with YI; we met our naturalists and our different hiking groups all took the bus to the top of Glacier Point and hiked down the Four Mile Trail to the Valley

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    Curry meeting (picture #0111N-22)

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    "Danger Rave" (picture #0111N-23)

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    At Glacier Point, we gathered for group photos

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    Group left (picture #0111N-31)

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    We had a geology lecture and a topography puzzle

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    After lunch, we started down the Four-Mile Trail

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    Trailside talk (picture #0111P-03)

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    El Capitan (picture #0111P-06)

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    Four Mile Trail (picture #0111P-07)

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    Ears (picture #0111P-12)

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    Ears again (picture #0111P-15)

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    Abandoned meander (picture #0111P-17)

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    Tuesday

    I missed this day because I had to go home to work on the election board. The challenge for the day for some hiking groups was climbing through Spider Cave.

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    Wednesday

    My group went up to Happy Isles where Garth, our Naturalist, taught us how to tell stream health by the insects that are present in the stream bed.

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    Insect survey (picture #0111Q-07)

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    This big (picture #0111Q-10)

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    This little (picture #0111Q-11)

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    Netting insects (picture #0111Q-12)

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    Netting (picture #0111Q-17)

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    Hip boots are needed (picture #0111Q-19)

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    Cold water (picture #0111Q-24)

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    Sample tray (picture #0111Q-35)

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    Pipette (picture #0111Q-37)

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    Insect collection (picture #0111R-00)

    Writing in our journals about our findings

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    Thursday

    We moved from the Valley to Wawona for the next two days. We went to the Mariposa Grove and then on to Camp Wawona.

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    Chorus line (picture #0111R-28)

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    Stop at Inspiration Point just before Wawona Tunnel

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    Inspiration Point (picture #0111S-13)

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    Entering the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees

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    Fallen Monarch (picture #0111S-32)

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    Roots story (picture #0111S-33)

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    Soft bark (picture #0111S-35)

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    Tree passage (picture #0111T-07)

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    Lunch (picture #0111T-12)

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    Tannin for fire-resistance and face painting

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    Tannin (picture #0111T-36)

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    Painted with Tannin (picture #0111T-27)

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    Visit to The Grizzly Giant

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    Telephoto shot (500 mm) (picture #0111U-07)

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    Journals (picture #0111U-22)

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    The Hiking Groups

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    Friday

    After another group challenge in the morning and some time to paint, write, and share our stories with each other, we thanked our naturalists, loaded up, and headed for home.

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    Human Slinky

    Trying to connect two points while always staying connected:

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    Painting

    We painted things we had seen like trees and domes...

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    One done by a chaperone (picture #0111W-07)

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    ...and each others' faces

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    Finally, it was time to load the bus and cars and head for home.

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    Photographs of adult-child pairs and groups

    Thanks go to these adults who came to help make this trip possible; here are some shots of them with their kids.

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