2001 Yosemite Institute Field Trip album

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.

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

Curry meeting (picture #0111N-22)

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

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At Glacier Point, we gathered for group photos

Group shot (picture #0111N-30)

Group left (picture #0111N-31)

Group right (picture #0111N-32)

We had a geology lecture and a topography puzzle

Topography puzzle (picture #0111N-33)

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After lunch, we started down the Four-Mile Trail

Yosemite Trickle (picture #0111P-00)

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Trailside talk (picture #0111P-03)

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El Capitan (picture #0111P-06)

Four Mile Trail (picture #0111P-07)

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Ears (picture #0111P-12)

Ears again (picture #0111P-15)

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Abandoned meander (picture #0111P-17)

Switchbacks (picture #0111P-18)

Switchbacks again (picture #0111P-19)

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.

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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Backlighting (picture #0111Q-02)

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This big (picture #0111Q-10)

This little (picture #0111Q-11)

Netting insects (picture #0111Q-12)

Netting (picture #0111Q-17)

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

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Cold water (picture #0111Q-24)

Sorting tray (picture #0111Q-26)

Sample tray (picture #0111Q-35)

Pipette (picture #0111Q-37)

Insect collection (picture #0111R-00)

Writing in our journals about our findings

Journal (picture #0111Q-25)

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Adaptation game (picture #0111R-16)

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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YCS bus ride (picture #0111R-19)

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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

Magic portal (picture #0111S-25)

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Fallen Monarch (picture #0111S-32)

Roots story (picture #0111S-33)

Soft bark (picture #0111S-35)

Tree-ring story (picture #0111S-36)

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Tree passage (picture #0111T-07)

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Lunch (picture #0111T-12)

Looking it up (picture #0111T-20)

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Tannin for fire-resistance and face painting

Tannin (picture #0111T-36)

Painted with Tannin (picture #0111T-27)

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Visit to The Grizzly Giant

Grizzly Giant (picture #0111U-06)

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

Journals (picture #0111U-22)

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The Hiking Groups

Hiking group (picture #0111U-09)

Hiking group (picture #0111U-12)

Hiking group (picture #0111U-14)

Hiking group (picture #0111U-21)

Hiking group (picture #0111U-23)

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.

Phone-booth line (picture #0111V-10)

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Human Slinky

Trying to connect two points while always staying connected:

Slinky game (picture #0111V-27)

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USGS jacket came in handy (picture #0111V-31)

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Painting

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

painting (picture #0111W-04)

Painting (picture #0111U-29)

Tree painting (picture #0111W-01)

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

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Half-Dome painting (picture #0111W-12)

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...and each others' faces

Face painting (picture #0111W-02)

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

Farewell (picture #0111W-16)

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I'm a chicken... a chicken... a chicken with two wings! (picture #0111W-22)

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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