Yosemite National Park

Steve and I are on a road trip through northern California, Oregon and Washington. It is really too hot to stay in Vegas if you can help it. We spent today touring through Yosemite National Park for the first time. What a treat! The scenery is a study of contrasts between the hugh gray granite monoliths, the stately sequoias and other pines and the cascading waterfalls. The first picture is a view of Bridal Veil Falls in the early morning. The second picture is a view of Yosemite Valley after passing through the tunnel carved out of solid granite. The rock on the left is El Capitan.We had only one day to spend here but you could easily spend a week hiking, biking, rafting, horse back riding, etc.

I made the local paper!

Check out this site: http://www.telluridenews.com/ . Every Monday in one of the town parks is offered a free yoga class in Telluride. This last Monday someone was there taking pictures and guess what I was in it and the picture make the front page of the Telluride Daily Planet. Do you see me? One hint - I am in real need of a haircut.

Telluride Farmer's Market

Every Friday in Telluride on Oak Street is a Farmer's Market. This is a fantastic place to shop for fresh vegetables, fruit, breads, baked goods and meats. Farmers from all around the area come in to town to sell their produce. Today I was able to get fresh lettuce, small potatoes, squash, apricots, cherries, flowers and chocolate chip cookies. You have to come early for the best selection.

Giverny, France

Steve and I recently spent two weeks in France visiting Paris and northern France. I wasn't able to blog while there so over the next few days I'll upload some pictures of what we saw. Every travel book of Paris mentions Giverny which is an hour outside of Paris. Being interested in art I have always wanted to see Claude Monet's gardens which were the inspiration of his famous water lily paintings. I saw the paintings in the Musee de Orangerie on my last visit to France so when our Paris friends mentioned taking us to Giverny I was thrilled. The gardens and lily ponds are gorgeous. This is a picture of just a small portion of the lily pond and one of the Japanese bridges.