"Years and years ago an area near here was burned badly.  I helped replant it... it was eery, walking amoung the black earth and blackened trees - and it was foggy... felt like a battlefield."

"I really love the waterfall in the photo! It's nice to go to Yosemite off-season and be able to take photos from that locale.  When we drive by in the summer it's so packed there's nowhere to Park!"

"Thanks! Yeah, there was really no snow at all in the Valley the last week of April. Shady spots and up about 5k feet there were large patches of snow, but nothing on the Valley floor. Did see some frazil ice in the Merced early in the morning though."

"What a beautiful photograph!  I can't believe there isn't snow on the ground."

"What a concidence!  That was the same weekend we were there!  2-1/2 feet is a long way to dig especially when you don't know where to start:)"

"Cool!  Friends of mind were camped at Upper Pines the weekend of 2/19 this year.  They dug down 2 1/2 feet just to find their fire pit.  They had a blast - snow shoeing, hiking, etc.  They dug a snow kitchen, but no igloo.…"