Pictures

This was taken on Wednesday--I'm driving through one of the redwoods. Matt, we have the picture you requested; however, the disk is in Grandpa's camera, and we can't retrieve it until we get home.
Bridal Veil Falls at Yosemite. Yosemite Falls is probably a little taller--it has a vertical drop of 2,425 feet, but it is dry in August.
A granite monolith in Yosemite
This is El Capitan. It is the largest monolith in the world--5 times larger than Gilbralter and 3 times taller than the Empire State Building. Like all the others in Yosemite, it is made of granite. There were several rock climbers on it when this picture was taken--maybe if you enlarge it, you can see them.

Another view of El Capitan
This river is at the base of El Capitan. There were lots of swimmers there.
A sequoia in Yosemite. Sequoias are a little shorter and bigger around than Coastal Redwoods.
Sequoia--too tall to get in one picture
Sequoia

Group of sequoias

Sequoia again Gorge before entering Death Valley--notice lack of vegetation
This was taken at Furnace Creek--the palm trees were a rare sight--generally, there was no vegetation--you can see the white in the background--I think that is sand. The temp here was 117 degrees.

See the elevation--this was the only golf course we saw. Most of Death Valley was barren. We drove through it for probably about 90 miles, but it is much larger than that.