Yosemite

I grew up visiting Yosemite, sometimes staying at Tenaya Lodge, sometimes camping in the valley. It never looks the same twice. The highlight is still hiking Half Dome and looking back down on the valley I'd spent my whole childhood staring up at.

Half Dome rising above the Merced River and pines, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, by Zyan Sachs
The Ahwahnee hotel framed between pine trunks below granite cliffs, Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, by Zyan Sachs
Half Dome framed by autumn trees under scattered clouds, Yosemite National Park, California, by Zyan Sachs
Hikers on the Half Dome cable route up the granite summit dome, Yosemite National Park, California, by Zyan Sachs
Line of hikers ascending the Half Dome cables under billowing clouds, Yosemite National Park, California, by Zyan Sachs
Hiker climbing the Half Dome cables against a deep blue sky, Yosemite National Park, California, by Zyan Sachs
Nevada Fall sliding down a sunlit granite wall along the Mist Trail, Yosemite National Park, California, by Zyan Sachs
Sun rays streaming through tall pines in morning mist, Yosemite National Park, California, by Zyan Sachs
Granite walls and Yosemite Falls above the valley on 35mm film, Yosemite National Park, California, by Zyan Sachs
Sunlit pine tree beside a towering granite wall on 35mm film, Yosemite National Park, California, by Zyan Sachs
Sheer granite cliff face against a pale sky, Yosemite National Park, California, by Zyan Sachs
El Capitan and Yosemite Valley under a blue sky on 35mm film, Yosemite National Park, California, by Zyan Sachs