My comfy room at the Black Oak Hotel
Bike is packed and ready to go.
Departing from the Black Oak Resort
Buchanan Road descends into the frigid canyon carrying the North Fork Tuolumne River.
Smooth asphalt and no traffic on Fish Hatchery Road
On Cottonwood Road near The Basin
Bridge over Clavey River
Clavey River
Reed Creek
On Forest Route 3N01
Descending 3N01 into the Tuolumne River Canyon
View west on Cherry Creek bridge
View east on Cherry Creek bridge
View east on Tuolumne River bridge
View east on Tuolumne River bridge
Climbing the south wall of Tuolumne River Canyon
View west of Tuolumne River Canyon
View north from the climb up the south wall of Tuolumne River Canyon
View east of Tuolumne River Canyon from Mather Road
A corner of Hetch Hetchy Valley can be seen at the center distance.
Camp Mather is closed for the season.
I didn't see a soul here.
Leaving Camp Mather
Evergreen Road near Ackerson Meadow
Entering Yosemite National Park on CA120
Starting up Tioga Road
Encountering another cyclist on Tioga Road.
Encountering a group of four cyclists on Tioga Road.
Starting from Groveland and riding to Lee Vining for the night, they were susprised to see me on the road.
Starting down to Yosemite Creek
Porcupine Creek Trailhead is packed.
Clouds Rest from Tioga Road
Passing Olmstead Point
Tenaya Peak and Tenaya Lake come into view.
Tenaya Peak (right) stands above its lake.
Storage container mars the composition.
Descending toward Tenaya Lake
Sunrise Trailhead is busy.
Tenaya Peak above Tenaya Lake
Climbers free-climb high on Polly Dome.
Cathedral Peak from Tioga Road
Pywiack Dome
Tuolumne Meadow is ready for winter.
Tourists at Tuolumne Meadow
I shot this riding by at 20 mph, so I had no idea I had captured three tourists in the foreground until I edited the photos.
Cathedral Lakes Trailhead is busy.
Tuolumne Meadow Store is ready for winter.
Lembert Dome
Snow dusts the summits of Mts. Dana (l) and Gibbs.
Gaylor Peak stands above Tioga Pass.
Down to "one dot" on the remaining capacity display.
Hiker's route up Mt. Dana has snow at near its summit.
Tioga Pass
Starting down the east side of Tioga Pass into a mild breeze.
The air temperature at the pass was about 7C, its warmest of the day.
Tioga Pass Resort
The lodge's roof is under repair.
Ellery Lake
Lee Vining Canyon
Rock slide zone
Mono Lake
Entering Lee Vining
Plenty of space for my bike in the room
Interesting sunken shower at Murpheys Motel
