nassiveness of trees and rocks cowering above us. We

nassiveness of trees and rocks cowering above us. We had traveled the Sierra Range of mountains, followed the Mercedes River and an old 'ailroad track that made me wonder how not only that road jut our hard surfaced road had ieen built. We reached The Lodge n late afternoon. As we entered fosemite we were impressed by ;he massive granite walls forming ;he gateway. El Capitan towers iver one side and the Cathedral Spires and Cathedral Rocks on the other. T7ie Cathedral Spires rise 2,154 ft. and the Cathedral Rocks rise 2,678 ft. above the floor of the valley. Sentinel Rock in the south side towers more than 3,000 ft. Opposite Sentinel s an immense Rock called Three Brothers for Tanaya the Yosemite Indian Chief who was captured when the army first visited ifosemite. We were disappointed in the Falls, for the water was only a trickle down the granite walls. Ilie majority of our group was looked for The Lodge and others for the Awahnee Hotel for the light. The crown of tourists that light was so large we felt the lersonnel was not sufficient to ake care of the tourists properly it the Lodge. Sunday morning was a leautiful morning but cold. We were told the temperature was 32 iegrees. We left the Lodge about 10:45 to tour Yosemite which is leyond my description. We had lunch at Glacier Point where one can look (with or without protective fencing) more iian 3,000 ft. down on tiny luildings of Yosemite Village, tfalf Dome dominating the whole ipper end of the valley was ;hought to be “the grandest rock, n the world”. While I was dewing this a gentleman said to im “Some people think nothing if this rock, but I see it as the