yosemite: there was evening and morning, a first day

we spent the first full day of our visit to yosemite within a space about a mile on a side: tuolumne meadows.

the meadow has an artesian spring, which provides carbonated water:



it's apparently potable straight out of the ground, though filters are strongly recommended.

tuolumne meadows are in a valley, so the view is great in all directions:



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