Back to Emerald Bay we went, this time with my sister-in-law's family and her husband's sister and 7 year old visiting from Israel. It was fun vacationing with a kiddo once again, it really changes things up in a good way.
It was pretty smoky from the fire that was to the south down near Yosemite and there was a lot of cloud cover. The bay was not so very emerald looking.
This sight made me stop in my tracks, we had to go feel it ourselves to make sure we weren't making it up. I'm guessing the center of the tree burned out, and the zillions of tourists were going into the space and harming the tree. But who knows, maybe there's a body in there?
It actually rained on us for like two seconds. We sat here to eat our ice cream bars and watched a mama duck and 7 really teeny babies swimming around.
Always fun to see the sod roofs on Vikingsholm.
Some really pretty wildflowers in the wet spots of the trail, like these Crimson Columbine.
A pretty cool quote on a bench.
These are called Ranger's Button.
There were a lot of small boats anchored in Emerald Bay. A lot of our group rented kayaks to paddle around the little island.
By the time we made it back up to the top, the skies had cleared and the lake was blue-green like it was supposed to be. The visitors from Israel oohed and ahhhed at the sight, I was glad they got to see it.
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