At the wilderness center in Yosemite Valley yesterday, I overheard the rangers discussing in amazement the weather, which surprised forecasters by producing not just some rain, but substantial and painful hail this week in the mountains. From last Wednesday, in the early afternoon at Lower Ottoway Lake:
Those innocent-looking clouds built up and gave us this a couple of hours later…
White peas on the trail
at Ottoway Lake
Rip of thunder
in July
Kit Stolz 