Another awe-filled, first-time: driving Highway 4 at such an elevation, the old trees are physically unable to grow very tall (if at all), and snow was still clinging on in mid-July; where craggy, stark, black rocks jut high above the treeline, where cars and people are few and far between, and the sound of the rushing river reverberates off the large stone landscape. 🥰🥰🥰
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What a wonderful time at Wanderlust, Squaw Valley!
Spiritual reminders and life lessons (plus an unbelievable coincidence) during the day immersion with @evolvingoutloud 🎤🎭,
@seanecorn's inspiring morning yoga classes 🧘; meditation with @not_that_james_brown and @lamarodowens; 🧘♂️
Thai yoga massage lessons with moments of laughing so hard, I cried 😂;
the incomparable feeling of floating in air while being hugged by a hammock doing yoga and meditating with @airealyoga , to floating on a little lake during SUP yoga, surrounded by mountains with @yogaqua ;
Gondolas to 8000+', A pool party with snow still visible nearby, just to name a few awesome moments!
Finishing with an awesome performance and light show by @thieverycorporation ! 🥰😍
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I am totally in shock right now over the wildlife I just saw, and have been seeing on my trip so far!
🐆🦌🦅🦓🐃🐴🦇
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Just now a BOBCAT (!!!) slinked across the driveway right outside the window in front of me, moments after a deer walked down the drive. 🐆🐆🐆🐆🐆🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌🦌.
And at Lake Alpine a Bald Eagle (!!) landed in the trees just above us where we stood. We watched her soaring and hunting around the lake all afternoon, even chasing a giant raptor away from her territory at one point.
🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅
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On the drive up I noticed a Bison feeding on the side of the road and when we stopped to look closer we saw that it was a ranch full of wild and non-native animals, like Emus, water buffalo, longhorn cattle, a cow-spotted donkey, and a Zebra/Donkey!! 🦓🐴🦓🐴🐃🐃🐃 .
Last night we watched bats eat bugs off the big front windows of the cabin. 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇. I'm still reeling in total awe... And we're only halfway through the trip! 🦇🦓🐃🦅🦌🐆
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Deer, red-tailed hawk, bears, blue specked lizards, and more of the gloriousness of Yosemite. Mother nature carved this valley from beauty, awe, and majesty, and I can't wait to return.
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