I’ve thought a lot about what the first thing is that I want to say about Yosemite.  In the end it is this;

If anyone comes to my house and pays any attention at all to what’s on the walls, they know I’m an Ansel Adams fan.  Have been for a long time.  I think I have about 8 or 9 of his photos ranging in size from poster on down.  That is prelude to;

The first time I laid my eyes on first El Capitan, and then Half Dome, in the flesh, eyes on, it was a bit of a hyper ventilation experience in the way they stop you, and then start you.  Taking breath.

The images of these iconic Yosemite Peaks surround me at home but they have now graduated.  They are God’s and now they are mine too.