Random Shots of Beauty

This week's RSOB wasn't taken from a trail run; truthfully, it wasn't even taken by me. Rather, it's a view of a place that's been on my mind quite often over the past few days:

Yosemite Valley, as seen from the park's Ahwahnee Meadow webcam this morning. We have a family trip planned for later this month, but with the recent threat of a government shutdown, for a while there our chances looked pretty bleak. Needless to say, we're glad that Congress worked things out at least well enough to keep our favorite national park open.

Now if someone could just do something about all that snow ...

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