Morning Walk up the Lyell Fork of the Tuolumne River

While camping at the Tuolumne Campground in Yosemite National Park in August 2016, I arose with the raucous calls of the Steller's Jays to take a leisurely walk up the Lyell Fork. I was richly rewarded by mists rising off the river across the reflection of Lembert Dome, soft trunk shadows of the Lodgepole Pine cast on the ground, and a doe and her fawn crossing the river.