A small waterfall and natural bridge in the Tuolumne River, Yosemite National Park, California

 This is the Tuolumne River near the Tuolumne Meadows Lodge and is along the John Muir Trail.  This feature is called the Green Pool.  The river flows over this small waterfall and into a pool that is some 8 to 10 feet deep at its deepest.  The granite arm along the right edge of the photo actually forms a natural bridge.  Notice the rocky streambed and the opening in this granite arm in the lower left of center in the second photo.  This is the third natural rock span that we know of in Yosemite National Park.  We've posted photos of those other rock spans earlier in our photo gallery.

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Grand Canyon of Tuolumne, Yosemite, Sierra Nevada Backpacking 2009

The Robinson Twins just posted a video about Rick's third backpacking trip to the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River in Yosemite National Park. He went hoping to show others the string of waterfalls down the Tuolumne River in this canyon, but a forest fire prevented him from going far enough downstream to see all of them. So, of course, that means we have to go again. This video is only about 20 minutes long, so enjoy! Here's the link: https://youtu.be/QHhMT0NjV40

Here is a still photo Rick took of the Tuolumne Falls on the trip shown in the video.

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