Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . eir loftyriver bed to the plateau below. Thus in one day we had paid our re-spects to many points of interest. Wedecided the following day to take one ofthe po])ular mountain trails to the footof tlie Lpper Yosemite falls, climb to thetop and thence to Yosemite Point, a roundtrip distance of ten miles. All trails aremost carefully constructed by the govern-ment and are as safe for foot travelingas for a pack mule. This Yosemite trail,which begins behind the military bar-racks, gradually winds up numerous zig-zag paths past Columbia Point and along-side the b
Pacific Gas and Electric magazine . eir loftyriver bed to the plateau below. Thus in one day we had paid our re-spects to many points of interest. Wedecided the following day to take one ofthe po])ular mountain trails to the footof tlie Lpper Yosemite falls, climb to thetop and thence to Yosemite Point, a roundtrip distance of ten miles. All trails aremost carefully constructed by the govern-ment and are as safe for foot travelingas for a pack mule. This Yosemite trail,which begins behind the military bar-racks, gradually winds up numerous zig-zag paths past Columbia Point and along-side the base of the Upper falls. Then,after another tedious though safe wind-ing trail our curiosity to see Yosemitecreek leap from its bed is satisfied; andit is well worth the trouble, for it is agrand sight to witness this volume ofwater rushing out into space and thengradually falling in a graceful curve un-til it reaches the sheer perpendiculardrop of 1430 feet. As Yosemite creek was reached beforenoon and the clouds were threatening a. North Dome from ruad lu Happy Isles. Pacific Service Magazine 221 thunderstorm, we quickly availed our-selves of three small granite caves forour noon dining-room. We did not havelong to wait, for soon the very heavensbelched forth discharge after dischargeof lightning, and with the deafeningthunder that followed and re-echoed andreverberated through the canyons andagainst the clitfs made a wonderful ex-hibition of pyrotechnics. Tremendousflashes seemed toreach between pointsmany miles apartand show the energyfrom billions of voltspressure being dissi-pated to MotherEarth; while the rel-ative speed of soundand light never wasso forcibly impressedin our mortal next day Iwent to the Yosemitepower-house to lookinto its engineeringfeatures. It is a gal-vanized iron gableroof building locatedon the Merced riverabout one-quarter ofa mile below its junc-tion with the Illilou-ctte creek plant is oper-ated and maintainedby the United
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