Frost and Fog, Sunrise. Yosemite National Park. October 7, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell. (Sales)

The story: I was driving up to the Tuolumne Meadows area to meet a backpacking buddy for our final pack trip of the 2006 season. I had heard reports of snow on the road and a temporary closure so I decided not to leave for the mountains the night before but to instead get up very early and drive straight up to the trailhead. I drove into the park and turned left onto Tioga Pass Road… only to come to a road closure a mile later. I had just seen this foggy, frost-covered meadow which, on a typical drive to a pack trip I might have passed, thinking, “I really should stop and take a photo.” With the road closed, I had no excuse so I pulled out the camera and tripod and wandered off into the frost covered grasses.
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