Place: CA-Happy Isles

 

From Wikipedia

Happy Isles-4,045' (Yosemite Quad)
(37.73171, -119.558694)

Description:
"I have named them the Happy Isles, for no one can visit them without for the while forgetting the grinding strife of his world and being happy." (Letter, W.E. Dennison, Guardian of Yosemite Valley, Oct 25, 1885, in YNP files.) Earlier called "Island Rapids" by James M Hutchings. (YNN, 34 no 1, Jan 1944:8) (YNP)

Tennyson quote in Ulysses:

It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles,
And see the great Achilles, whom we knew.

From GNIS:     In Yosemite National Park, in the Merced River at mile marker 130, 1.6 km (1 mi) southeast of Curry Village. (US-T121)

Trips:

• April 18, 2014 - Meetup hike to Vernal and Nevada Falls
• April 22, 2014 - Meetup group walking the east valley loop 
• May 14, 2014 - Backpack trip to Little Yosemite Valley
• May 15, 2014 - Return trip from Little Yosemite Valley and Sub-Dome
•  October 18, 2014 - Ahwahnee hotel as part of hiking around the Valley
• April 11, 2015 - Meetup day hike around the East end of the Valley
•  November 11, 2015 - Meetup day hike around the East end of the Valley
• April 23, 2016 - Meetup hike around the east end of the valley
• October 15, 2016 - Meetup hike around the east end of Yosemite Valley
• October 22, 2016 - Walking Mirror Lake Loop  
• March 12, 2017 - Meetup hike around the east end of Yosemite Valley  
• April 19, 2017 - Day Hike with John, Roger and Jerry
•  March 10, 2018 - Day hike around the east end of Yosemite Valley with Meetup group
•  March 28, 2018 - Yosemite Valley Wander by myself.
• May 4, 2019 - Meetup hike around the east end of Yosemite Valley 
• October 14, 2020 - Hiking the Mirror Lake Loop-Sherri, Gary and Rose
•  April 28, 2022 - Stroll along the east end of Yosemite, a lot of it along the Merced.
• May 10, 2023 -  Lunch stop here while dogwood searching.
  
• May 23, 2023 - Exploring Yosemite Valley, tourist style, with Connie, Steve, Sherri and Gary
• November 6, 2024 - Walking around the east end of the Valley from Camp Curry to Mirror Lake and over to the Ahwahnee

Pictures:

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References:

•  Wikipedia
•  1996 Rockslide
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