Wildflowers and wildlife in Yosemite meadow

Milkweed and a monarch butterfly in Cook’s Meadow

While the sheer cliffs and towering waterfalls of Yosemite National Park tend to get all the attention, Cook’s Meadow in the valley is also beautiful. During our June visit (click here for how we pulled off our socially distanced road trip), I walked the meadow’s 1-mile loop trail twice,

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