“The wide world is all about you; you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien

In the Wawona section of Yosemite National Park exists Wawona Meadow. Throughout the meadow at points along the Wawona Meadow Loop are great long sections of this beautiful split-rail fencing. This close up of a fence joint whispers memories of the past coupled with new opportunities of the future.