Much of the trail to Mono Pass takes you either through or beside meadows, with Parker Pass Creek joining in soon after the trailhead to keep you company, though it's an aloof, in-and-out kind of company, like a cat that's doing its cat thing and definitely not following you, who don't own said cat in any way. This photo faces northwest, back towards the trailhead, which is nearby here - perhaps half a mile away. The mountains in the background are on the other side of Tioga Road. The little clumps of green rabbit ears scattered throughout the meadow are corn lilies.

Maybe it's just us, but we like this photo better when we're listening to Cannonball Adderley and Miles Davis playing "Somethin' Else". We're indebted to Radio Paradise for the serendipitous discovery that jazz and meadows go together like chocolate and more chocolate.