Month: February 2009

  • Join The YosemiteBlog Flickr Group

    So this morning I sent out invites for a new Flickr group I formed for all of the readers and contributors to Yosemite Blog. By adding your photos to the group pool you’ll be sharing them with all the Yosemite Blog readers and I’ll be browse what you put up for Photo of the Day.…

  • Photo of the Day: Snowy by Connie

    Today’s Photo of the Day comes to us from another of those lucky people who get to wake up to the sun rising over Half Dome and the roar of Yosemite Falls, Connie. Her photo is a beautiful shot of snow in the Valley. Very nice, Connie. Thanks for sending it in. Photo by Connie…

  • Don’t Miss Horsetail Fall

    If you’re headed up to Yosemite to catch the Firefall (Horsetail Fall) then listen up. Northside Drive in Yosemite Valley, from Camp 4 to El Capitan Crossover, is closed for road work until May 2009. Southside Drive east of El Capitan Crossover is open to two-way traffic for access to eastern Yosemite Valley (including Yosemite…

  • Getting Married in Yosemite a Family Affair

    When my wife and I first talked of marriage we looked long and hard at the Yosemite Chapel. We both like it and loved Yosemite so it seemed like a perfect fit. But, as in all things, concerns for our family and guests led us to get married in our home town. We still talk…

  • Photo of the Day: Pothole Dome by Tony Immoos

    Today’s Photo of the Day comes to us from a great photographer and good friend of Yosemite Blog, Tony Immoos. Tony’s photos are, in my honest opinion, some of the best damn work on the internet. And you can quote me on that. Here’s a great black and white Tony sent in called “Pothole Dome”.…

  • Dane and His Mighty Camera

    Dane’s wife Angie was raised in Mariposa so it really came as no surprise when Dane told me they were moving back to the hills so they could be close to her parents and raise their kids outside the city. Hey I was raised in the country so I see nothing wrong with it. Besides,…

  • Amgen Bicycle Tour of California Coming to Yosemite Area

    NPS: The largest cycling event in America, the 2009 Amgen Tour of California is a Tour de France-style cycling road race that challenges the world’s top professional cycling teams to compete along a demanding, recently expanded, 750-mile course from Sacramento to Escondido from February 14-22, 2009. For the first time, the Tour will be passing…

  • Photo of the Day: Yosemite by David Knuth

    I meant to get this one up last night before the maintenance started at the host and Yosemite Blog went down for a couple of hours but I didn’t make it. I really like todays Photo of the Day for the color and composition. The sky is SOOOOO deep blue Very nice work David. Photo…

  • Man Pleads Guilty to Hunting in Yosemite

    Rangers from the Wawona, Valley and Mather Districts were staking out an illegal tree stand inside the park’s boundary last October 4th when a hunter armed with a rifle climbed into the stand. The rangers watched the man – later identified as Phillip Bradley, 62, of Merced, California – for another hour, then took him…

  • Photo Video of the Day: 1997 Floods by Mark Holloway

    Today we don’t have “a” Photo of the Day but a collection of photos into this new fangled thing called a “video”. Mark Holloway, you may remember he’s the one with the Cavalry photo that was yesterdays Photo of the Day, sent me a link to some video and stills he put together of the…