Month: September 2009

  • Don’t Miss An Episode: Watch the Ken Burns Special Online

    If you missed last nights episode or Sunday night’s premier of The National Parks: America’s Best Idea and you didn’t get it your TiVo set in time don’t worry, you can still watch it online. Each of the six episodes, deleted scenes and some untold stories are available on PBS.org. Better hurry though, the videos…

  • Photo of the Day: Tufa Cathedral by Kirk Howard

    It’s been a while since I’ve done a Photo of the Day so I felt it perfectly fitting that this beautiful shot of the tufa at Mono Lake from Kirk Howard should herald the return of the Photo of the Day. I used to have a large photo print on my wall of a seascape…

  • Commemorating the Event

    Kirk Howard was on Twitter with us Sunday night for the premier of the Ken Burns special on PBS and got so excited by the special he just had to go and post this awesome photo on Flickr to commemorate the experience. Beautiful shot, Kirk. Photo by Kirk Howard.

  • Another Awesome Hang Gliding Video

    Aww man. I was going to post this really awesome hang gliding video but the owner has it set so you can’t post it but on certain domains. Too bad. Here’s a link instead. It has nothing to do with Yosemite but it’s a great video just the same. Probably the best I’ve seen.

  • Planning on coming to Symbiosis next year? Leave Drugs at Home

    The recently held Symbiosis event (think Burning Man in the mountains) held at Camp Mather turned out to not be fun for everyone as rangers busted 23 event participants for drugs and even tazered one. NPS Morning Report: “Over the six-day period from September 17th to September 22nd, there was a significant increase in drug-related…

  • Free Entry to Yosemite 9/26 for Public Lands Day

    n celebration of National Public Lands Day, Yosemite National Park, and all other National Park sites, will offer free admission this Saturday, September 26, 2009. National Public Lands Day is the nation’s largest hands-on effort to improve and enhance the public lands Americans enjoy. This annual event seeks to educate Americans about the environment and…

  • The National Parks: America’s Best Idea Discussion

    If you’re interested in discussing the new Ken Burns series, “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea”, we’ll be on Twitter for throughout the 8 p.m. airing on Sunday the 27th. You can follow us by adding @theyosemiteblog. You can talk about anything, what you like, what you didn’t like, questions you might have, points of…

  • Ranger Shelton Johnson Meets President Obama at Ken Burns Screening

    Ranger Shelton Johnson, who portrays a Buffalo Soldier in Yosemite National Park and appears in several episodes of the new Ken Burn’s documentary “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea”, got to meet President Obama during a screening of the documentary which airs this weekend. NPS Digest: “They’d included the clip from the film where I…

  • Lincoln Exhibit Coming to Oakhurst

    Oakhurst is a small town just outside Yosemite’s south entrance. Don’t let that fool you though. Oakhurst is special. Just how special? Oakhurst is one of only four cities in California and 40 in the nation picked to host an exhibit celebrating the life of Abraham Lincoln. Why Oakhurst? President Lincoln has a close tie…

  • Son Saves Fathers Life

    Emerald Pool just above Vernal Fall in Yosemite. Photo by John Bennett. Emerald Pool at the top of Vernal Fall is a cool, inviting haven on a hot summer day. Many hikers don’t realize the eminent danger they put themselves in when they plunge into the pool after the long, hot hike to the top…