Category: Friends of Yosemite Blog
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Thanks
Got a very nice write-up over at Openroad.tv today. Carl emailed me with a link and also to show off their really cool new blog. Thanks Carl.
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New Friends: OpenRoad.TV
There’s a new member to the Friends of Yosemite Blog list, the fine folks over at OpenRoad.TV. I’ve linked to their great exposé’s in the past and if you haven’t had a chance to watch their videos, you really should. They’re awesome. Check out this one on Winter in Yosemite.
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Yosemite Facelift Overwhelming Success
The Yosemite Climbing Association Newsletter is out and it looks like the Yosemite Facelift was an overwhelming success again this year. Yosemite Climbing Association: “The 2007 Facelift was very successful. The final count was 2,945 volunteers that contributed 18,335 man hours. The cleaning was contagious as people jumped in to help participants fill their bags.…
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Going Up for Public Lands Day?
You know while you’re in the park for Public Lands Day (read: FREE entry) head over to the Yosemite Visitors Center in the Valley, grab a bag and route and help the Yosemite Climbing Association give the park a Facelift. It’s a great way to help the park and you get to meet some really…
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Good Bye Farley
Often when you wander in the Yosemite stores you’ll see books of Farley cartoons by Phil Frank. A few weeks ago Phil announced his retirement from cartooning and subsequently passed away a short time later. Phil’s books and his cartoons often centered around a bears life in the woods and in particular Yosemite. His comics…
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July ’07 Statistics
July was a busy month here at the ol’ homestead. We had over 20,984 visitors to Yosemite Blog from 18 countries with roughly 154,548 pages viewed. That’s phenomenal! Thank you everyone who visited last month for making it such a marvelous month. Already it looks like August is shaping up to be just as busy…