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- The Oystergate Scandal (6)
- And When the Clouds Parted (2)
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- Half Dome Cables Come Down
- Going Fishing (1)
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- What Would You Call A National Park? (3)
- Women Lost On Way to Yosemite
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- Reader Tony Asks About RV Camping in Yosemite
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- Yosemite Visitor Rescued From TIny, Tiny Ledge
- Morning Shot July 21 2009
- Happy 4th of July
- Wildflowers on Glacier Point Road
- A Minute in Yosemite
- Video: Glacier Point to Yosemite Valley by Havemedia (1)
- Video: Mist Trail to Vernal Fall by Debfunstuff
- Tuolumne Meadows Grocery Store Opens Friday at Noon
- Ebbetts Pass and Sonora Pass Open
- Just in Case You Ran out of Things to Take Pictures of in Yosemite – Moonbows! (2)
- Got Questions?
- Thank You
- What’s Old is New Again
- Photo of the Day: Upper Yosemite Fall by Kirk Kittell
- Tweeples Tweeples Tweeples
- Tuolumne Meadows Winter Report 1-7-09
- Something New
- Badger Pass Opening Saturday, December 20
- Photo of the Day: Yosemite by _Mishka_
- Photo of the Day: Mosquito Lake by 11950Mike
- Rainier’s Uberuaga Ready to Step Into Tollefson’s Boots
- Hiking to Cathedral Lakes, Sunrise High Sierra Camp and Tenaya Lake
- Aftermath of this morning’s rockfall
- Half Dome in 2.5 Hours
- Rescue training video
- Free Beer (4)
- Big changes at Tunnel View today. (6)
- I have no idea.
- Google Earth file
- Use headphones
- Time for a New Poll
- Photo of the Day: Merced River and Granite Peaks by Loyd Schutte (1)
- Photo of the Day: Double-Shot by Edie Howe-Byrne
- Photo of the Day: P9034999.JPG by Edie Howe-Byrne (1)
- Photo of the Day: Rising Moon Yosemite N.P. 1996 by Jim Coulter
- Comments Are Back (1)
- A New Poll and Results from Last Months Poll
- Photo of the Day: Line Again by B. Heliker (1)
- Pownce Me
- High Fire Hazard
- Thank You Yosemite Blog Visitors
- Spring Cleaning
- Camping/Traveling Partner Needed
- Good Morning
- A Note of Thanks
- This is spring? (2)
- Happy Easter
- Put That Trout Rod Away and Grab Your Bass Gear
- Plowing Yosemite (Video)
- Tioga Road Plowing Set to Begin April 16 (3)
- The Snowmen Maker Reveals Himself (3)
- Kevin Asks About Visiting The Park in April
- Firefall Photos (2)
- An Announcement (1)
- A Man and a Snowman (3)
- Snowmen (4)
- Chains Required
- Abhi Asks About Photography in Winter
- Break Time is Over, Time for Some Emails
- Snowy Day in Yosemite (1)
- Womans Body Found In Wawona Area
- Snow Forecast For Yosemite Through This Weekend (1)
- Bush Requests Money To Study Restoring Hetch Hetchy
- Waiting For the Firefall (3)
- William Asks About Presidents Day Weekend
- Yosemite Offering More Solitude
- New Easier To Use Reservation System Coming – But Still Reserve Your Site Early
- Write This One Down
- Something New
- Moonrise (2)
- Ultimate Adventures: Yosemite
- Happy New Year! (1)
- Experience a Day in Yosemite with iTunes (1)
- Mariposa Supervisors Urge Government to Fix 140 Before It’s Too Late (1)
- Tioga Pass Even More Beautiful in the Winter
- Safe Driving In Winter
- It’s About Time. A New Poll is Up
- It’s a Beautiful Day (3)
- Happy Thanksgiving (1)
- Extreme Resolution Photos of Yosemite (4)
- Judge Halts Yosemite Construction Yet Again (2)
- Campground Update
- Remembering
- Snow, snow on the way (1)
- Some Campgrounds Open, Some Closed
- Half Dome Cables Coming Down
- Camp 4 to be Added to National Register of Historic Places
- Valley Trails Reopen After Mountain Lion Sightings
- Sharing The Land With Rare and Beautiful Creatures (1)
- Time For A Little Clean Fun
- You Can’t Park Here
- Bear X-ing (1)
- Bird Lovers Wanted
- Good Site, Great Info (1)
- Campground Closures
- 140 Open 24 Hours
- Bob the Cat
- Bear Update
- Did you know…
- NPS Says Fires Contained (2)
- Trails Closed Due to Fire
- Hey Photojunkies, New Email Just For You
- Some Smoke But Everything OK For Now (2)
- Harrison Ford Takes Up The Fight To Restore Hetch Hetchy (2)
- Spooky Yosemite
- Got GPS and want to have some fun? Try a little geocaching.
- Summer 06
- More From The Mail Bin
- A Reader Question About Cameras Along 120
- Protect the Bears
- Bear, Bears, Everywhere!
- Reflections
- Danger Falling Rocks
- That Time Again
- 140 Opens To Limited Use (1)
- Falling Rocks
- Take A Look At This
- Looking for You
- That Time of the Month
- Fires Continue To Burn In Yosemite
- Thunder and Lighting Means ‘Play It Safe’
- More Bear Activity and A Warning About Proper Food Storage
- Look out! There’s a bear over there
- Rock Climbing in Yosemite (Google Video)
- Give Wildlife a Chance, Slow Down When Driving in the Park
- Bear Report
- Insider Info: 140 May Open Soon
- Body of Missing CCC Worker Found
- Off The Beaten Track
- 140 Rockslide Still Dangerous (1)
- Big Fish Close To Yosemite
- Now Is Your Time To Vote In The Poll
- Trails (1)
- Tuolumne Meadows Campground Opens
- Two Years Ago…
- Yosemite Falls
- Wildflowers
- Happy 4th of July
- 3 Things You’ll Want To Be Sure To Bring With You To Yosemite (6)
- David Is Thinking About Winter Camping Already (6)
- Results From The Previous 2 Reader Polls
- Open For Discussion (5)
- Yosemite makes for climbing at its best
- Finally, a new poll. (1)
- More Cool Photos (1)
- Tioga Pass (6)
- Tioga Slated To Open This Weekend
- Forest Service Takes Control Of Rockslide On 140 (1)
- 140 Looks To Be Closed For Quite Some Time (with pictures)
- Kris Reports In On Yosemite This Weekend and His Wedding (1)
- Tioga Road Update: Road Cleared To East Entrance (1)
- Student From Utah Was First Fatality of Season
- Pardon Our Dust: Yosemite Trails To Get Facelift
- Rockslide On 140 Still There. More Problems Arising.
- Tioga Road Update
- Jennifer Writes In With Her Report About Memorial Day Weekend (1)
- Sonora and Ebbetts Pass Open For The Season (2)
- The Cables Are Up! Read All About It!
- Glacier Point Victim First Fatality of Season
- Snow on Memorial Day?
- 4th of July Weekend – Is It Worth It?
- Highway 140 Opened Just In Time For Memorial Day (3)
- Tioga Road Open? Not Yet. (1)
- Glacier Point Road Slated To Open Today (1)
- What Not To Miss? (1)
- Sean Asks About Waterfalls in June (1)
- Tim asks: What can I expect Memorial Day weekend? (4)
- Where To Get River Information
- What’s Going On In The Park Right Now
- High Temps Bring Flood Warning (1)
- Plowing Continues On The Glacier Point and Tioga Roads (4)
- A Cool Photo from an Eager Groom (1)
- Road Conditions Updated
- What’s Your Teens Plans For The Summer?
- Spring Plowing Update (1)
- Randy Sends In His Report From Yosemite (1)
- Highway 140 from Merced/Mariposa Update
- Road Plowing Begins (1)
- Danger: High Water
- Rockfall Closes Highway 140
- Don’t drink from that stream, until you treat it!
- Now Appearing
- Campground Opening
- Yosemite Celebrating National Parks Week April 21st – 29th
- Celebrate Earth Day in Yosemite
- Campgrounds are full where should we go? (5)
- Jon’s made the deal even sweeter
- 120 Closed Due to Road Work at Priest Grade (2)
- Sunrise
- Spamed (1)
- In Like A Lion (2)
- Going Hiking In April (1)
- Something For Free
- A Great Site For All You Hikers
- Where’s a good spot to fly fish in Yosemite in late May?
- Wanna hear a ghost story?
- Another Big Storm Blowing in for Monday and Tuesday
- Another Great Yosemite Resource
- “What’s it going to be like next weekend?” (1)
- Chains required
- Watch out if you’re headed to the park this weekend
- Want to sponsor Yosemite Blog?
- Hmm… (1)
- Let’s Help Claire Out (6)
- Coming from Australia, should I still visit the park even though the weather is bad?
- More Bad Weather On The Way
- Thanks for the Emails
- Send Me Your Websites (7)
- Emily and George Ask About Staying in the Park in Late March (2)
- El Capitan and the Firefall by Chaz
- Last Months Poll Results
- It’s time for a new poll.
- Will my cell phone work in Yosemite Valley? (1)
- Sound Advice For Travelers (2)
- Edie saw a bobcat in Yosemite
- How to Avoid an Encounter With a Bear
- Sunlit (1)
- Suggestions? (1)
- Ellllmeeeerrrrr!
- El Capitan at Night (2)
- I’m traveling up to Yosemite next week, what are the road conditions we need to be prepared for? (1)
- El Cap & Fog
- Tack
- Firefall
- Upper Yosemite and Half Dome (1)
- Should I try to get a first come, first served site or make reservations?
- Lembert Dome and the Tuolumne River
- Held Over: January’s Poll
- Yosemite From The Air
- How cold can I expect it to be in March?
- Yosemite Fall (1)
- Yosemite Every Day of the Year (1)
- In Search of the Firefall
- Now It’s Your Turn (1)
- Hunters in the Snow (1)
- Ooops. I forgot about last months poll.
- 3 Days in Yosemite. What should we do? (1)
- Help! I’m Camping at Hodgdon Meadow! (1)
- Yosemite Falls in B&W
- What would Hetch Hetchy be like if it is restored.
- Happy New Year!
- Winding Down on this Months Poll
- A Beautiful Christmas Eve
- Merry Christmas (1)
- Holidays and Christmas Bears
- Mom, I found a rock
- Mt Dana View
- Burnt Tree and El Capitain
- Fern Spring (1)
- First Light on the Falls
- The Mystery of the Stone Chimney Solved (3)
- Ice
- Cold
- Reader Comments Are Like Christmas Everyday
- We’ve Been There A While Now (1)
- Road Into Yosemite
- Back of Half Dome in the Morning
- Found: Stone Hearth
- Winter’s Here and So Are Icy and Snowy Roads
- November Poll Results and a NEW December Poll
- Ice Skating Anyone?
- I’m Looking For Your Feedback
- Another New Yosemite Cam
- A Few Days Left For This Months Poll
- Tioga Pass Open a Few Days More (1)
- Sierra Glaciers Disappearing at Alarming Rate, Scientists Report
- Happy Birthday Edie!
- Half Dome Crazy
- End of the Month Poll Results and a New Poll (1)
- Happy Birthday Yosemite Blog!!!
- Some Changes Have Occurred Overnight (1)
- This Just In: It’s Snowing.
- Fall Colors
- Mt. Dana (1)
- View straight down from Half Dome (1)
- The Ahwahnee, National Historic Landmark
- The Ahwahnee by Gilbert Stanley Underwood
- Curry Village
- Tuolumne Grove Closed For Fire Management
- Half Dome Cables Taken Down For Season
- A Simple Rule (3)
- Something Interesting
- Bodies found may be missing Yosemite tourists (1)
- Life Inside The Park
- When Passions Collide by Misha Logvinov
- NPS Special Agent Collapses on Mist Trail
- Ranchers and Government Square Off Over Bighorns
- Update: The Poll
- Mr. Cool
- Uh oh.
- Monitor Pass
- Lembert Dome and River
- Lembert Dome and Fog
- We’re Off!
- Missing Backpacker Found
- Finally A Break
- Backpacker Missing in the White Wolf Area
- What A View
- Yosemite Meetup
- Then Why Are They Called Black Bears?
- End of Summer (1)
- A Question For The Readers (1)
- 360 Degree Panorama from Matterhorn Peak (1)
- Congratulations Shannon and Chad (1)
- August – September Poll is Up
- Yosemite Blog Poll: NPS Should Limit the Amount of Motor Vehicles Entering the Park
- YODOGS: Yosemite’s Four Footed Heroes (1)
- A Spectacular Light Show Comes to Yosemite
- Thank you
- A peaceful pond near Tioga Pass
- Mt. Watkins and Tenaya Canyon
- Half Dome Summit Panorama
- Looking for some great information on Yosemite?
- The Modesto Bee lists Yosemite Blog
- Yosemite Flood
- Searchers Focusing on Merced Lake for Missing UC Davis Student
- Matthes Crest
- Summit Meadow
- Good News
- How To Contact Me Through Email
- How To Comment On Yosemite Blog
- How Uh
- Sierra Creek
- Limiting Visitors to the Park
- Tyrolean Traverse
- Bears!
- The Best Job In The World
- A Walk on the Wild Side
- Flower (1)
- Sierra Clouds
- Joseph LeConte
- New Poll for July
- Poll Results: Should Hetch Hetchy be restored?
- The Yosemite
- Yosemite On The 4th of July
- Happy 4th of July
- Yosemite Filling Up Fast
- Family Of Missing Hiker Asks For Help (1)
- Summertime Spells Long Lines and Traffic Jams
- Search For Missing Hiker Continues
- Lembert Dome (1)
- Yosemite Weddings: Something To Remember Forever (2)
- Visitor Activities in Yosemite (1)
- Bears Look For Free Lunch In Climbers Haul Bags
- Tioga Road is Open
- Can You Help Find A Missing Hiker In Yosemite?
- How To Get The Most Out Of Your Trip To Yosemite
- Kayaker Missing Near Yosemite (1)
- Some Yosemite Camps To Remain Closed (1)
- Yosemite Open House
- Bear Tracks
- Eastern Sierra
- First Tourist Visitors to Yo Semite, by James M. Hutchings (1888) (1)
- Half Dome Cables Are Up
- Trekking For A Cause
- Bear Boxes in the Sierra Nevada
- How Well Do You Know The Tioga Road?
- Returning To Yosemite
- Credit To The Photographer
- Cleaning Up The Mess (1)
- Half Dome (3)
- Rangers Are Ready. Where Are The Bears? (1)
- Hetch Hetchy (2)
- Checking Up On The Poll Results
- Take Your Computer (1)
- Valley Wildflowers (1)
- Tenaya Lodge Rolls Red Carpet for Rover
- Prescribed Burning Ready to Begin
- Nevada Falls
- Nevada Fall
- A Letter From A Reader
- My body is sliding out of control towards the base of the upper falls. Before I even let out a scream, I plunge into the roaring rapids… (1)
- Have You Voted Yet? (2)
- What is your favorite thing to do in Yosemite? (1)
- Yosemite Blog Given 8 Stars from BlogCruiser (1)
- Bear Foraging For Food
- Sunrise and Half Dome
- Burning Set To Begin In Yosemite
- Of Road Work and Potholes
- Off For The Weekend.
- Raising a Family in the Backcountry
- Sierra Passes Opening For Memorial Day Travel
- Tioga Road Update
- Glacier Point Road Open
- Lots and Lots of Water (1)
- Half Dome Cable Ladder
- Site Maintenance
- Biking Through California’s National Parks
- Marty the Marmot
- Yosemite Valley Open But Beware of High Water (1)
- Spend Eternity In Yosemite
- High Water On The Way For This Weekend
- Unusually Large Snow Pack Hindering Opening Of Tioga Road
- Merced On The Rise Again
- It’s All In How You Say It
- A Story, A Moral, and Some Sage Words
- Headed Up To Yosemite This Weekend? Here’s What To Expect. (1)
- Coyote in Yosemite
- Yosemite Falls and the Merced River
- Roads To Valley Are Open (1)
- After The Flood: A Look At The Damage (1)
- Flooded Yosemite
- How The River Flows
- Lower Yosemite Falls Flooding
- More Flood Images
- Flooding closes Yosemite Valley to traffic
- Edie Reports From Inside The Flooded Yosemite Valley
- Yosemite Flood Update
- YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING!
- Spring Runoff Causing Problems Within Yosemite (2)
- What are the piles of brush alongside the roads into Yosemite that have paper on top?
- Yosemite Valley Trails Update
- Northside Drive Set To Reopen
- Glacier Point and Tioga Road Plowing Update Friday May 13th 2005
- Trees and Fog
- Waterfalls Make Big Impact With Yosemite Sight-Seers
- Snow Advisory – Sierra Nevada from Yosemite to Kings Canyon
- Stephen Mather, First Director of the National Park Service
- The Ahwahnee (1)
- Glory of Yosemite by Patricia Wagner
- Coyotes: Another of Yosemite’s Wildlife (1)
- Poll Results for the week of April 25th through April 30th
- Snow Plowing Report May 3rd 2005
- Trout Season Opens Saturday
- Lower Yosemite Fall
- Half Dome
- Half Dome and El Capitan (1)
- April 25 Tioga and Glacier Point Road Snow Plowing Progress
- Mono Lake Finishes Season With Record Snow/Rain (1)
- Yosemite Association Offers A Very Special Mothers Day in Yosemite
- Yosemite Falls Voted #1 Hike By Yosemite Blog Readers
- See America’s National Parks and Yosemite in Style Aboard The American Orient Express
- A Beautiful Yosemite Morning
- Yosemite Falls x 4
- The Bears Return to Tuolumne Meadows
- Spring Plowing Has Begun on the Tioga and Glacier Point Roads
- The Hidden Heroes (2)
- Which Hike Is Your Favorite
- Smoky Half Dome
- EPA Gets Reprieve On Yosemite Smog…Temporarily
- Taking Time To Smell The Flowers (1)
- L. H. Bunnell and the Discovery of The Yosemite
- Something Fun and New at Yosemite Blog
- Yosemite Blog Awarded Blog of the Day
- The Famous Yosemite Firefall Lives On In Memory
- Yosemite’s Tuolumne River One of the Country’s Most Endangered
- Hiking With Kids: When Lost, Hug a Tree
- Gas Prices Continuing to Climb
- Spring Inspires Climbers (1)
- A Yosemite Trip They’ll Never Forget
- Fly Fishing a Hit With Women
- Yosemite Then and Now
- Climber Dreams of Preserving Yosemite’s Rich Climbing History
- Zac’s First Yosemite Photo (2)
- Lower Falls in Snow
- Yosemite National Park Among the Most Romantic
- Ooopsie.
- Earthquakes
- Yosemite falls and Half Dome
- Storms in the Sierra
- The Return of Wet Weather and Snow
- Happy Easter
- The Pink Hour
- 1000 vertical feet of air
- Half Dome Trail Closed During Summer
- Background
- Terra Galleria: Climbing Yosemite
- Climbing The Nose: A True Tale of Climbing El Cap
- Spending A Wet Weekend in Yosemite
- Yosemite’s awesome waterfall show starting
- Royal Robbins Clothing Giving Away FREE Trip to Yosemite
- In My Bag
- Collectors Edition California Quarters Now Available
- Visitors Center Moved for Winter
- Yosemite Association Cams: Bringing the View to Your PC
- Welcome Back (2)
- Reader Comments
- Kelty Packs: Born in the Sierra
- It’s a Beautiful Day
- Happy New Year!
- Merry Christmas
- California State Quarter Honors John Muir and Yosemite
- Living the Life of John Muir
- Enlightened Images
- Summer flowers and Lake near Tioga Pass
- Make Tioga Pass Resort Your Winter Getaway
- Weather Forecast Dec. 21st through 25th 2004
- National Geographic Travel Guide: Yosemite National Park
- Waterfalls Add Life to Yosemite
- Roadside Geology Tour of Yosemite Valley
- Digital Camera Resource Page: Yosemite National Park Gallery
- Rock climbing and rock protection/anchors
- Paul’s Yosemite Photos
- Submit Your Sites
- Yosemite National Park DVD
- Winter is Here and It’s Time to Chain Up

For over 30 years now I've enjoyed hiking, backpacking, fishing, photographing and exploring Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. 