Yosemite Blog

Year: 2008

  • 6 Ways to Make Your Next Trip to Yosemite Better

    I meet a lot of people who are vacationing in Yosemite for their first time and I’m always amazed by the level of disappointment they feel with their vacation. With that in mind I came up with 6 things that’ll help make your Yosemite vacation better. 1. Visit in the off season. 9 out of…

  • Yosemite Jobs: Field Manager – Bureau of Land Management

    Here’s a job outside of Yosemite in beautiful Bishop, one of my favorite places to visit in the eastern Sierra. There’s tons of hiking, backpacking, fishing, photography, mountain biking and whatever other recreational activity you like to do in Bishop so it’s an awesome opportunity. For this job you do need to have some government…

  • Photo of the Day Double-Shot: Milky Way by Don Van Dyke and Exit Yosemite by Fintlandia

    Since I got busy with the kids last night and before I knew it bedtime was here I didn’t get to post a Photo of the Day. To make up for it I’ve got 2 awesome photos today. The first photo comes to us from Don Van Dyke who took this really awesome shot of…

  • Jobs in Yosemite: Volunteer Coordinator Assistant

    Volunteer Coordinator Assistant (OA) SALARY RANGE: 36,822.00 – 47,864.00 USD per year OPEN PERIOD: Thursday, August 21, 2008 to Friday, September 05, 2008 SERIES & GRADE: GS-0303-07 POSITION INFORMATION: Full Time Career/Career Conditional PROMOTION POTENTIAL: 07 DUTY LOCATIONS:   1 vacancy – Yosemite, CA WHO MAY BE CONSIDERED:   National Park Service employees JOB SUMMARY: Experience Your America and build a…

  • Superintendent Tollefson Stepping Down to Join Yosemite Fund

    Mike Tollefson who has been the Superintendent of Yosemite for the last 6 years is stepping down to become president of the Yosemite Fund, a nonprofit agency that raises money for the park. Tollefson has been the instrumental force in accomplishing a number of the improvements you see in the park and will be a…

  • Photo of the Day: Busted! Sent in by Reader Debbie

    When I was growing up we used to watch a show called Candid Camera. The premise was simple. Put a camera in a secret location then set people up to do stuff on camera while they don’t know they’re being filmed. You think this guy had any idea his cell phone call would be witnessed…

  • Photo of the Day: 40% of Leaning Tower to Go! by Maria Ly

    I’ve been watching Maria’s climbing escapades via her photostream on Flickr for some time now and have been very impressed with her climbing prowess and ability to take great photos while doing it. For some reason this photo stuck out to me today and I knew it was the perfect Photo of the Day. Very…

  • 2008 Tuolumne Planning Workbook

    The “other” great river flowing through Yosemite is the Tuolumne. It flows down the meadow by the same name, past the Glen Aulin High Sierra camp, and into the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. From there it slowly winds westward in an impressive canyon.  If you are more than a casual visitor, you appreciate all that the…

  • The History and Mystery of Bower Cave

    If you’ve ever read John Muir’s writings about his summers spent in the Sierra and the wonderful adventures he had then you’re probably familiar with the name Bower Cave. But what ever happened to Bower Cave? I’ve lived in this area my entire life and I’ve only heard faint reminiscing whispers of it. Did it…

  • Wanted: Jobs in Yosemite

    I get lots of emails from people asking about jobs in Yosemite so I’m going to try posting some job listings and see if that helps out. NPS – Social Scientist SALARY RANGE: 45,040.00 – 54,494.00 USD per year OPEN PERIOD: Friday, August 15, 2008 to Friday, August 29, 2008 SERIES & GRADE: GS-0101-09/11 POSITION…