Month: August 2009
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Holy crap! Curry Village Tent Cabins After the Rock Slide (video)
Here’s another video from Mike Linder (@lindermichael) showing the tent cabins in Curry Village after the rock slide and the destruction. Yeah. Holy crap. Watch the video.
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One Place to Eat in Yosemite – the Curry Village Buffet (video)
I get a lot of emails asking “where do you eat when you’re in Yosemite?” The first time I spent the night in the Village, my honeymoon, I had no idea either. We ended up eating in the Cafeteria in Yosemite Lodge right as they were closing and had already cleaned up most of the…
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Adventure Awaits Along Highway 395
June Lake Loop offers a great summer getaway for travelers up Highway 395 East of Yosemite National Park. Surrounded by rugged peaks, this cluster of small lakes offer great fishing and excellent camping opportunities under the watchful eye of 13,000 ft. peaks. Photo by Frank K.. .For lots of San Bernadino and L.A. County residents…
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Loss of Sawmill Could Mean Trouble for Yosemite
Wildfires like this one in the Stanislaus National Forest could spread into Yosemite if logging operations to thin trees in overgrown forests around the park cease. Photo by Andrew Huff. As we get a little older, we get a little smarter. We’ve come to the understanding that one thing affects another and that destroying one…
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@TheYosemiteBlog Twitters for 2009-08-08
Good morning. Thanks for following @theyosemiteblog – news, weather, and information from http://tr.im/vZoc # @yosemiter_com Yes, I have it for Aperture 2. Great program. I've used it several times with awesome results. in reply to yosemiter_com # Totally stoked to see the new Ken Burns series on the National Parks. Makes me want to go…
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Waterfalls of Yosemite (video)
@TravelUSANow shot this awesome video of the waterfalls in Yosemite.
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Death Valley (video)
Here’s an interesting video on Death Valley shot by a former Yosemite Ranger. (via @JeffreyTrust)
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Weird August Snow Helps Firefighters
Thursday’s weird snowstorm in August did one good thing, it helped firefighters battling the Wildcat Fire. “The guys are drying out and getting warm after yesterday’s light snow shower,” says Fire Information Officer Gary Wuchner. “It wasn’t very measurable, but it slowed the fire, and activity is relatively low right now.” Overnight temperatures on Thursday…
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Live Like a Star in Yosemite
There are lots of ways to make your trip to Yosemite memorable. Hike Half Dome, free climb El Cap, get eaten by a bear in your sleep, etc. – but by far the coolest way has got to be in an old Model A or Model T Ford. If you decide to stay at the…
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William Shatner on Climbing El Cap (video)
I like how he stumbles and almost says 30,000 feet instead of 3,000 feet. Gotta love William Shatner.