Yosemite Blog

Year: 2009

  • Amgen Bicycle Tour of California Coming to Yosemite Area

    NPS: The largest cycling event in America, the 2009 Amgen Tour of California is a Tour de France-style cycling road race that challenges the world’s top professional cycling teams to compete along a demanding, recently expanded, 750-mile course from Sacramento to Escondido from February 14-22, 2009. For the first time, the Tour will be passing…

  • Photo of the Day: Yosemite by David Knuth

    I meant to get this one up last night before the maintenance started at the host and Yosemite Blog went down for a couple of hours but I didn’t make it. I really like todays Photo of the Day for the color and composition. The sky is SOOOOO deep blue Very nice work David. Photo…

  • Man Pleads Guilty to Hunting in Yosemite

    Rangers from the Wawona, Valley and Mather Districts were staking out an illegal tree stand inside the park’s boundary last October 4th when a hunter armed with a rifle climbed into the stand. The rangers watched the man – later identified as Phillip Bradley, 62, of Merced, California – for another hour, then took him…

  • Photo Video of the Day: 1997 Floods by Mark Holloway

    Today we don’t have “a” Photo of the Day but a collection of photos into this new fangled thing called a “video”. Mark Holloway, you may remember he’s the one with the Cavalry photo that was yesterdays Photo of the Day, sent me a link to some video and stills he put together of the…

  • Rockfall by Ahwahnee

    MyMotherLode.com: There was an 800 ton rock fall in Yosemite National Park near the Ahwahnee Hotel late last week, but officials say it should not deter visitors from traveling in that area. “Anytime there is a rock fall we always look at the triggering mechanism, and this was a classic situation where it was under…

  • Photo of the Day: 14th Cavalry in Yosemite

    Today’s Photo of the Day is a really interesting photo Mark Holloway had posted to Flickr of the 14th Cavalry in Yosemite. If you read the writing you’ll notice it’s dated Summer 1909 and located near Camp Yosemite. For those who aren’t familiar with Yosemite’s history, the U.S. Cavalry was given the task of patrolling…

  • Photo of the Day: The Ahwahnee by Loyd Schutte

    Today’s Photo of the Day is actually one of those rare things, it’s my photo. I’m testing out some new photo editing plugins for Apples Aperture and this is the result. I’m not even going to show you the original image because it’s a little embarrassing. I think the results came out pretty good though.…

  • Thank You Yosemite Pines RV

    I’d like to take a moment to thank Jerry and the fine folks at Yosemite Pines RV who were kind enough to sponsor Yosemite Blog for the last month. It’s generous people like Jerry who help keep Yosemite Blog going. If you haven’t had a chance to check out Yosemite Pines RV then please do.…

  • Photo of the Day: Walking On the Moon by Griff Joyce

    Today’s Photo of the Day is a little different shot of Half Dome. Paul Davis sent this photo his daughters teacher, Griff Joyce, took on the top of Mount Hoffman. No, Half Dome isn’t really that close it’s just a BA telephoto. “High speed sport camera from about a hundred yards away with the biggest…

  • Photo of the Day: El Capitan by Perry Aragon

    Today’s Photo of the Day is another beautiful shot by Perry Aragon, this one of El Capitan. I really like the warmth and composition of this one. Nice work Perry. Photo by Perry Aragon via Flickr.