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  • Photo of the Day: Rain Storm Over Mono Lake by Misha Logvinov

    Misha and I have been friends for about as long as I’ve been writing Yosemite Blog (that’s 5 years to you folks at home keeping score) and I’m proud to say that in all that time, he’s never put up a photo I haven’t liked. Today’s Photo of the Day, “Rain Storm Over Mono Lake”,…

  • It’ll Make You Want to Play Hookie

    You gotta love the stuff the folks over at OpenRoad.tv are putting out. Here’s a 1 minute video that’ll make you want to call in sick and go to Yosemite.

  • Interview: David AvRutick – Maker of Folbot Folding Kayaks

    Doing what I do I get to meet a lot of interesting people. David AvRutick is one of them. David is an avid outdoors man and is president/owner of a company that makes a very unique product, Folbot folding kayaks. Unlike regular rigid kayaks, Folbots assemble easily and in a short amount of time. They…

  • Hiking Half Dome with Doug McConnell

    I grew up watching public television like Trailside by John Viehman, former editor of Backpacker magazine and Huell Howser’s California’s Gold. Today I still enjoy catching Huell as he explores California but when I really miss being in the park I open my web browser and watch 5 minutes in Yosemite with Doug McConnell from…

  • Cutting Loose With Color

    Our good friend Penny Otwell is going to be teaching a class on watercolor at the Ansel Adams Gallery. Penny is a very talented painter and her works are beautiful beyond compare. If you’ve been dabbling in watercolor or painting in general I’d highly recommend taking her class. She’s absolutely fabulous. The class is June…

  • Something Really Cool to See

    Theresa has an awesome post with photos up about Frazil Ice. What is Frazil Ice? How about we let Theresa explain it. Theresa: In the late winter, early spring, the water in Yosemite Falls can become super cooled and form small ice crystals that turn Yosemite Creek into a beautiful flowing slushie. I’ve been living…

  • Photo of the Day: Lower Yosemite Fall by Jon Shiu

    Today’s Photo of the Day is a beautiful shot by Jon Shiu of Lower Yosemite Fall. Jon took the photo with a plastic toy camera with medium format roll film, printed in the darkroom and sepia toned. Pretty cool, eh? What’s also cool is it’s Jon’s entry into the Yosemite Renaissance. For the uninitiated, the…

  • YOSAR’s John Dill Honored for Achievements

    If you’ve ever wanted to meet a true hero I’d tell you to go to Yosemite and find John Dill. Dill has been THE face behind Yosemite’s Search and Rescue for over 38 years now. He’s taken part in almost every major rescue, he was there at the beginning when the original wall rats were…

  • User Capacity Symposium Summary

    The park has just release the summary document of the Feb 2008 User Capacity Symposium. It was held in the middle of winter and it took 7 months to publish the results? Oh well, they are excellent. One of the better reports I’ve seen from a government agency.    Here is the link http://www.nps.gov/yose/parkmgmt/symposium.htm  Kudos…

  • 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…