Category: Things to do
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Come See John Muir
Lee Stetson portrays John Muir, possibly one of the most influential men in the history of the United States. Photo by Edie Howe-Byrne. It’s not every day you get to meet one of the most influential people in the history of the United States. The Mariposa Museum and History Center will be presenting John Muir…
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Ansel Adams on Google Books
Photo: Ansel Adams: A Biography by Mary Street Alinder If you’ve got some time and want to skim through a good book but can’t get to the book store check out Google Books. Google Books has a bunch of books on Ansel Adams with all but a few chapters of the books missing (limited preview).…
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Climbing 101 (video)
I’m not the person to ask about climbing. Me and high places, well, we don’t get a long. But if you’re looking to get into climbing this video has some pretty good information for the beginner. (via kathytucker88)
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Don’t Miss Tonight’s Meteor Shower
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Yosemite is About Relaxing
Reading a good book in the Ahwahnee is a great way to relax in Yosemite. Photo by Steve Rhodes. Most visitors to Yosemite are hit-men, well, loosely speaking. They have a list of things to see and they won’t be satisfied until they check each and every one of them off their list. Yosemite isn’t…
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Rafting in Yosemite – Another Mike Linder Video
Be careful what you do in Yosemite. You never know who may be lurking around the corner with his iPhone 3GS. 😉 Here’s another video from Mike Linder. This one rafting in Yosemite. You can check out all Mike’s videos on Twitvid and be sure to add to your twitter friends. He’s @lindermichael on Twitter.
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Videos of Videos from Yosemite
Mike Linder has been posting videos from his new iPhone 3GS to Twitvid of things he’s observing daily in Yosemite. Here’s a video from the Curry Village amphitheater. Mike says, “One of the great experiences in Curry is watching films at the amphitheater with North Dome in the background.”
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Want to Visit Yosemite for Free? SURE!
In an effort to encourage people to visit our national parks the National Park Service will allow visitors free entry during three weekends this summer. The free weekends will be in June, July and August and apply to all 391 national parks The free weekends are June 20-21, July 18-19 and August 15-16. So get…
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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…
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What’s In Store for Memorial Day
With Memorial Day fast approaching you might want to rethink your plans to visit the park if you haven’t already scored the elusive campsite or hotel reservation. Lodging Traffic is expected to be at an all time high as visitation has been up the last few months as people have been searching for “pocket-book friendly”…