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Wildflowers on Glacier Point Road
Someone asked me on Twitter about wildflowers on the Glacier Point Road and I said I hadn’t heard anything. Well today I went and looked. The flowers are just starting in the meadows and should be in full bloom by the end of the week. There’s also lupine and poppies along the roads at all…
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A Minute in Yosemite
While not kid wrangling today I got a couple minutes to shoot some video on my MinoHD. Really we were testing out a couple things on the iPhone 3G S but I love my Mino. They’re great little video cameras with pretty awesome quality. Watch the HD version and you’ll see. HQ version has artifacts…
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Video: Glacier Point to Yosemite Valley by Havemedia
Havemedia posted this great video of the hike from Glacier Point to Yosemite Valley via the Panorama Trail and Mist Trail. My wife and I did this one a couple years back, it’s a bear. You’d think it is all downhill but no, you have to climb back up from Illilouette Fall. And uh…please don’t…
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Video: Mist Trail to Vernal Fall by Debfunstuff
Debfunstuff posted this video on YouTube of the Merced River and the Mist Trail. There’s still a lot of water coming down from the high country. The video gives you a pretty good idea why divers haven’t been able to get back in the river to look for signs of Katrin Lehmann who has been…
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Tuolumne Meadows Grocery Store Opens Friday at Noon
The Tuolumne Meadows Grocery store will open at Noon on Friday, May 29, 2009, closing at 5 pm. The hours of operation from May 30 until June 30, 2009 are 8 am – 5 pm daily.
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Ebbetts Pass and Sonora Pass Open
For those wondering Highway 4 (Ebbetts Pass) and Highway 108 (Sonora Pass) are both officially open. Now, to get Tioga open.
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Just in Case You Ran out of Things to Take Pictures of in Yosemite – Moonbows!
Is it moonbow time already? I gotta remember to put this stuff on my calendar for next year. First dogwoods blooming and now moonbows. Good thing I’m on vacation next week. Merced Sun Star: At night. Near both the upper and the lower falls. With the dark blue velvety, star-studded sky above, and lots of…
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Got Questions?
With camping season only a few weeks away I’ve received a sudden deluge of emails from visitors about the park. If you’ve got questions please feel free to post them on our forum. I have some of the most knowledgeable readers in the world ready and willing to answer your questions. The forum is located…
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Thank You
Thank you to everyone who emailed me regarding my post about my son. It’s great to see such an outpouring of the community and a really, really big thank you to everyone who donated to an autism charity. I know there were quite a few and it really does make a difference. For everyone that…
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What’s Old is New Again
Kudos to the guys at the Yosemite Association who got the redirect working from the old webcam page. Now even if you type in the old URL you’ll be automatically redirected to the new page. Nice work guys! By the way, did you know the webcams are also featured on the National Park Service site?