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  • Photo of the Day: P9034999.JPG by Edie Howe-Byrne

    Here’s another great photo from Edie. I think the immortal Bob Ross said it best when he said, “Happy little clouds.” Nice shot Edie Photo by Edie Howe-Byrne via Flickr.

  • Photo of the Day: Rising Moon Yosemite N.P. 1996 by Jim Coulter

    Ok. I really like the way there are 3 distinct colors to this image. The red of the grass, yellow of the mountain reflecting the setting sun and blue of the sky. The moon ads interest to the sky to make this a really good image. Nice shot Jim. Photo by Jim Coulter via Flickr.

  • Comments Are Back

    For some odd reason comments weren’t working but we’ve resolved the issue by upgrading to the newest version of WordPress. If you should notice anything funky or have any other issues please let me know. Thanks for bearing with us!

  • A New Poll and Results from Last Months Poll

    There’s a new poll up in the sidebar (at right) so be sure to vote. This months question is: “In light of the recent death on the Half Dome, do you think limits should be imposed on the number of people who can climb the cables each day?” Last months poll, “What do you do…

  • Photo of the Day: Line Again by B. Heliker

    Today’s Photo of the Day comes from B. Heliker over on Flickr. The caption reads: The last 840 feet require use of these cables. On a beautiful summer day, this means a line. I thought I hiked 8 miles out into the wilderness of Yosemite to avoid lines?? Great shot. Thanks for sharing your photo…

  • Pownce Me

    If you’re on Pownce add me as a friend: http://www.pownce.com/loydschutte I can’t guarantee I’ll say anything about Yosemite but you never know. I have a couple of invites left. If you’d like one send me an email with your email address. Don’t wait too long though. They’re going fast.

  • High Fire Hazard

    The Angora Fire (pictured above) is serving as a reminder that the Sierra, especially this year is a dry as a tinderbox. Fires in Yosemite Valley are restricted to the evening hours. If you’re headed to the back country, in or around the park, you’ll want to check conditions up to the very last minute…

  • Thank You Yosemite Blog Visitors

    I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who stopped by last month. It seems June was the busiest month ever for Yosemite Blog. We had 21,829 visitors stop by to check out the site. What’s neat is over 10,000 of those visitors came from unique IP addresses making a lot of them…

  • Spring Cleaning

    We’re in the process of updating a few things around the site. If you happen to come across something that’s not working or funky shoot an email to loyd@yosemiteblog.com and I’ll take care of it. Thanks.

  • Camping/Traveling Partner Needed

    Reader Ilo writes in: I had a trip all planned for a friend of mine and myself. He is unable to make it. It is the week of 7/15 for 6 nights. I have camp ground reservations for 3 nights in Tuolumne Meadows and 3 nights in Hodgdon Meadows. I am wondering if you have…