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News and Information at Your Finger Tips
Don’t forget if you’re headed up to the park you can now take Yosemite Blog with you on your iPhone or mobile device by simply adding us to your Twitter friends. Add TheYosemiteBlog to get the latest news, weather and happenings around the park right at your finger tips. You can even find out what…
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Photo of the Day: Fern Spring and More by Tony Immoos
I didn’t have to look real hard for today’s Photo of the Day. In fact, I barely pulled up Flickr and I was instantly drawn to this awesome photo Tony Immoos had posted of Fern Spring. I really like the way Tony didn’t focus on the spring itself as many do but instead framed it…
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Severe Weather Advisory Issued for Yosemite Area
The National Weather Service has issued a sever weather advisory for the Yosemite area. Thunder, lightning, heavy rain and hail up to 1″ in diameter are expected. “127 AM PDT FRI JUN 5 2009 …THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY… NOCTURNAL THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER KINGS…WESTERN FRESNO…WESTERN KERN AND SOUTHWESTERN TULARE…
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Events: Lots of Things to Do This Weekend Around Yosemite
If you’re looking for things to do this weekend around Yosemite then you’re going to have quite a lot to choose from. Friday Mike Osborne Book Signing at Ansel Adams Gallery. Community Safety Day Luau Weekend at Yosemite Pines! Day 1 of a 2 day event at YosemitePinesRV in Groveland with prizes for best decorated…
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Photo of the Day: The Waterfalls of Our Dreams by David Giral
I’m not saying anything. I’m just staring. This photo is so awesome. It’s so surreal. Wowzers! Be sure to check out David’s Flickr Photostream where he’s got a lot of beautiful, beautiful, beautiful shots like this one. You can find David at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thepretender/ Nice work, David. Photo by David Giral.
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Looking for Something to Do Tomorrow? Come to the Ansel Adams Gallery
Mike Osborne will be signing his new book Granite, Water, and Light:The Waterfalls of Yosemite Valley at the Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite Village from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Friday, June 5th.
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Learn About Safety in Yosemite
Yosemite National Park invites the public to participate in Community safety Day in Yosemite National Park this Friday, June 5, 2009, from 10am to 3pm in the Yosemite Village mall (in front of the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center). Visitors and community members will have the opportunity to see Yosemite’s Mounted Patrol horses, watch search and…
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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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Yosemite Chapel Celebrating 130 Years
The Yosemite Chapel, located in Yosemite Valley, will be celebrating its 130th anniversary this Sunday, June 7. This date is purportedly the actual date that services were first held in 1879. The Yosemite Chapel is the oldest structure in Yosemite Valley. It was originally constructed along the south side of the road near the base…