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  • Thanksgiving day road trip.

    Well, it’s been a quiet week in Yosemite Valley. Frost has arrived, turning the cow parsnip flower bracts sublime. I met up with a coworker at breakfast by chance. What are you doing for Thanksgiving, I asked. “Just hanging out.” Would you like to head over Tioga Pass? I want to get over to Mono…

  • Not much happening…

    “It’s been a quiet week in Yosemite Valley… Fall has sorta hung around, drifting up and down the valley like a teenager at the mall. Down at Degnan’s Deli, the usual crowd lingers around the coffee urn, talking weather and road work. Coffee is a ritual, more to warm hands that really should be a…

  • Badger Pass

    Seems like all the ski stores are running their pre-season sales now. Many of  the resorts are praying for an early snowfall with dreams of a Thanksgiving opening.  The 2006-07 season yielded only a 25% of normal snow pack, so this year has to be better.  Yosemite runs Badger Pass, a family oriented snow resort…

  • Thomas Kinkade Visits Yosemite

    Karen and her husband went to Yosemite to enjoy the beautiful scenery and have a relaxing vacation little did they know they would be coming face to face with one of America’s most celebrated painters – Thomas Kinkade. Kiki’s Korner:Last week when we were vacationing in Yosemite, one day we were riding our bikes around…

  • Secret Yosemite – DVD

    I just bought the DVD of the National Geographic show “Secret Yosemite”. It was broadcast this summer and is now available from the usual video outlets.  I recommend it for all us Half Dome groupies. My only complaint is the narrator they used. He tries to sound like James Earl Jones (Darth Vader) and over…

  • Earthquake!

    We just had an earthquake; Loyd IM’d me as I was IMing a friend in Florida with the same message: “Earthquake!” As always, Loyd was Johnny-on-the -spot with this link: http://quake.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/122-37.html He thought it was about 7, but it turns out to be about 5.6. Now, back to your regularly scheduled Yosemiteblog, now in progress.…

  • New Faces, New Voices

    Over the last three years Yosemite Blog has grown and grown and continues to grow. To keep the content fresh and provide some new views I’ve invited 4 friends to come and lend their voices to the conversation. I’d like to take a moment to welcome Dane Carlson, Edie Howe-Byrne, Tom Lambert and Rick Deutsch.…

  • Something Fun for the Whole Family

    My wife and I have something fun we like to do every time we go to Yosemite and it’s something you can even get your kids involved with. Every time we’re in the park we go to this same spot and take a picture of [Half Dome] reflected in the Merced. The goal is to…

  • A Beautiful Shot and A Great Program for Photographers

    I happened to glance over at the Yosemite Association webcam from Sentinel Dome this morning and I caught this awesome image that I thought I’d share with everyone. What an awesome shot. By the way, if you’ve ever wondered what I use to adjust photos I used to use Photoshop but recently I’ve made the…

  • Day Hikes: Vernal and Nevada Falls by Jeremy Zawodny

    Jeremy Zawodny did a very nice write-up of the hike to Nevada and Vernal falls with some great pictures. It’s great if you’re planning your trip and want to get some background on the Hike to the falls or on up to Half Dome. Jeremy.Zawodny.com: “Last Saturday we headed into Yosemite National Park for some…