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  • Mommy’s-to-Be Get Pampered at the Tenaya Lodge

    I think I’ve mentioned before that my wife and I are expecting our second child and although it’s too late for us here’s a really cool treat all the Daddy-to-Be’s can get for the Mommy-to-Be’s, a Pregnancy Massage at the Tenaya Lodge in Yosemite. Tenaya Lodge: “Our certified massage therapists provide a nurturing treatment designed…

  • Campground Highlight: White Wolf

    White Wolf Open: July through September Reservations:First Come, First Served Cost: $14/night for each campsite (maximum 6 people per site) Number of sites: 74 RV length: up to 27 ft Trailer length: up to ?? ft Pets: Yes Description: If you want to camp far away from the noise and dust of Yosemite Valley during…

  • Which famous photographer are you?

    Here’s a fun time-waster: Which famous photographer are you? Which famous photographer are you? Ansel Adams: Known for large scale silver gelatin landscapes especially of Yosemite National Park “Sometimes I do get to places just when God’s ready to have somebody click the shutter.” Click Here to Take This QuizBrought to you by YouThink.com quizzes…

  • Rangers Bust Marijuana Growers

    On Monday Yosemite National Park Rangers, in cooperation with the Mariposa County Sheriffs Office, the Army National Guard, and the California Department of Justice, raided 3 illegal marijuana growing sites inside park boundaries seizing an estimated $22 million in mature plants. NPS: “The illegal cultivation sites bore the characteristics of a Mexican drug trafficking enterprise,…

  • Body of Missing Hiker Found

    The body of missing hiker Ottorina Bonaventure has been found in the Yosemite southwest of Tuolumne Meadows in the Echo Creek drainage. Yuba Net: “The search for a missing woman in Yosemite National Park ended on Tuesday, August 14, 2007 when her body was located in the Echo Creek drainage, a rugged wilderness area southwest…

  • Get Involved: Join The Planner-For-A-Day Workshop

    The National Park Service is having it’s next Planner-For-A-Day workshop on this coming Saturday, August 11th at the Parsons Lodge in Tuolumne Meadows. The purpose of this workshop is to discuss the recently released Tuolumne Planning Workbook, a report on the progress of both the Tuolumne Wild and Scenic River Plan and the Tuolumne Meadows…

  • July ’07 Statistics

    July was a busy month here at the ol’ homestead. We had over 20,984 visitors to Yosemite Blog from 18 countries with roughly 154,548 pages viewed. That’s phenomenal! Thank you everyone who visited last month for making it such a marvelous month. Already it looks like August is shaping up to be just as busy…

  • Search Scaled Back for Missing Hiker

    The search effort for Ottorrina Bonaventura who has been missing since July 30th was scaled back over the weekend as hope of finding the 80 year old diminished. Fox28.com: “There’s still no sign of an 80-year-old Indiana woman lost in a wilderness area of California’s Yosemite National Park. Ottorrina Bonaventura of Schererville has been missing…

  • Do the Crime in Yosemite, Do the Time in Yosemite (well sort of)

    Most people have seen or heard the commercials “What happen in Vegas, Stays in Vegas” but when you run afoul the law in Yosemite “What happens in Yosemite, Stays in Yosemite.” That’s because Yosemite is one of only two National Parks (the other being Yellowstone) that have it’s own court house. So when you get…

  • Missing: Fred Claassen

    Fred Claassen entered the Hoover Wilderness from Twin Lakes on Thursday, July 31, 2003 for a short hiking trip to Crown Lake. He planned to traverse Mule and Burro passes and return to Twin Lakes cross-country via Matterhorn Pass and the Horse Creek drainage. Due back Monday, August 4th hikers reported seeing him last at…