Mariposa Grove Yosemite National Park

We had a slower start today. Steve took the kids down onto the rocky bed of the river beside our campsite for some good old-fashioned rock-throwing. They built boats of bark with feather sails and launched them into the current. They spotted some deer on the opposite bank. I wandered down and took a few photos and skipped a few stones. We were the …

...ja, nach den Burgern in Dengadillo's Snow Cap Seligman und Peggy Sue's 50s Diner nahe Barstow ist es um die Bea geschehen - sie ist dem Burgerwahn verfallen! Jedoch gibt sie sich nicht mit einem schnöden McDonalds oder Burgerking Fraß hin, nein! Neben dem Geschmack des eigentlichen Gerichts muss natürlich auch das Ambiente passen! Na ob wir da …

Apologies to those who have tried to be in contact but we have been without cellphone and data reception. Unfortunately, that theme continues with the exception of intermittent wifi - strange but true. We have spent a week in yosemite and the pictures should tell the story all by themselves of the magnificent scenery; especially a spectacular …

Thankfully, it was a bit cooler today, We had breakfast at the buffet and then drove down to Mariposa Grove to see the giant Sequoias and took in the views from Glacier Point. On the way back from there, there was a bit of excitement...a bunch of cars which were stopped in front of us had just seen a bear with 2 cubs but we were about 60 seconds …

Buenos Días!!!

Naturaleza en estado puro aunque seca, característica del Otoño!

Después de desayunar, nos fuimos de aventura por el parque.
Constatando que las cascadas están casi todas secas, decidimos caminar a una mas cerca Vernal Fall (1h de caminada +-) para ver la poca agua que queda bajando….
Que bonito seria …

Nadat de nieuwe band binnen was en op de auto gezet, konden we op pad richting Yosemite. We zijn het park binnengekomen via de oost-ingang, waardoor je over de Tioga pas rijdt. Deze is vanaf oktober tot en met mei afgesloten, doordat het zo hoog ligt dat er dan bijna continue sneeuw ligt. Maar nu niet en daarom konden we onderweg genieten van …

We entered Yosemite through the south entrance and went first to Mariposa Grove and then to Washburn Point. After lunch we headed to Yosemite Valley and the bumper to bumper traffic. I would definitely recommend getting here early in the morning, parking your car and taking the shuttle buses around to the sites …

Sleep was pretty deep after our long hike, and slowly got up as we had sore knees and legs from the day before, but we weren't going to let it stop us from seeing the Giant Sequoias

It took about an hour to drive to Mariposa Grove. In the summer they have a tram that can drive you around the park to see all the trees. However, we were …

Our most anticipated destination in the U.S. (close to NYC) was the magnificent Yosemite National park in the Sierra Nevada valley. The four of us set off early on Sunday morning after dropping Andrea off at her grans and drove through the vast empty Californian spaces stopping off for a picnic shortly before reaching the park. Once we were in …

Today was mostly driving. We left LA early in the morning so that we can get to Yosemite in time to do one of their shortest tours - the 75-minute tour of the largest grove of sequoias in the park, Mariposa Grove. The grove contains several hundred mature sequoias, but some of the most distinct ones have been named and are part of the tour.
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... wir uns aber gesagt hatten, morgen laufen wir nicht so viel. Ausgeschlafen schauten wir uns heute einen ganz anderes Teil des Yosemite Parks an. Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoia. Mammutbäume - riesig. Die Bäume werden rund 250 Fuss hoch / 76 m hoch, ...

... a public desire to protect 3 groves of Giant trees. Eventually to become one of the worlds first national parks, the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove were protected by federal order in 1864 by President Abraham Lincoln.** Once again, tired, but ...

... automobile suspension systems even that much more... We then ventured up to the charming Wawona Hotel before taking the park shuttle to the Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias – one of the three different Redwood species. Mariposa Grove is the ...

... and wine, and they had live music every night we were there. Very cool atmosphere. The first day we headed into Yosemite National Park and headed straight to Bridal Veil Falls. There wasn't much water coming down but it was still beautiful... and would ...

... bus to Merced, this was fairly uneventful! When we arrived in Merced, it appeared that we had missed the last bus into Yosemite National Park. So we ended up staying the night at Yosemite Bug Hostel in Mid-pines- about a one and a half hours bus ride ...

... morning we woke up to the Merced river and the sunlight. It was absolutely wonderful. We ate breakfast and headed over to the Mariposa Grove to see the giant sequoia trees. There was too much more to the grove accept for the massive size of the trees. ...

... cold.. In the morning we relaxed, I wrote the story and selected the photos for the blog.. Around 9:30, we drove off to Mariposa Grove, this was approx 26 miles from our accommodation, and we went there to check out the huge Sequoias Trees. We arrive ...

Gepland: Vandaag verkenning van Yosemite NP. Misschien ook zuidwaarts naar Mariposa Grove waar ook reusachtige bomen staan. Maar vermits we ze al in Muir Woods gezien hebben, blijven we misschien in Yosemite zelf. Daar zal zeker voldoende te zien zijn. ...

... points on the way so we had to stop again often. Today we spent about 8 hours in the park. At seven we leave the park at the Mariposa Grove Road in the south, still some miles to drive to Oakhurst, our place for the night. At this exit of the park we ...

... tree in native Indian by the way). We started slowly but ended up walking 6 miles in around three hours. A wonderful walk called Mariposa Grove...alone most of the time. During our walk we even had a special show. There was a provoked fire to reduce ...