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Yosemite National Park Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Yosemite National Park, United States
Yosemite National Park
This is a top pick! ... exhibit hall was a small museum showing how Yosemite's landscape was formed, how people have lived in Yosemite for hundreds of years and about the park's wildlife. After that I walked through the Indian village to learn about the Ahwahnee ...
Wow, wow, wow!!!
This is a top pick! ... a shooting star would streak across the sky and we all had enough wishes for a year. We could easily have spent much more time in the beautiful Yosemite National Park but there were other important things to discover, like the Californian wine ...
Freewheeling
This is a top pick! I had been pondering these last few days about whether or not to go to Yosemite National Park wondering if I felt well enough to go hiking around it. Although not back to 100% health it was a place I had bookmarked as somewhere I had really wanted to go ...
Fina National Championships and Yosemite
This is a top pick! ... activity here and as we left, a number of motorcyclists emerged and roared off on their bikes. We continued our trip on to Yosemite through the foothills, skipped the 'Old Priest's Grade" route and took the newer more modern road up to Groveland. The ...
Walking Among Giants
This is a top pick! ... reminding me of the Cu Chi tunnels in Vietnam, minus the snow. Driving to a couple of lookout points the views down the Yosemite valley were spectacular with the deep blue sky above on this clear day really showing off the park at it's best. The ...
Misery
This is a top pick! ... them guaranteed to secure serious coronary problems in the next few years. We checked in to 'The Yosemite Bug', a mountain lodge somewhere in the national park. We were within minutes of the deadline. Apparently we were 'lucky'. We were also lucky ...
Finding Sam
This is a top pick! ... see a mountain lion: wave your arms, shout, and throw rocks and sticks at the lion..' It's hard to describe hiking through Yosemite. I guess you could say it's like being in a roadrunner cartoon, on one of those hairline roads that wind through the ...
Be Prepared!
This is a top pick! ... had a similar plan and mindset. So it was a done deal! We headed off on our road trip! First stop: Yosemite (pronounched Yo-sim-ma-tee) National Park. We didn't know the set-up except that it's awesome, in the true sense of the word. An extensive ...
Third day at Camp Curry
... Point. Before I can tell you any more I have to tell you that on the drive up we almost ran over a black bear. Bears in Yosemite are pretty common. If we were a second later then we would of ran over it. At Glacier Point, we saw Half Dome, ...
Bye, bye, California
... system up in the hills for irrigating the crops below, we take a winding, steep road past old mining towns and arrive at Yosemite National Park to set up camp at Crane Flats. First thing in the morning after closing up the camper we took a walk to see ...
Yosemite Part Deux
... ; Some other cool 5.9 finger crack *Routes we’d highly recommend Leaning Tower and Bridalveil Falls Link to many, many more pictures from Yosemite here: ...
A Little More San Francisco, and Away
... . In the evening, about 1930, we left San Francisco heading East. Dick had decided to come with us for a visit to Yosemite National Park where we arrived about 0230 the next morning. At the park entrance a ranger stopped us to inspect the car ...
Fantastic Place to Hike and Swim
... took advice and made a plan for the visit. After writing and sending a stack of post cards we returned the car to the car park and set off on a hike to the Vernal Falls. We swam in the Emerald Pool above the waterfall, John ripping his trunks ...
Yosemite
Yosemite a.k.a. Little Manhattan National Park
... ; Words can't do it justice. I also left Yosemite one day before the bad summer fires hit. I'm apparently bad luck on national parks. Oh yeah, I also visited Lassen Volcanic National Park in Northern California. Very ...
Happy Birthday Lisa!
Our cross-California journey from the Coastal Redwood forests to Yosemite National Park launched with seeming delirium. Beginning the day with a gorgeous drive on the edge of the Mendocino Forest and through the Sacramento Valley, then celebrating ...
Another national park
We reached Yosemite National Park. We camped on lower Pines which was only half full. Jdys parents stayed in Curry Village. Its amazing how many people are in the park. And it is much more amazing that you do not see hardy any people aón the trails. This ...
The end of the tour
At long last we made it to Yosemite National Park! It's pretty much a mecca for climbers so I've been somewhat looking forward to it. The first stop we made was at a beautifully clear lake, the mountains around reaching to a perfectly blue sky. It was ...
Yosemite National Park
... the city as a backpacker. However knowing my passion for mountains, my Aunt/Uncle generously offered to take me to Yosemite National Park for a few days to experience the wonders of the Sierra/Nevada ranges. It is with delight that I inform you that ...
Trekking in the Winter Wonderland of Yosemite!
An easy 4-hours drive and 250-miles later and we had arrived at the beautiful ‘Yosemite National Park’ on Sunday afternoon. As we are on quite a tight schedule (USA is pretty vast to tackle in a month) and only had 1 night booked in Yosemite ...
The hike from Heaven
Up early to go on the stated 6-8 hour hike up to the top of the Nevada falls. The Yosemite falls has no water at the moment, but the Nevada falls does as it's fed by glacial melt, higher up in the mountain range. I ended up doing it in 5.5 hours and was a ...
Yosemite National Park Winter Landscape
Yosemite Valley in Yosemite National Park offers a unique landscape at any time of year. However, the winter's snow adds a special beauty to this glacier carved valley. Snow blankets the valley floor and covers rocks in the river. The waterfalls still ...
Yosemite Valley, California
Well It was a full day's drive to Yosemite and when we got there everybody was tired and it was getting dark when we finally reached our Housekeeping Camp. The office had closed and there was a wall of keys for late arrivals, but our name wasn't there. ...
Hanging out on Half Dome
... until an hour before we camped, despite how manically busy the rest of the park had been. Whatever you say about the US National Park Service (Bill Bryson, whose travel-comedy books we had been listening to on the drive, has a particular beef with them) ...
Yosemite National Park
... auf den Weg. Auf dem grossen Parkplatz lassen wir unser Auto stehen und machen uns zu Fuss auf den Weg, zuerst Richtung Lower Yosemite Falls. Auch dieser Fall führt so viel Wasser, dass man nur aus einiger Distanz fotografieren kann und die Brücke vor ...
So beautiful
From Lake Tahoe we drove down to Yosemite National Park. Fortunately Bill & Becky have been here many times before so we were able to get the "fast pass" to see a LOT in a little amount of time. We had perfect weather and did some guided travel as ...