Yosemite, United States Travel Blogs

Our Trip to Yosemite National Park
Apr 17, 2006 (5 photos)

Our first stop after San Francisco was Yosemite National Park. We'll let the photos do the talking, other than to say that place is incredible and one the best places we visited during our whole trip.

Yosemite National Park
Jun 25, 2007 (30 photos)

... I toured the Ansel Adams Gallery to see many of his, and other photographers, pictures.  Finally I walked through the Yosemite Cemetery. At 2PM I signed up for a tour with Canon Cameras.  They let me use a big 35mm ...

the drive to Yosemite
Jun 24, 2007 (26 photos)

I drove 65 miles north to Yosemite National Park.  After entering I drove to Yosemite's Mariposa Grove.  I took a short walk through the grove and viewed the sequioas.  I enjoyed the shade of one tree while I ...

Fina National Championships and Yosemite
Aug 11, 2006 (3 photos)

... 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 view was ...

Freewheeling
Feb 14, 2007 (4 photos)

... was over here so decided I would trot over that way today. The trotting though was done by a shuttle bus out to Yosemite Bug hostel where I would be shacking up for a few days just outside the park itself and the first Hosteling International hostel ...

Walking Among Giants
Feb 15, 2007 (16 photos)

... 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 ...

Wow, wow, wow!!!
Oct 26, 2008 (39 photos)

... valley the light faded quickly. In the last light of the day the view of famous half dome mountain, which has become Yosemite's symbol, was incredible and our cosy little cabin was situated among some beautiful trees at the base of the mountain. We had ...

I don't know where the last couple of weeks ...
Aug 3, 2002 (4 photos)

... well again by the next afternoon. It just meant a quite day of not doing awfully much. The next day though saw us in Yosemite National Park and my ankle held up to about 6 miles of not very flat hiking which I was very happy about. I have some ...

Misery
Jan 26, 2007 (7 photos)

... options - everyone of 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'. ...

Finding Sam
Jan 28, 2007 (39 photos)

... 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 endless ...

Yosemite National Park (World/US&C)
Sep 26, 2007

... asked if she could take a picture of me for a magazine. I wonder if that photo ever made it to print? Anyway, Yosemite is definitely worth a visit. I would suggest spending as many days in the area as possible, because there is quite a lot to see and ...

Bye, bye, California
Oct 1, 2009 (4 photos)

... took a walk to see the sequoias at Tuolumne Grove, somehow going uphill the mile back was much longer! We visited the Yosemite Valley, so breathtakingly beautiful seen from the Tunnel View, and were awed by El Capitán, Half-Dome, and the Bridalveil Falls. ...

Yosemite Part Deux
Jun 27, 2009

... ;      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: http://www.flickr.com/photos/benkunz/sets/72157619496658942/

A very wet Yosemite National Park!
Feb 9, 2007

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Yosemite
Sep 5, 2009 (9 photos)

Stage 10 - Yosemite Park
Sep 17, 2009

... breakfast at the Village so just had a coffee and then headed off to take the Valley floor Tour. This took us past Yosemite falls, which unfortunately had dried up a little and then towards El Capitan where there were loads of rock climbers that you could ...

Yosemite a.k.a. Little Manhattan National Park
Jul 27, 2008 (12 photos)

... , is unbearable.  There are thousands of people crammed into a very small area in the Valley.  Nevertheless, I achieved my Yosemite goal of hiking Half Dome.  Half Dome is exactly that, half of a rock dome that rises about 4,000 feet ...

Yosemite National Park
Apr 9, 2007 (11 photos)

... friendly and at eating establishments, attentive.....but still poor. Anyway, on to the sandwich shop. The one sandwich shop in Yosemite village. The system involved getting a ticket for service. This is if you are lucky enough to have noticed the small ...

Yosemite National Park
Apr 8, 2005 (5 photos)

... for a few days to experience the wonders of the Sierra/Nevada ranges. It is with delight that I inform you that Yosemite is absolutely breathtaking and worth visiting if you ever find yourself in Northern California. As a consequence I am completely ...

The hike from Heaven
Sep 12, 2008

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
Feb 27, 2008 (12 photos)

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 flow ...

El Capitain
Sep 19, 2006 (5 photos)

El Capitain, Yosemite National Park 4/9 2006

Yosemite Valley, California
May 31, 2008 (35 photos)

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. Mum ...

Yosemite National Park
May 6, 2009 (8 photos)

... 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 dem Fall ...

So beautiful
Aug 25, 2009 (11 photos)

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 well ...

Narrow road, sheer drops and The Man from Cheddar
Sep 25, 2009 (4 photos)

... Here's a link to a movie from our drive to Yosemite from Lee Vining, and here's a link to a movie inside Yosemite. In the United States, Halloween is a much bigger deal than in the UK, I discovered this a few years back but didn't realise decorations were ...

Yosemite - 1200 square miles, 400 bears - we saw 0
Sep 28, 2009 (6 photos)

... picnic or breaking into a car to take a packet of crisps, we saw none - but the squirrels were cool!  Seriously, Yosemite is spectacular, the scenery and size is unbelievable. Today we spent 4.5 hours on a bus to go and see Yosemite from Glacier ...

Day 28; Cracks & a Bear!
Aug 18, 2009 (17 photos)

... Jeff, the instructor, and 4 other climbers. Off we went then, till 4pm when we could pick him up! We started off by exploring Yosemite Village, and of course had to pop into the visitor centre for a fridge magnet or two, and also looked in the Ansel Adams ...

Death Valley to Yosemite
Nov 2, 2006 (5 photos)

... more hairpins - poor sarah was having kittens in the back) and had a lovely appartment in a little village called Fish Camp. Yosemite itself was amazing - one of the most beautiful places we have been. The most famous sight there is 'El Capitan', a ...

Yosemite
Apr 6, 2007 (10 photos)

... up a few souvenirs. As we were making our way to our hotel in Oakhurst, we came upon an incredibly awesome view of Yosemite Valley. I could have stood there forever just looking at this fantastic sight. There in front of us were the Bridalveil Falls on the ...