Yosemite
Travel Blogs from Yosemite, United States
Parking up the wrong tree
... the sites. There are some amazing views and when we get our pictures uploaded I'm sure you'll agree. The one problem with Yosemite is that it is packed full of tourists and you don't really get that feel of nature, also the american version of ...
YOSEMITE – HUGE, AMAZING, FANTASTIC!!
... a bit. However, after about 50 minutes we emerged from a long tunnel to be greeted with our first wonderful view of the Yosemite valley (see panorama attached). We finally arrived at the camp in the dark and so had little idea of our ...
Yosemite!
... a canyon was worth the last second swerve into the car park. Back on the road, I made it up the steep climb (only just!) into Yosemite by around 11:30. I decided the drive in and out for two days was too much and made a quick run around to all the ...
Yosemite National Park
6am start for a 4hour bus trip to Yosemite National Park - had an amazing day. Scenery was breath-taking - even more so because it was very snowy but sunny. Didn't see any bears (probably a good thing) but saw plenty of deer, squirrels and even ...
veni, vidi, vici
... whole lot of nothing we came upon a place of beautiful valleys, flowing waterfalls, and acres and acres of picturesque scenes. We got to Yosemite much later than expected and so we were dying to fit it all in. We rushed to find a campsite, threw our ...
Yosemite National Park
... traveling through the southwest as well. They took a picture of Alex and me for us. Alex and I stopped along 120 in Yosemite at a pond and along a rushing mountain river. When we got to Yosemite Village we saw the Bridal Veil Falls and El ...
Sleeping with the Bears!
... i would not be surprised if the bear spotting had been staged by one of the leaders to give the kids a heartily Yosemite experience. I mean this is the states, where you cant even sit on Santa´s knee so its hard to believe that they are gonna let school ...
Mariposa Sequoia Groves
We started our day with a beautiful drive back to Yosemite. We are staying in Oakhurst which is about 16 miles south of the southern entrance to Yosemite. We decided to go to the Mariposa Groves. This grove is home to the Giant Sequoia trees. They ...
Yosemite Falls
... to the top. There were so many tight switch backs reminding us of climbing out of the Grand Canyon. There were fantastic views of Yosemite Valley from higher on the trail. We had great expansive views of Half Dome on the other side of the valley. We ...
Yosemite National Park
A few days in the National Park, what can I say.....it was awesome, breathtaking, stunning and blummin cold and oh yes it snowed, like I have never seen snow before, even the time we got snowed in, in the Lake District! I had bought myself a woolen hat ...
AWE INSPIRING....YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK!
... ; When we were at the ranger talk and had to mention where we were from, everyone clapped. I must say, the service at Yosemite is just fabulous. Friendly staff are more than helpful and polite. So far all the people we have met have greeted ...
Yosemite
... feet). The indigenous people believe that the huge rock is the frozen image of a crying woman. We stop at the nearby Yosemite Falls. There's water action right now as most areas are dry during Fall. However, the amazing fiery coloured trees along ...
In den Yosemite in die Flitterwochen
... 140 eine Traumstraße durch spektakuläre Gebirgslandschaften. Immer höher geht es am Merced River flussaufwärts Richtung Yosemite Valley. Einmal quert die Straße an einem gewaltigen Erdrutsch auf einer provisorischen Brücke den ...
A day at Yosemite
... to be a stray dog wandering around our camp site, but later found out it was actually some ones pet. We headed out to Yosemite around nine o'clock, and arrived shortly after. Our first stop we got out of the car and walked out to a stream. We were ...
Vystup na Yosemitske vodopady
Dnes je v USA Den Nezavislosti - 4 Jul a tak vsetci poriadni USA-ci oslavuju niekde v sprievode velmi podobnom ako u nas kedysi na 1.maja. Inak ti kapitalisti robia v podstate to iste ako komunisti len to obcas trochu inak nazvu - no a nie je to az take ...
Yosemite Dam That Was Hard!!
What we thought was going to be a stroll in the park (literally!) was a driving experience to never experience again!! Through snow-capped mountains we weaved our way through the park on icy roads ascending and descending gradients of 27 degrees (V ...
Cesta na sever
Tento rok pripadol v USA Den Nezavislosti - 4 jul na pondelok, takze sme tu mali jeden z mala predlzenych vikendov. Den Nezavislosti je v USA naozaj velky patritisticky narodny sviatok. Pre nas to vsak znamenalo len jeden den volna navyse, tak sme ho ...
No, not where Yogi and Booboo live.
... and a pizza from Round Table (triple cheese and the size of a car tyre - not nice) we got up early and headed for Yosemite National Park. First stop was the Bridalveil Falls where we parked and took a walk through the trees to the base of the falls. ...
Huevos Rancheros
... held it in. So off to Yosemite with a stomach full of evil (I am actually feeling a bit queasy just remembering it). Yosemite more than made up for it - this place is amazing. No point me describing it - just check out the ...
Going to see the giant sequoia trees
... other across the valley. Our last stop was to see the views at Tunnel View. We spent the night at the Yosemite View Village which was situated along side a river. The motel room was very clean and spacious. We spent some time relaxing in ...
Yosemite National Park
04/06/05 Yosemite National Park We saw so many beautiful waterfalls. The Yosemite Falls are the 5th tallest in the world! We were really lucky and saw Black Bears, and loads of other wildlife - was gutted that I didn't see a chipmunk though! Was ...
Yo-semite on the hippy bus!
... no home comforts here!! The next morning the whole bus was woken up at dawn as we made our first stop on the edge of Yosemite National Park for breakfast, which, as with all our meals on the trip, was cooked beside the bus....and wow, as we stepped ...
Day at Yosemite National Park
... After visiting that striking three-part fall, we biked towards Camp Curry. We got ice cream and watched a comedy skit about Yosemite National Park, which was actually funny and informational. We all said that it had been a really fun ...
Snow...what a surprise!
... better than it sounds! The next day we caught the YART bus at twenty past eight into the park, this was a beautiful journey. Yosemite had actually had a huge storm at the end of February, power was out for eight days, the park was closed for three, ...
Yosemite
Von Fresno gings weiter Richtung Yosemite Park, soll man sich anschauen hat man mir gesagt. Gegenueber dem Sequoia ist die Anfahrt geradezu angenehm, obwohl es auch auf 6000 Fuss raufgeht. Die meiste Zeit faehrt man im Wald und sieht nur Baeume. Der ...
Into the wilderness....
We headed into Yosemite early in the am, entering the park and taking in the Yosemite Valley driving loop your are surrounded by absolutely towering cliffs and slopes or for the geologically keen...monoliths! Pretty impressive stuff and definitely a place ...
Camping amongst the RVs and snow in Yosemite
We bussed through the pretty Californian countryside to Yosemite National Park. The bus times meant that we couldn't get all the way there in one day so we had to split the journey. This wasn’t a problem at all until we rushed down to the bus stop ...

