Yosemite
Travel Blogs from Yosemite, United States
Stage 10 - Yosemite Park
... and steep roads in Death Valley we only got to the east gate at 10pm, it was then a further 2 hours to get to Yosemite Village where we finally arrived at midnight. After checking into our accommodation in the housekeeping camp, we collected our linen and ...
Vernal Falls and Bavarian Music
... a short two hour walk in the morning and a longer one in the evening. As you will observe from the photographs we did: - Lower Yosemite Falls in the morning and were disappointed to see that the waterfalls were reduced to a trikle of water a this time of ...
How to fit 3.5 miles into 3,000 feet.
... things that can drown it out is the pitter patter of icy snow pelting the rain fly over my head. It's time for bed. I'm surprised I stayed up long enough to write anything at all. Tomorrow, Santa Barbara. From Upper Yosemite Falls, Zach and Wallie ...
On our way from Sequoia NP to Yosemite NP
... the start to the morning we expected. We traveled 2 hours to Fresno for shopping before arriving at our next destination of Yosemite National Park. The landscapes as we drove reminded us a little of Geelong out the back of Melbourne in ...
Day 19 - Yosemite
... rather than just beef. We headed to the park which is spectacular. Where Yellowstone was an unusual mix of geological formations, Yosemite is dramatic cliffs, lush tree lined snow capped mountains, clear blue skies and air, and big waterfalls. We drove ...
Yosemite National Park
... quiet. We had a picnic in the woods and the children enjoyed collecting HUGE pine cones and climbing trees. We found Yosemite to be a beautiful place - which Jeff and I were able to appreciate. The children on the otherhand, didn't have such ...
Yosemite National Park
Simply awesome - the pictures don't really do it justice. We stayed 3 nights on the outskirts of the park and the best part of 3 days inside it. Unfortunately many of the trails were closed for winter and we didn't see any bears. We were able to ...
Yosemite National Park, Curry Village, Ca.
... difficult Rte 41. Our good luck for little traffic and great weather held as we breezed through the entrance gate of Yosemite Park! A great carved sign welcomed us and over 3 and 1/2 million visitors a year! The grandeur began with exeptional views ...
Playing catch up! Monument Valley - Yosemite
... this lovely town and made it our home for 4 days. We went to the Visitor's Centre a few times to get information on Yosemite. A lovely old lady decided to take us under her wing and help us with whatever we needed. Despite already knowing everything we ...
3ème jour : San Francisco – Yosemite
A regrets, on quitte San Fransisco… mais pour d'autres aventures ! La Ford Mustang que nous avions réservé chez Hertz était en révision aujourd’hui, c’est donc en Toyota Corola que nous avons parcouru la Silicon Valley. Après ...
Yosemite Valley
... there including a coyote wandering around at the side of the road. Next up we went to look at the highest waterfall in North America. Yosemite Falls. It is in two stages and falls over the edge of a big cliff, it falls 2,500 feet! The sun was setting so ...
The home of Yogi Bear!
... streams, 800 miles of hiking trails, and 350 miles of roads. It is currently the third most visited national park in the United States, with an annual visitation of nearly 4 million. We came on the most busiest weekend ever! After driving into the park ...
Yosemite: The first National Park
... stalls, farms and old home-style kitchen diners - we had the biggest, juiciest, ripest cherries I've ever tasted! Yosemite National Park is America's first National Park and a blueprint for conserving areas of natural beauty and wild animal habitats ...
Yosemite Valley
... at times, but mostly enhanced a gorgeous day - providing lush, misty vistas. We all slept in - the rain helped. The trip into Yosemite Valley was gorgeous and were excited to see a squirrel early on, and later on a deer and her young. We had a ...
Yosemite National Park
... hostel. It was funky. Classy room with a cheap restaurant. We splurged and had dinner there both nights. our full day in Yosemite was very eventful. We drove into the park in the morning. It was stunning. massive rock mountains with snow covered rivers. ...
Yurt, Yosemite and Happy Birthday Mum!!!
Happy Birthday mum, 60 years young today!!! Thinking of you!!! Arrived in Yosemite after an 8 hour drive.... straight to the campsite and found out due to all the hassle with the SF hotel situation I'm staying in a Yurt.... but this yurt has a ...
Hikes and Bikes....
hmmmm not sure about being at Yosemite from 8am until 8pm... 12 hours seems far too long... I mean how many hikes can I do..... To be honest very few.... well maybe just one...Mirror Lake, however I did hire a bike and tour the whole park.... my ...
Avocados - big as a guinea pig....
... their awesome grandeur. I can make all the noise I want and I can stomp around as fast as I want – Nature and Yosemite, you win and always will. The light at sunset in the valley is iridescent and feathering, gently fading from one shade to ...
On to Yosemite...
... must have had a great weekend. Never a dull night in these places... Anyway, off we took our car and drove off to Yosemite National Park, one of the most visited parks by touristy toursits. Monterey is a nice place to live in, but...but...but, ...
Yosemite National Park
We travel through dull farmland and grim billboard strewn towns to make it into Yosemite just before dusk to catch the awe-inspiring cliffs, mountains, canyons and the highest waterfall in North America. A couple of shortish hikes the next day take in a ...
Area 51 and mountains
... people were fishing in. Great night. Then drove on to Yosemite Valley which took a good couple of hours through the mountains. Yosemite Valley is amazing but heaving with people. Neither of us expected to see the crowds that were there. We spent the ...
Kit Carsons Pass to Yosemite NP
... came across El Portal which was only 5minutes or so from the park gates and there on the Merced River was a huge place called Yosemite View Lodge www.yosemiteresorts.us and they had a room - actually he offered me a King room with spa and fireplace for ...
the Long Roadtrip
Our Motel has included 'continental breakfast' but donuts and 'cawfee' are not really our thing. We have now invested in cereals and prefer to be independent. Our tube of vegemite from home is appreciated. So on the road.... Oh ...
Yosemite
... andamos 45 minutos hasta un pequeño bosque se Sequoias. Vuelta al coche y aparcamos en el parking principal: para moverse por Yosemite hay buses (shuttles) especiales, gratis, que te dejan en los puntos de interés principales. Decidimos ir a ver una ...
Whats the matter Yogi
... listening to the water crash down below whilst looking at the great glacier formations. It was definitely a highlight of the trip. I think Yosemite is prettier than either the Black Forest or the Grand Canyon, both of which we loved. Of course the whole ...
Besuch im Yosemite National Park
Der Yosemite National Park ist wunderschoen...... Jedoch muss man fast 2 Tage bleiben um dem Park gerecht zu werden. Man kann mit einem Boot auf dem Fluss befahren, 800 Meilen Wanderwege erkunden und unzaehlige Berge besteigen. Als wir ...
Etape 6.3 Yosemite National Park
Vendredi 16, la route de Carmel a Yosémite Valley a été facile, il n'y a pas beaucoup de trafic lorsque vous prenez les routes secondaires, merci GPS. J'arrive a 50 kms du but, je m'arrête dans une petite ville pour avoir des renseignements sur ce ...
26eme jour ou la grosse chaleur, enfin!!!!
... 't found it... Stupid girl, but who knows maybe we gonna find it one day in the van... we never know! We get back to Yosemite national parc (where we were the day before when the drama happened!) And surprised (not a good one) it's more than full there is ...
National Parks
... with alcohol though. After Tahoe, we embarked on driving through some of the West Coast's best national parks. First on the list was Yosemite Park which, according to our map, was about a 3 hour drive south of Lake Tahoe. But as I told you previously, ...

