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Yosemite Slideshow
Yosemite
Travel Blogs from Yosemite, United States
Yosemite
... had a peep inside and saw the bride. Alisha then took the opportunity to throw some snow in my direction. Next we went to Yosemite Village and looked through the shop. We then saw Yosemite Falls but they weren't flowing. We drove to the Ahwahnee Hotel and ...
Staggering Yosemite National Park & Waterfalls!!
... so there. First job sort out where we were staying that night we were having real difficulty of finding accomodation near Yosemite eventually we found a room in Merced about 70 miles outside Yosemite and actually further away than we were at that ...
Day 24: Thurs, Aug 2, 1962: Tuolumne Meadows
... valley, we hit the Tioga Road & headed to Tuolumne Meadows. This area is located about 1.5 hours northeast of Yosemite Valley & is the largest alpine meadow in the Sierra. Its approximate elevation is 8619 feet, probably the ...
Doh! A deer! A female deer!
... to the next town and finally grab some gas. A little too close for comfort that one, especially on a public holiday! Yosemite would have been a great venue to camp out in the summer, there were some excellent rails that we could have explored, ...
This One Is Going Into Extra Time
... you can eat KFC buffet (very good value at $5.99- although you are sick for a week). Eventually we made it to the tiny town of Oakhurst, which has its one big selling point, a location close to Yosemite National Park. And a lot of fast food ...
Hiking to the top of Half Dome
Battling a huge infection on my knee, Sabrina and I drove through the winding roads of California and into Yosemite National park. Patches of snow were slowly melting away by the side of the road, remnants of the long winter. Sabrina had a few ...
Yosemite
... December 12. We entered through the south gate, visited the nearby sequoia grove and drove through the park toward the Yosemite Valley, driving through majestic landscape with sweeping views towards the west over valleys as we climbed higher in to the ...
Beauty of Yosemite
... October and only if they have gained sufficient weight for hibernation. Food storage is huge here as in most National Parks but Yosemite is more strict. Come to find out that they use to create food scrap dumps for the bears to feed in that ...
Yosemite
... forward to getting into the park itself the next day. We awoke to a cold but glorious sunny day to drive into Yosemite National Park. After paying the $20 entrance fee we drove the winding road through large pine & sequoia tress for about 15 ...
Yosemite 19th - 20th July 2009
... and reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain. Designated a World Heritage Site in 1984, Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and ...
Yosemite National Park - Road Trip 1
... bien maigre ! Entre le restaurant de l'hôtel et la cafétéria d'en face, les deux seuls points de restauration du Yosemite Village, nous regardons notre portefeuille et filons au "Court Food" (la cafét'). Un médiocre "hamburger" (je pense que même ...
Warning: Nature May Kill You!
... . However we noticed dozens of people scrambling on those rocks and, as far as we know, no injuries. In addition to bears, Yosemite also boasts a population of moutain lions. And in case you plan to face a moutain lion soon, according to the July/August ...
Cruisin' in a Tortoise Around Yosemite
... with the idea that you would be able to sleep all night n wake up bright and early in the beautiful surroundings of Yosemite National Park. In reality however things didn't quite turn out to plan... THIS PARAGRAPH DESCRIBES THE TOUR BUS - IF YOU ARE ...
Yosemite or Bust, literally.
... that the area is packed, it’s a beautiful day and everyone is cramming in the last minute visit. A good amount of the Yosemite landmarks can be seen from the floor, Half Dome, El Capitan and trails for the upper and lower falls can be accessed as ...
An AMAZING day with Bill
... źniaczki. Przyjechał do Merced w delegację. Miał jedyny dzień wolnego, kiedy to zdecydował zobaczyć Yosemite. Jego koledzy zostali w hotelu oglądać mecz. "Jestem jednak szczęśliwy, że zostali" - ...
Yosemite National Park
... to all of the waterfalls, stopping to dip our feet in the cool rivers and enjoy the wonderful vistas. We learned that Yosemite Falls is the tallest waterfall in North America. We learned that although called "black" bears, the Yosemite bears can also be ...
Death Valley - survived unscathed
... date. Once out of DV we drive North past the town of Bishop to a small town, June Lake, not too far from Yosemite National park. But we find it very difficult to get accomadation, let alone reasonably priced accomadation! Its two very tired Irish ...
Day 10 Sonoma to Yosemite
... listen to him. We were back in our room by 10pm and had a glass of Benziger port. This is one problem with Yosemite. Yes, its fabulous outdoor scenery, fresh mountain hiking, good for the soul - but there is bugger all to do at ...
The Big Cold at Glacier Point
It absolutely poured raining during the night - torrential rain with lots of thunder and lightening. I was thinking of all those little dome tents down in the valley. The sound and light show was so spectacular it was worth getting up to peek ...
Bears and waterfalls
Arrived in Yosemite in the afternoon to find the campground totally booked out, not surprising as every advise we had warned that you need to book months in advance. Still we found a little out of the way parking spot, and settled in for ...
Day 13 Yosemite National Park
... at the Yosemite Lodge. We had a drink at the bar while I caught up on the blog. One thing I noticed about Yosemite was the lack of Rangers out and about on either trails or at the various busy tourist sites. There is no-one ...
Hwy 1 & Yosemite
... it! I could talk about these guys for hours but I wont, just check out my photos on photobucket. Ok, then we went to yosemite which was amazing! I could easily write another blog about it but words or pictures don't do it justice. Whatever you've heard is ...
Hiking sucks!
... you really want to see it up close you have to crawl over about half a mile of boulders. Instead, I decide to hike the Upper Yosemite Falls trail, which is almost a 5-mile vertical trek. Need to make sure I leave plenty of time to get down and ...
Day 12 Yosemite National Park
... has stopped so fingers crossed Tioga Road will be open and Glacier Point cloud free. Number of Bears seen to date - None Number of squirrels seen to date - squillions! Number of miles walked in Yosemite to date - about ...
Yosemite
... attractions. The crowd this time was more varied - all ages, travellers, locals, couples, return visitors and a token hippie. Yosemite, as expected, is stunning. We did the trail to Glacier Point, which offered fantastic views, although the 6 hours of ...