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Yosemite Me
Nov 305 min read
"How 'bout Best of Five, Hoffmann?"
“I just liked the matchup.” Aaron Boone, NY Yankees Manager, explaining why he chose reliever Nestor Cortes, who had not pitched in 37...
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Yosemite Me
Oct 317 min read
Hanta at Housekeeping Camp?
"The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things – the power to tell the good from the bad, the genuine from the...
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Yosemite Me
Oct 110 min read
Happy at Housekeeping Camp!
"I don't think I'm really in a situation to complain, because I consider myself to be privileged to be doing what I do." ...
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Yosemite Me
Sep 47 min read
A "Deep Dive" Into July ~ Part 2
“If you had to consider the needs of as many people as possible, including the foreign traveler, families with children of varying ages,...
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Yosemite Me
Jul 319 min read
A "Deep Dive" Into July ~ Part 1
In 2017, I created the “ Yosemeter .” It allowed a quick look at determining the “best” month to spend time in Yosemite National Park...
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Yosemite Me
Jun 245 min read
An Open Letter to Frank Dean, President and CEO of the Yosemite Conservancy
Dear Mr. Dean: Upon learning of your decision to retire this summer (2024), I felt a wave of disappointment sweep over me considering the...
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Yosemite Me
May 315 min read
Yosemite National Park vs. Itchycoo Park
“Over bridge of sighs To rest my eyes in shades of green Under dreaming spires To Itchycoo Park, that's where I've been . . . “We'll get...
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Yosemite Me
Apr 257 min read
The Washburn Fire: An Inside Job? ~ Part 3
Continued from February 2024 (See PART 2 by Clicking Here) 3. MOTIVATION FOR STARTING THE WASHBURN FIRE...
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Yosemite Me
Apr 17 min read
The Washburn Fire: An Inside Job? ~ Part 2
"Human-start fires typically occur near roads so escape routes are accessible for the fire starter."
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Yosemite Me
Mar 17 min read
The Washburn Fire: An Inside Job? ~ Part 1
Inside Job: “A crime committed by or in collusion with a person or persons closely associated with the victim.”...
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Yosemite Me
Jan 315 min read
Fire in Yosemite: Not Quite a "Wrap"! ~ Part 2
"That's a wrap!": Used to indicate that something is finished or concluded. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 202...
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Yosemite Me
Jan 14 min read
Yosemite Falls (2023): The "Mega-Influencer"!
“I am in constant view of the grandest of all the falls.” John Muir, April 5, 1871
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Yosemite Me
Dec 1, 20235 min read
Fire In Yosemite: Not Quite a "Wrap"! ~ Part 1
The first reports of smoke came to the Yosemite Emergency Communications Center at 2:04 pm on July 7, 2022. Only eight days had passed...
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Yosemite Me
Oct 30, 20235 min read
"Look Out Ahead"!
“Meanwhile, all of these mountain bikers were just whizzing past me,”
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Yosemite Me
Oct 4, 20235 min read
Going With the "Flow" at the Wawona Swinging Bridge
“The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times . . . The best moments usually occur if a person’s body or...
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Yosemite Me
Aug 31, 20234 min read
The Only "Fix" for Yosemite Use Disorder (YUD)!
Not everyone succumbs to Yosemite Use Disorder (SUD). For those who don't, they might visit Yosemite National Park (YNP) and acknowledge...
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Yosemite Me
Jul 28, 20236 min read
Leave No Trace, San Francisco! ~ Part 2
“The woods, the streams, everything on it
belongs to everybody and is for the use of all. How can one man say it belongs only to him?”
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Yosemite Me
Jun 30, 20238 min read
Leave No Trace, San Francisco! ~ Part 1*
“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we we see is a perspective, not the truth.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations In...
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Yosemite Me
May 29, 20234 min read
"Take That, Bark Beetle"! ~ Part 3
Hey, Bark Beetle, are you still out there? I have not heard much about you
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Yosemite Me
May 1, 20235 min read
"Quiet, please." ~ Part 2
“There seems to be an inborn drive in all human beings
not to live in a steady emotional state, which would suggest
that such a state is .
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