“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?”

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we we see is a perspective, not the truth.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations In...

Hey, Bark Beetle, are you still out there? I have not heard much about you

“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 .

“Quiet hours are from 10 pm to 6 am.” Campground Regulations Yosemite National Park

It seemed odd to see a cemetery in a National Park, especially Yosemite.

Everybody gather 'round now Let your body feel the heat Don't you worry if you can't dance; Let the music move your feet Better get...

Yosemite Falls can be viewed from several locations throughout Yosemite National Park. Southside Drive, the one-way road into Yosemite...

“Thanks in large part to the charisma of its founders, Camp Curry has also been the park’s perennial crowd-pleaser . . ."

When most people hear the words “Merced River,” they typically think of the Main Fork which winds its way through Yosemite Valley,...

My hoped-for encounter with Mt. Hoffmann in Yosemite National Park did not occur exactly as I expected. It wasn’t that I did not make...

"It's possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill." Wilbur Wright Wright Brothers National Memorial, North...

“To explore is to seek, and to picture is to gather the evidence so all can see and benefit.” A. C. Pillsbury

"Oh! Say! Let us fly, dear Where, kid? To the sky, dear"

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and see they were the big things.”

The gentle 7:00 am gong I hear need not sound out more than once to get me off the thin mattress and out from under three woolen blankets.

If a trail is to be blazed, it is "send a ranger." If an animal is floundering in the snow, a ranger is sent to pull him out; if a bear...

"We were not prepared, and we handled the situation badly. I can only hope we learned something . . . Maybe next time we will have the...

"Walk right in, sit right down And baby, let your mind roll on Hey, walk right in, stay a little while But daddy, you can't stay too...

"At the present time . . . the greatest potential value of the deer lies in their esthetic appeal; the visitor is thrilled with delight."