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Yosemite Me
Mar 31, 20235 min read
"QUIET! Please." ~ Part 1
“Quiet hours are from 10 pm to 6 am.”
Campground Regulations
Yosemite National Park
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Yosemite Me
Mar 1, 20234 min read
'Life is Fine'! Even at the Yosemite Cemetery!
It seemed odd to see a cemetery in a National Park, especially Yosemite.
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Yosemite Me
Jan 28, 20235 min read
A Bear Incident: 'Line Dancing'!
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...
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Yosemite Me
Jan 1, 20234 min read
Yosemite Falls (2022): Take it from the Top!
Yosemite Falls can be viewed from several locations throughout Yosemite National Park. Southside Drive, the one-way road into Yosemite...
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Yosemite Me
Dec 1, 20226 min read
Welcome to Camp Curry!
“Thanks in large part to the charisma of its founders, Camp Curry has also been the park’s perennial crowd-pleaser . . ."
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Yosemite Me
Oct 26, 20225 min read
The South Fork of the Merced River: Still Wild!
When most people hear the words “Merced River,” they typically think of the Main Fork which winds its way through Yosemite Valley,...
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Yosemite Me
Sep 30, 20225 min read
Mt. Hoffmann's Home-Field Advantage
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...
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Yosemite Me
Aug 18, 20225 min read
"Clear to Launch from Glacier Point!"
"It's possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill." Wilbur Wright Wright Brothers National Memorial, North...
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Yosemite Me
Jul 26, 20225 min read
Soaring Over "Pathless Places" ~ Part 2
“To explore is to seek, and to picture is to gather the evidence so all can see and benefit.” A. C. Pillsbury
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Yosemite Me
Jun 26, 20225 min read
Soaring Over "Pathless Places" ~ Part 1
"Oh! Say! Let us fly, dear
Where, kid? To the sky, dear"
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Yosemite Me
May 26, 20224 min read
The "Spike-Wave" That Passed Over Yosemite
“Enjoy the little things, for one day you
may look back and see they were the big things.”
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Yosemite Me
Apr 24, 20224 min read
Yosemite's High Sierra "Ghost" Camps
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.
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Yosemite Me
Mar 27, 20225 min read
Bear-Chasing (Made Easy!)
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...
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Yosemite Me
Feb 27, 20227 min read
Stone[d]man Meadow ~ Part 2
"We were not prepared, and we handled the situation badly. I can only hope we learned something . . . Maybe next time we will have the...
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Yosemite Me
Jan 29, 20225 min read
Stone[d]man Meadow ~ Part 1
"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...
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Yosemite Me
Dec 25, 20215 min read
A Snow-Stopping Scene!
"At the present time . . . the greatest potential value of the deer lies in their esthetic appeal; the visitor is thrilled with delight."
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Yosemite Me
Dec 1, 20214 min read
Yosemite Falls (2021): "Kupaianaha"!
Its sudden transformation into unabated power and frothy white madness hurling down toward the Valley floor left me with few words.
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Yosemite Me
Oct 29, 20217 min read
Risky Behavior at Sierra Point
“This hike should not be attempted by beginning hikers due to the
difficulty of the missing portions of the trail."
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Yosemite Me
Sep 29, 20215 min read
Seeking Sierra Point ~ Part 2
"The name Anisa is primarily a female name of Arabic origin that means Companion, Faithful Friend." babynames.com Despite five decades of...
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Yosemite Me
Aug 21, 20214 min read
Seeking Sierra Point ~ Part 1
I had hiked about 100 yards on the Upper Yosemite Fall trail when I heard a rare but identifiable sound. I stopped and stood as still as...
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