Goatie!!! Olde Dude is passing around a rumor that you have become an Olde Goat!! I had to explain to him that Goaties age differently than humans: they stay forever young and vital!. That silly Olde Dude. Happy B-day, Goatie!by Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Olde Dude!! Happy Birthday! When are they going to name a peak after you???? (Just add a an "R" to Condon peak at Hetch-Hetchy and we're there!!)by Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Love the Olde Dooodie pictures, Goatie (gotta get some 3-D glasses)by Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotemrcondron Thank you Bee. You are welcome, Olde Doooodieby Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I was thinking that some of those people who rent the RVs would be better off if they DID have a beer before hitting the road!by Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Chick-on, I could not find the official "Happy Birthday Olde Doood Thread" so I made one. Since Olde Dooood has been around since Yosemite was made an official National Park, I decided that his Birthday should Bee celebrated HERE. Happy Birthday Olde Dooood!!! (and many many more) BEEEEEEEEEby Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Here is the quintessential Olde Doode Picture: cool, calm & dapper as he crosses the Piranha filled Amazon. Happy Bee Day OD!!by Bee - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
VERY cool your -Scratch is most excellent. It's been fun to double check the peaks I had guessed (I at least guessed Dana correctly This would a fun poster to frame (only with the permission of the rightful owner of the pic)by Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
-scratch on foto is welcome! I have other collections of labeled pix, soZ this will a welcome additionby Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Anything and everything counts. If anyone knows how to use the "labeling" device on Photoshop et al, please do so!by Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
MIAMI (AP) — A motorist's vehicle struck and killed a black bear on a road in the Florida Everglades and three others from another vehicle who had gotten out to help the woman where then struck and killed by a third vehicle, police said. Several others were reported injured in the three-vehicle accident. Seminole Police Department spokesman Gary Bitner told The Associated Press the woman wasby Bee - General Discussion
One of the guys posted this pic on the WZ. I thought that it would be fun for those in the know to label the peaks What I do recognize is the obvious: Mono Lake in the Background, & Half Dome in the middle foreground.by Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteBearproof I see your (and it's) point. It's not a point, it's the Mt Clark Twisty!by Bee - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra
Quotemarkskor Quoteparklover I just didn't want to... try to remove the graffiti and cause more damage. . Interesting...more than a few years ago, some bassholes decided to spraypaint "Nudes Only" on the route up to the Tubs above the Ahwahnee. Not knowing any better, we borrowed a wire brush (friends in Housekeeping) and spent a few hours dry-scouring the granite...took off about halfby Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Is there a story to go with the picture? Did you do some hiking in the area? Inquiring minds wanna know!by Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Another commentary on the subject by a perennial favorite, Moosetracks (I don't think she will mind if I re-print this; it came from her blog) Why We Can’t Have Nice Tings. by moosetracksca There has been a tremendous amount of buzz surrounding the recent case of the alleged National Park vandal, Casey Nocket, aka Creepytings. While most have vilified her actions, at least one outby Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Oh, I forgot -- I am addressing the resident expert on everything. Mea Culpa! I guess your particular group of "poor people" has much more leisure time than the rest. Great! Telling the truth is interpreted as bitter? You must live in la-la land. The truth is the truth -- sorry that it does not fit into your rosey picture of families sitting down with smiling faces enjoying aby Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence I hope you realize that there are a lot of families in America that can't afford to pay over $30 for two pizzas or pay full price to see movies at a movie theatre. . Oh, puh-LEEEZE. I have been following this "what about the poor people?!" croc since the beginning of this thread. As a former poor person (I think that only being able to eat every other day for aby Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteKen M I'm surprised by the sentiment of those who take the position that they will only follow the laws that they have researched and make sense to them. Doesn't seem the hallmark of a civilized society. I'd be surprised if citizens acted like that in Israel, where doing such things gets you killed. Just want to clarify something here: I lived in Israel. I served in the IDF(For aby Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteBearproof Hey not all trash is created (or left behind) equally..check this out: How Old is "Old"? And this is not about OD btw Hey, that is actually a purdy interesting article! Meanwhile, if someone leaves OD in the park, does he qualify as an artifact????by Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Oh NO! Don't get me started on ROCK *FORMATIONS*!!!!! (BeeCause they are constructed of 'native' materials, ridding them becomes even more insidious) Haul out, etc....I dunno -- the same q's were going through my mind when I saw the trash *monolith* at Warren Lake. (What is that pile in the first picture??? Looks like we could sell some of it on eBay)by Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I am not sentimental about garbage. It is trash whether it's 50 years old or 5 minutes old. You would not -- hopefully -- throw a can on the trail today, so a can from yesteryear is no better. Big difference between an artifact such as grinding hole VS some piece of trash that held food, tobacco, or god knows what. I guess that I am not very interested in what sort of crap modern man smoby Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I was tying to decide what it would be like to hike in Grizzly country. Is it always in the back of your mind that a phantom bear can jump out of the bush and ruin your life? Is it stressful? I wonder if the hyper-awareness distracts from the 'relaxation' of being outdoors? In trying to compare what in my urban lifestyle would be similar, and I came up with these examples: Walkby Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I think that the fire weathered-out, too. We had a couple of storms that hit the area and really shut down the aggressive movement of the flames (it smoldered for months after)by Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
By Sharon Bernstein GROVELAND Calif. (Reuters) - Long, heavy logging trucks, swaying with the weight of charred California pines, wind through the forest near Yosemite National Park, part of an effort to clean up from last year’s devastating wildfires even as new blazes break out this summer But as the U.S. Forest Service prepares to release plans this month for selling thousands of thby Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence Just this past Saturday morning, a 27-year-old man from San Jose was killed when his car drifted into oncoming eastbound traffic on Hwy 120 near the Groveland NFS ranger station. Fortunately the two people in the other car only suffered minor injuries. . Had the misfortune of passing that accident; they had the red screens up to block the carnage. Traffic was backed up fby Bee - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
What a great idea! Another thought: the Phantom Teddy Bear Man leaves another bear in a strategic Yosemite locationby Bee - General Discussion
Someone left a giant teddy bear in a tree!!by Bee - General Discussion
"Soylent Green is made of peeeple...made of peeeple...ahhhhhhhhh!" PS I find it ironic that the military has a food development lab dedicated to the purpose of making their field rations taste as close to home cooked favorites as possible -- pizza being the ultimate goal -- while civilians take one of the only rewards on the trail -- food -- and try to turn it into a lab experimentby Bee - Backpacking and Hiking Yosemite and the Sierra