My gallant offering in the recent and ever-imaginative thread: "When will Tioga Road open! Make a guess", looks seriously threatened day by day ... Come July 2nd (my best shot at spin-the-wheel for opening); I'm probably gonna end up feeling like Harold Camping did the next day ... " ... flabbergasted! ..." I believe was his comment to the press. if any more rain/snowby Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on It is possible nowadays to have ONE friggin article without the word epic in it?!? wtf did everything become friggin epic? Gimme a break That was an "epic" post.by Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechicagocwright Depending on the size of the slab of bacon I may make a bid. As well as if it was range fed ... organic ... free range hogs ... no bio-engineered feed used ... fed with pure laboratory tested water ... and not subject to excessive noise pollution ... and lastly, tested to insure no lingering traces of Xenon bio-assitopes .. or argon ionized surfactants ... (ie, another thby Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Hahaha!!! Right before the royals arrive, Hollywood ought to sneak "Jack" into the hotel early ... set him up in that large spacious play room ... at a table with an old "Underwood" typewriter ... have the floor strewn with piles of typed paper with that repetitive typed line saying ... (oops, I forgot what it was ...) Yeah, Bill and Kate, "HEEEEEERE's JOHNNY!!!!&quby Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteoakroscoe QuoteMwrightTulsa Thanks! Any chance of renting in Groveland? In groveland, yes there is a place to rent snowshoes. For the life of me, I can't remember their name, but it is on the right hand side of the road as you go into town after you pass "twice as nice" (the secondhand store). It's across from the big parking lot that has the small bank in it. It looks like aby Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
7/2 ... at around 9 in the morning ... (that does NOT include fries being ready at the grill though ... hahaha) anyhow, if I'm right, ... please submit: a week's complimentary stay at the Ahwahnee; passes for 4 to Half Dome; 2 complimentary lunches at the TM grill; One free fill-up at the Crane Flat gas station; (inc one large coffee to go) a raft-for-two pass on the Merced with theby Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The well preserved home in Martinez is definitely worth a visit! Man, what a house! A total of 7 huge stone fireplaces, each one unique. The surrounding grounds are nicely maintained with fruit trees and even a beekeeping setup.by Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
not too hard, I get there every season at 10:00am sharp ... there's always quite a few ... but right during a holiday weekend, however, everything is usually taken though ... midweek, excellent chance. site G11 gets top ratings from me totally nice hope that helps.by Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Uh-oh ... don't have us re-live the whole "dimpled chad" ... and "pregnant chad" fiasco no, those were voting machines ... not vending machines ,,, hahahaby Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Boy, I was JUST ABOUT to chime in with the very same comment .. till I got to your post; how true ... how true ... I've waited 30 minutes behind a guy at the TM wilderness office one time ... he wanted to discuss evvvvvvvvverything ....by Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
What the heck … as long as no one here’s gonna give me the old Donald Trump: "ANVANHO! YOU’RE FIRED!!!” for giving a wrong guess … I’m gonna say: The Kuna Cascade?by Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Oh, I just meant I was trying to have the slides flip over as each measure of music ended ..by Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Yeahby Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Yeah me too, takes forever to upload anyhow to YT.by Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Right beginning of July ... but streams were intense to get across .. for me anyhow ... I'm no catfish ... Return creek (both forks) was the most challenging. And there was quite a bit of snow still on the hike down from Miller Lake into Matterhorn Canyon You had to peer around for where the trail picked back up ...by Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Oh, just stiched together several dozen pics ... tried to do some sycronization with measures ... ah, that didn't work ... probably worked on it for an hour ...by Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Hahahaha ... !!!! You guys are cracking me up! " ... ... very easy ... ... " ba-da-BOOMby Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The photos were from Tuolumne Meadows to Glen Aulin; GA to Virginia Canyon; VC to Matterhorn Canyon; Then I day hiked way north up MC. Photos in the slideshow are not in perfect sequence … you hardcore Yosemite backpackers will notice that right away, .. but my friends and family can’t tell (hahaha) Thanks for all the kind comments!by Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
To my knowledge, the “California Redwood” only naturally occurs in a narrow coastal band of forest areas from about Monterey California, up into southern Oregon - and that’s it. The Giant Sequoia only naturally resides in California and only in some select locations in the western Sierran slopes. There exists one other member of the “Redwood” family; the “Dawn Redwood” .. onlby Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Alarming video ... at least as it's presented in such a graphic display ... not clear however, is while those swirling color clouds depicted in the wave-charts dazzle in such worrisome fashion, just how truly toxic are they ?? ... at a certain point below some arbitrarily agreed level, even the worst toxin is safe to be around .. we all have some mercury in our body ... we're told anyhow ...by Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
If you are indeed too early to get onto Tioga road, sometimes a "suggested" alternative Caltrans mentions is 108; pretty nice, for sure, but my heart goes to #4 (just slightly north of 108); because that's my old backpacking playground ... it goes over three passes ,,, directly on your left (if you're going west) is the Carson Iceberg Wilderness ... directly on your right is the Mokby Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Finally got around to this ... I stitched together a few dozen pics .. added one of my original music compositions ... did a tuck here ... a nip there ... and baked this thing at 350 degrees on medium ... uploaded to YouTube. enjoy: Tuolumne Meadows to Matterhorn Canyon last year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA9pYCEBdyUby Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
my two cents at least regarding TM: I do this every year (June-ish ... or early July-ish): I leave my house in Santa Rosa 4:00am on the dot ... arrive TM campground desk at 10:00am ... there's has always been something available to walk up and get on a first come - first serve basis ... I do always notice, however, that a few hours later in the day (# of hrs varies) everything's gone ..by Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Ha!!! I used to always think the most dangerous Yosemite-related activity I know of from all my years backpacking … year in and year out … was the actual drive to get there from the Bay Area! Not the least of which are those seemingly endless horseshoe switchbacks up, up, and up s’more that monster hill into the Groveland area on 120 … but I gotta say, bungee jumping off of HD takes thby Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Sounds like the water being emitted from Fukushima into the ocaean is a helluva lot scary-er ... Yesterday on the news they said the gov't there declared it would take 10 years to clean up the whole thing ... sheesh ... there goes my Pacific Ocean seafood diet ... and my Gulf Coast fish diet was already at a complete halt ... gee, haven't heard anything about snow samples being tested hby Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Last year (which, although had a pretty wet winter/spring) I got in there right at end of June when they opened; ... still plenty of snow patches in TM campground. and the stream crossings (Return; Matterhorn; Spiller; etc.) were pretty darn tough to manage. This year's had a bunch more precip' ... July, is my hunch ...by Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I should have added: That video clip was made on July 12th, about 7:00am. and also, my take on stream crossings, listed going from easiest to most difficult, at trail junctions on the PCT: 1. Delaney; 2. Matterhorn; 3. Spiller; 4. East Fork Return Creek; 5. West Fork Return Creek.by Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Back from a week b'packing - TM out to and up Matterhorn Canyon and back. lotta pics/vids ... will post other stuff as soon as I can. but here's my contribution about navigating passage across Return Creek: I first went across with some light(er) belongings; inc. camcorder and other stuff ... hoofed it back across the thing, and videotatped me and my backpack crossing; this is the seconby Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Ha! Speaking of DEET, just for the “halibut”, I googled DEET, and sure enough, there’s a DEET.com website. Who knew! Fun reading too. In the FAQ’s, there’s mention of one of the urban myths about insect repellants and they point out that bananas are useless in repelling bugs. Boy, that’s one urban myth I never learned of: bananas! And I’m from the “New-Yauk” area. Iby Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I'm heading to TM day after tomorrw .. for a week backpacking up Cold, Virginia, then Matterhorn Canyons ... I went and bought not one, but TWO of those 100% DEET squeesy bottles (REI) for the trip. Yeah man, I'm going full hog 'gainst the critters this time.by Anvanho - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion