Me also, in all three (Upper, Lower & North) at one point or another over the years. I feel for those folks tomorrow.by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
...and Lower Pines campground opens for the season tomorrow, just in time for a bunch of folks to set up their tents in the rain! What fun!by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
(a song from the musical 'Oklahoma') Oh, the chick-on and the horsie should be friends, Oh, the chick-on and the horsie should be friends, One of them likes to hike all day, The other one likes to just eat hay, But that's no reason why they can't be friends. Farmyard critters should stick together, Farmyard critters should all be pals, Chick-on dodge them horses’ ‘bundles’, Wby PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteeeek Quoteplawrenceit isn't a "climbers' camp". Somebody should let the climbers know.by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
to mtn man for helping others out with this info.by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on Also getting rid of the horses there. BRAVO! I agree with everything you said of course, however, I'm a bit surprised by your above statement. I thought chickens and horses were farm yard friends?! What are your feelings towards the cows and pigs?by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on Which way are you heading if you go from Swinging Bridge to Yosemite Village? north-east. So I guess technically, the old swinging bridge is north of the current bridge.by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
It's west of the current bridge. You can easily spot it a short distance off the paved bike path, heading back towards Yosemite Lodge.by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Thanks for posting the info and your home movie footage, great stuff!by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Is that Bigfoot?by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I like that cameo by the squirrel in the top left corner at the very end of the video. It wouldn't really be camping in Yosemite Valley without a few squirrels frolicking about!by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
She also mispronounces the manufacturer of the cargo box when she says "that should be an ad for Thule" (pronouncing the word as "Tool" ) or perhaps she was merely speaking in the first person...by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
+1 what mtn man said.by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The results have been so encouraging, the park staff involved will now turn their attention to attempting to get a frequent fluffy pink poultry visitor to the park off his unnatural diet of Twinkies, Chef Boyardee canned Ravioli and pizza slices, and back onto a more natural diet that includes items such as the following:by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Yosemite Outsmarts its Food-Stealing Bearsby PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quotechick-on Wife carried the fruits : .. A Hostess fruit pie counts as one of your recommended daily servings of fruit.by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I wonder if they'll include a pink chick-on in that count?by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteplawrence The only predator (beside your fellow human being) that one should worry about about being fatally attacked by in Yosemite, non-provoked, is the mountain lion. What about Bigfoot?by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I saw you hanging out with a crab in some of your earlier photos this week...did it crawl up out of that lake?by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Some of the photos I saw today on the Internet showed 'a campground completely destroyed by the fire'. Anyone know what campground/where? Private, State, Federal?by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Quoteeeek QuoteryanmjI heard somewhere that the red bear sign's are placed anywhere that an animal is hit, not just bears. If so, I doubt it includes squirrels. Hmmm, It just doesn't have quite the same emotional impact...by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
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Ulysses61, I assume you're referring to trying to reserve a cabin w/bath this summer? That has to be very difficult (and frustrating). For an older friend who is not on the Internet, I have reserved him a cabin w/bath for one week the past 3 summers (one year in advance), including this week. It seems to be getting more and more difficult, hence our curiosity about the number of available uby PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I'm trying to help out an older friend who stays at Curry every year. After all the rock falls, threatened-lawsuits, disease-laden-mice, Merced River plans, Godzilla awakening and wrecking havoc, and who knows what else, does anyone know the numbers on exactly how many cabins with private bath are left, and cabins without bath? I know there are still a lot of canvas tent cabins.by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
+1 on what plawrence said...by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Re: "I also have found as I get older my feet get wider" So far, my feet have stayed the same as I age, but my stomach/middle keeps growing!by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I'd have thought that chick-on feet were tough enough not to need socks? Do they come in pink?by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Dreamtime XL Oh...sorry...I see now you said backpacking !by PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I like the vintage 1970s models of Coleman steel-belted coolers. The 42 quart model named the "Low Boy" is particularly well-suited to the older, shorter bear boxes that are in Lower & North Pines. You can lift the lid up and get things in an out of the Coleman Lowboy model without having to pull the entire cooler out of the bear box. You can still find them in nice shape on eBby PineCone - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
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