Are they on top of buildings or on the ground?by parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteRoadrash We can't get the campgrounds rebuilt, so we can actually visit the park with our families, but we can cut down trees to take photos. WTF The restoration of the views is not just for photographers but for everyone that comes to the park to see the views. Personally, my husband and I were upset that one of the trees at Tunnel View was cut down because we used it to add interest toby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The public scoping for this plan ended last September so if you did not comment, you missed out on letting the park know your feelings. You can see this, old and current plans by going to www.nps.gov/yose and clicking on park management and then plans. You can also see Yosemite plans and other parks plans on the PERC site at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/publicHome.cfmby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
What a needless tragedy. I feel so bad for their friends, family and also the people who witnessed it.by parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
The old sign only had the warning on it and no pictures. We took a picture of the sign more than 15 years ago and is on film so I have no idea where we put it. I have wondered where people's common sense has gone. Maybe parents do not teach it any more or maybe it gets sucked out of people's heads when they go to a park. Didn't Forrest Gump say something like " Stupid is as stupid doeby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
There used to be a sign near the railing on top of Vernal Falls that said "You will go over the falls and you will die." A few years ago my son and husband went up and it was gone. Has it ever been replaced?by parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
QuoteDavidK42 Old road junkies like me (and bill-e-g) should note that a sizeable stretch of the Old Wawona Road is accessible via a small fire road coming off Henness Ridge Road a 100 yards or so from the intersection with the current Wawona Road. Since this stretch is also used as a fire road, it's kept mostly completely clear and is a particularly beautiful walk back in to time. Sadly,by parklover - General Discussion
Great tree pictures. Years ago we found an oak near Camp 4 that looks like the torso of an old woman with droopy breasts. (It was not my first impression of the tree but my husband's). The "Old Patriarch" tree in Grand Teton NP also has some twisty branches. It is a great tree to photograph with the Tetons in the background as the sun rises. Yesterday was National Ice Cream Day.by parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I have used my Garmin 60SCX in several National Parks and some CA State Parks with good results and found the maps I have on it to be accurate on the trails I have been on. However, I don't backpack so I can't give information on it's performance in that situation. I also use it when I do geocaching and like the feature where I can note on the GPS which ones I found. I have not used it on SR roby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
You must have a very understanding boss. My husband and I wish that we had jobs that we could leave like that. Until my son goes to college, we are locked into his school schedule so when we go to Yosemite, Glacier Pt and Tioga Roads are not opened so the Valley is where we have to be. Because of the crowds we avoid Yosemite in the summer and go to other National Parks instead. We have staby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Andre, There are several ghost towns and gold rush towns were people still live along Hwy 49 starting at Oakhurst and going north. You can google California gold country for websites. Here are three that you can try www.calgold.org www.visitcalifornia.com/Explore/Gold-Country www.historichwy49.com There is also Columbia State Historic Parby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
We have stayed at the Ahwahnee cottages for milestone anniversaries and wish we could afford to stay there more often. Unfortunately, on those visits we had our son with us so I can't say that they were exactly romantic stays. There are two cottage rooms with fireplaces and we were able to get one of them for one night of our 20th anniversary trip. We have been staying in the Lodge meadow vby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I want a little bit of me in each of the parks that I love. My family and friends will have to do a road trip to accomplish it but then it will be a trip down memory lane to remember the fun we had visiting parks together. I like this much better than a eulogy inside a building. Have any of you become a uninvited participant to an ash scattering? On a visit to Lake Tahoe were stopped at a oby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
My son is just as crazy about Yosemite as my husband and I are. Unfortunately there are other parks that we are also crazy about and would like to visit more often but they are in other states and there is just so much time and money for vacations. Yosemite is our favorite and since we live in S. CA, much closer than going to Wyoming, Utah or Colorado. Well, I should not say too much about notby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Rereading that notice that I just posted reminded me that leaving your car windows open can be interesting. Around 5 years ago we were staying at the condos in Yosemite West. One of the workers there had his truck parked in front of one of the buildings with the windows opened. While we were taking things to our car, a bear came along and crawled through one of the open windows and started looby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I have not heard if they had been fined. This is on the Yosemite West homeowners web site: What You Can Do to Keep Bears Wild Remove food sources for bears in Yosemite West Trash is the major attractant for bears in Yosemite West. Do not put trash outside on decks. Keep trash inside or dispose of trash in bear-proof dumpster. Use clip locks on bear-proof dumpstersby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Plawrence, it is the same with my family. We have done volunteer work there and also attended some open houses so some of the NPS staff know our names. During those 70+ visits, we have stayed at Yosemite Lodge enough that many of the desk staff know what our favorite room is. My son is a picky eater and when we eat at the Mountain Room the regular waiters don't even ask what he wants to order.by parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Everyone has to follow the same park rules. In the notices (see original post) they mentioned removing feeders and anything that could attract bears and to secure windows and doors. Unfortunately, some bears are tenacious and will eventually have to be destroyed. I have a friend in Yosemite West that was in their kitchen with the side door closed and the bear came in when they were standing theby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
We started going to Yosemite in Oct of 1987 and stopped counting when we reached 70 times so I guess that I am more nuts than you are. Our son's first trip to Yosemite was when he was around 3 months old and he now is 15 so he has been there many times. On my son's first trip we bought one of those National Park Passports and stamped it each time we went to a National Park or monument. Aftby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I got these two notices today: Dear community members, As you may have heard, an adult bear has been seen wandering the neighborhood over the past several days. He has attempted to enter several homes and did successfully enter two houses on July 9th. No one has been injured. On the morning of the 10th, the Park's wildlife team was notified. They brought a trap to Wawona and set iby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I seem to spend a lot of time just washing flies when we go fishing. LOL I understand the fascination of throwing rocks in rivers, I am a rock skipper myself. However, not only were they scaring the fish, several came a bit too close for comfort to us. There was an incident in Bryce Canyon a few years ago where a kid was throwing rocks off one of the over looks and hit a hiker on the hby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I have a t-shirt that says, "I made it to the top" with a Half Dome symbol and the word "NOT" in red at the bottom. They sold it right after the movie "Wayne's World" came out so it is very old. In Zion you can get a t-shirt that says that you made it to Angels Landing. My son and husband had to turn around near the top so they got one that on the back has a dby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
They must have thought you saw something interesting. If it was an animal all of the commotion would have scared it off. A stopped car seems to be a magnet attracting other cars to stop. A stopped car with a photographer standing next to it is even more of a attractant. It has happened to us in almost every park we have been in but is most common in parks like Yellowstone, Yosemite, Tetons, etby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Has anyone else noticed that if you stop your car on the side of a road and are standing outside your car other cars stop? On one of our Yellowstone trips we pulled off to get a snack out of the back of the car. As we were standing next to our car several cars stopped and asked what kind of animal we were looking at. They were really disappointed when we told them that we had stopped to get aby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
And that should somehow make him exempt from regulations put in place to protect the environment? Cat tails are not on an endangered list and can be found many places in California. There is even a group of them next to the Skirball exit on the 405 freeway in LA. Plus they are not easily eradicated and are a renewable resource. Native Americans that practice their culture are more connecteby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
I have been really enjoying your posts and look forward to more. I love those baskets and only wish that I could afford to buy one but the prices in the museum in Yosemite are too high. Do you know of anyplace that you can buy them direct from the makers? I have a collection of Navajo pots and have bought them directly from the artists when I have been in the Southwest. They are less expensiby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
It certainly sounded like they were thinking of going up the 99 to Merced. I have never gone that way so I have no idea what it is like. We did the Carleton/Triangle way because we have never been down those roads and were curious to see what they were like. Since we live down south the majority of our experience is going on the 41. I have friends in both Wawona and Yosemite West and they saby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Dave, I am confused because I have never seen a hwy 40 in the Yosemite area. I think that you meant to say take the 49 in Oakhurst to Mariposa and then the 140 to the park. I am wondering if it is worth the extra time to go that way and not straight on the 41 even though the S. entrance might be busier. We always take the 41 to get to the 99 south to get home. The few times that we went out tby parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
Thank you for sharing the pictures and explanations who the people are. If your family ever publishes a book, I would be happy to purchase a copy.by parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion
It is really sad that Mr. Dick was fined for keeping true to his cultural beliefs. It is wrong that Native Americans are required to have a permit to do things that are a part of their heritage.by parklover - Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion