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That road is locked now? I have driven down it two times, once just to photograph the first water fall, then another time all the way to El Portal. Is a fun drive, too bad if it is locked.
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hotrod4x5
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Looks like a great trip. Be careful using polarizing filters at high altitudes and with wide angle lenses. At high altitudes they can turn the sky nearly black and with wide angle lenses you can get an uneven sky because a polarizing filter works at an angle that is 90 degrees off axis to the sun, as you move away from that angle, the intensity lessens. A wide angle lens can capture enough sky
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hotrod4x5
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion You ask for tips to make the trip more comfortable, what do you mean? What kind of tips are you looking for? Do you need suggestions on hikes? Tourist stuff? Places to eat?
What I tell most first timers is to book a trip on the Valley Floor Tour. It is given in an open air tram and is a good introduction to the valley, you'll see all the valley's major sites and get a wealth of informat
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hotrod4x5
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Quoteeeek
Quotehotrod4x5No one uses glass plates to shoot with
I wouldn't be so quick to jump to that conclusion.If you can find a reference to someone still using the process, I'll recant my statement. But glass plates are fragile, heavy and just impractical in today's world. Fewer and fewer photographers are using any kind of film at all, let alone a process that hasn't been used since the
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hotrod4x5
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Quotehikerchick395
(I remember the days when you could order a pitcher of beer in Yosemite...sigh.)
.I only drink by the glass, but I am pretty sure you can get a pitcher at the Loft in the Village. They have better pizza than Curry also.
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hotrod4x5
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Quotedavidh
Well, getting one of the four cabins with bath at White Wolf is like winning a Powerball Lottery, so I booked a tent cabin in TM for late July next year. Now to convince the wife that it will be awesome! I've read the food storage info on the parks website...can you lock one of the bear storage containers with your cooler, toiletries, etc to keep 'human' bears out, or are they consid
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hotrod4x5
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Ok, I should have been more specific. People who visit and are not prepared with adequate water, spare tire and stay on the main roads. Like this lady and her poor son, for example: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32340356/ Who should not have gone off roading AFTER changing to her spare tire.
If someone can't see the difference between a desolate area like Death Valley and a heavily populate
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hotrod4x5
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General Discussion Probably took a dirt road, their car broke down and the one liter of water they had between them didn't sustain them past sunset. People who visit DV in summer have got to be stupider than anyone I know. Article says they have now been found. Good news.
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hotrod4x5
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General Discussion Just so you are aware, the Pines campground office is in the northeast corner of the large, dirt Curry Village parking lot. If I was doing your trip, I think I would try for a spot at either Toulumne Meadows or maybe Bridalveil. The valley in August is a place I will never go again. I went once. It is hot, crowded and the water is usually too low for rafting (might not be this year). And as
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hotrod4x5
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Sometimes it's impossible to stay 25 yards away from a Bison in Yellowstone. Like when they cross the road right in front of you.
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hotrod4x5
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General Discussion BEST is so relative. Personally, I don't think the pizza at the Tioga Mart is anything special. I am not a "gourmet" pizza kinda guy, I guess. Give me a good crust, good sauce and pepperoni and sausage, that's all I need. What makes some pizzas better for me are things like spicy, but not too spicy, sauce and thicker than typical crust that's soft, yet firm. A pizza with a bunch of
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Quotekingkong5
QuoteAlmostThere
If it's across from McDonald's in Oakhurst, it's Pizza Factory. We stop there on the way back from dayhikes in Yosemite most times. The other times, we stop at Todd's BBQ - take your friends/family there too, you will be twice the hero. Excellent pulled pork.
Thanks for the suggestion on Todd's. I'll look that one up. Can't wait for our trip at the end of August
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hotrod4x5
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Great videos, thanks for sharing. Any particular reason you have them unlisted? No one besides us and whoever else you give the link to will be able to see them. I am sure lots of Yosemite lovers would like to see these.
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hotrod4x5
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Perhaps. Then again, I have crossed the center line accidentally on my bike when I was doing nothing more than going around a sharp curve. I was inexperienced and didn't lean over enough to negotiate the turn. Accidents happen.
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hotrod4x5
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General Discussion QuoteUlysses61
Thanks for the video, but these guys did it from Happy Isles on the Valley Floor. They didn't start from the High Country and Sunrise Lakes trailhead. Snow wasn't an issue in that part of the park.I understand that, the point I was trying to make was that it was over 6 weeks ago, and if you watch, the snow was melting fast. They went to the knife edge, where there was snow, but ag
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Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada. News & Discussion Idiot is a bit harsh, don't you think? There's no information to indicate he was driving recklessly. With a sidecar, I doubt he was driving the way crotch rocket kids do. The guy's dead, remember that part?
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