Blogs from Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California, United States, North America - page 12

Yosemity Valley, Sunny Side Campground. 23-10-2002. I wake up early reluctant to leave the warmth of my sleeping bag. It's still dark outside and walking over to the public toilets I can feel the early morning cold of a fast approaching winter. This campground is covered with tall and broad trunked Jeffrey's Pines. Apart from the Sequoia Trees I saw yesterday at Merced Grove, these must be the biggest and tallest trees I've ever seen. I feel a bit like a little mouse scurrying around creosote bushes walking among these giants of Mother Nature. Returning to my little tent still shivering and fully convinced to get back into my sleeping bag untill the first rays of sun will have warmed up the earth a bit, I hear a half screamed voice "Hey Dutchy, fancy a coffee?". ... read more

We gaan terug van het hotel richting park. Weer een rit langs bochtige wegen en rotsige wanden. Terug in de valei, vragen we raad aan een Ranger: Wat is er interessant? Hij raad ons de weg naar Vernall Fall aan. Zogezegd zo gedaan. We nemen de shuttle bus tot het startpunt van de wandeling naar de Vernall waterval (3km heen, en dezelfde weg terug in totaal 6km). Deze wandeling leid je langs vele panorama's, en met wat geluk zie je nog wat 'wildlife'. Wij hebben het geluk gehad en jonge beer, een lynx, eekhoorns en een specht te kunnen zien tijdens hun dagelijkse activiteiten. de laatste 500 meter zijn de lastigste: 600 treden rotstrap,onregelmatig, zigzag,glad bij momenten. We bijten door en komen bovenaan op de richel,vlak waar de waterval naar beneden valt. We verkennen de prachtige ... read more

Yosemite Valley -- Introduction Recently, at our regular school-friends’ get-together, we were talking about our ‘foreign’ trips. A friend mentioned that she had visited her daughter in Indonesia and had travelled through the archipelago. My interest was perked up. I am always interested travel experiences, my own as well as others. Enthusiastically I asked her what she thought of Bali. To my utter surprise, she replied that she did not find Bali any different from our own Goa. ‘Have you seen ‘Pura Besakhi’, Bali’s Mother Temple’? It is out of this world.’ I ventured to state. ‘Mangeshi’s ‘deul’ is better than that.’ She stated her conviction. I did not argue with her. After all, everybody is entitled to their own opinion. But, for the first time I had come across a phenomenon which, I have realized ... read more

I am staying in a park about 30 miles south of Yosemite National Park, in a place is called Bass Lake. I think I have just seen too many beautiful places this year because this lake really did nothing for me. However, my purpose for this stay was to go to Yosemite. The trip over here from Delta Shores was great. I had been a bit worried because we had certainly been feeling the Santa Ana winds that have been driving the forest fires around the Los Angeles area. However, Monday morning there was hardly a breeze. I drove out of the open delta region and into more densely forested roadways……I am here to tell you that if a single tree supplies enough oxygen for a human being for a year we won’t be running out ... read more

Left San Fran early in the morning to try and beat the weekend traffic, yeah right! Traffic became heavier and heavier, until it actually stopped. Cars not moving for as far as you could see. People were getting out of their cars and walking around on a 5 lane freeway. Bit by bit things got moving at a snails pace, we probably moved about 2 miles in an hour an a half. Turns out some crackhead was going to jump off an overpass and the cops had to divert both sides of a 10 lane freeway through side streets. I would have pushed him and got things moving if i could have. This part of California has not had rain for about 5 months. Guess what, it started to rain and rain and rain and rain. ... read more