“I am in constant view of the grandest of all the falls.”  John Muir, April 5, 1871

The first reports of smoke came to the Yosemite Emergency Communications Center at 2:04 pm on July 7, 2022.  Only eight days had passed...

“Meanwhile, all of these mountain bikers were just whizzing past me,”

“The best moments in our lives are not the passive, receptive, relaxing times . . . The best moments usually occur if a person’s body or...

Not everyone succumbs to Yosemite Use Disorder (SUD). For those who don't, they might visit Yosemite National Park (YNP) and acknowledge...

“The woods, the streams, everything on it belongs to everybody and is for the use of all. How can one man say it belongs only to him?”

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we we see is a perspective, not the truth.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations In...

Hey, Bark Beetle, are you still out there? I have not heard much about you

“There seems to be an inborn drive in all human beings not to live in a steady emotional state, which would suggest that such a state is .

“Quiet hours are from 10 pm to 6 am.” Campground Regulations Yosemite National Park

It seemed odd to see a cemetery in a National Park, especially Yosemite.

Everybody gather 'round now Let your body feel the heat Don't you worry if you can't dance; Let the music move your feet Better get...

Yosemite Falls can be viewed from several locations throughout Yosemite National Park. Southside Drive, the one-way road into Yosemite...

“Thanks in large part to the charisma of its founders, Camp Curry has also been the park’s perennial crowd-pleaser . . ."

When most people hear the words “Merced River,” they typically think of the Main Fork which winds its way through Yosemite Valley,...

My hoped-for encounter with Mt. Hoffmann in Yosemite National Park did not occur exactly as I expected. It wasn’t that I did not make...

"It's possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill." Wilbur Wright Wright Brothers National Memorial, North...

“To explore is to seek, and to picture is to gather the evidence so all can see and benefit.” A. C. Pillsbury

"Oh! Say! Let us fly, dear Where, kid? To the sky, dear"

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and see they were the big things.”