Announcing the Ever Better Community II Conference on Saturday, March 28th from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Mariposa County Fairgrounds, Bldg. A. This conference is planned around the Open Space Technology idea that the people who show up … Continue reading →
It is now the last week in October, and both the tour season and Lisa’s and my garden are slowing down. In our garden, we’ve been taking out tomato and other plants that are no longer producing. We’re retaining those … Continue reading →
Each September, the Yosemite Climbing Association (YCA) co-partners with the Park Service and other sponsors to hold an annual “Facelift,” a clean-up of the park after the long summer season. This year was the 11th annual Facelift. As part of … Continue reading →
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2014 Ken and Lisa attended the special events in Yosemite Valley that commemorated the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Wilderness Act and the 30th anniversary of the passage of the California Wilderness Act. These events … Continue reading →
About 11:30 a.m., my tour arrived at Glacier Point where we could feel a strong southerly wind blowing and see that the smoke from the Meadow Fire had increased substantially from 2 days previously. At various times with binoculars, we … Continue reading →
Lisa and my garden has matured and has allowed us to continue to eat most of our meals with our major inputs coming from our garden. We harvest enough vegetables daily to eat delicious meals at least twice a day … Continue reading →
Even the Park’s rangers and naturalists are telling folks that there are only 2 waterfalls with water in them: Nevada & Vernal Falls. BUT if one looks closely at Bridalveil Fall, especially around mid-day to early afternoon, you’ll see that … Continue reading →
There is a bear that is living outside the Park, in the Merced Canyon in the vicinity of the Ferguson Rockslide which we have seen three days in a row. He (it’s probably a male) forages along the river in … Continue reading →
This sailing voyage is the third part of a circum-Pacific trip that my future wife, Barrie, and I took which began for both of us in Hawaii though Barrie was living in NYC at the time. She flew out from … Continue reading →
July 26th, when Ken took his tour to Glacier Point there was a week-old fire update posted on an information board which included a map of the fires currently burning in Yosemite. The fires were ignited by lightning by a … Continue reading →
