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 →
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 →
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 →
Our tours have been having very good luck this past week in our bear sightings and in the return of Yosemite Falls after some high country thunderstorms. Our first day’s bear sighting was in a Red Fir forest habitat where … Continue reading →
As we get along toward mid-summer, the most likely places to find Yosemite’s black bears are foraging in or near meadows for roots, shoots and fresh leaves of plants that grow there or in nearby forests where they use their … Continue reading →
Seeing American Black Bears on our tours is always a treat, so it was quite exciting to see this one searching for ants, termites, and other small goodies with its nose in some rotting logs off the Glacier Point Road … Continue reading →
It was late in the afternoon in El Cap Meadow when I arrived with my tour group. There were 3 YOSAR (Yosemite Search and Rescue) vehicles parked on the Straight-Away. I asked an anonymous person in the Meadow if there … Continue reading →
Poppies exploded along the Highway 140 on the way into Yosemite in past weeks. But they didn’t last long, and spring in the Merced Canyon is changing into summer. Meanwhile in the high country we are still getting some late … Continue reading →
