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Ahwahnee Meadow webcam
There’s plenty of information about Yosemite National Park you can find with Google from the National Park Service website, Wikipedia, and so on. But it’s a bit trickier to find out up-to-date information about what’s going on now. Here are some links that I’ve found helpful.
I love going on road trips, but the kind of trips I take are planned down to the day; I’ll leave the spontaneity to the younger folk. And considering the trouble I had getting accommodation in Yosemite, it’s just as well I planned several months ahead. Here’s the route (click through for the full details on Google Maps):
Las Vegas to San Francisco
Continue reading ‘Las Vegas to San Francisco: Death Valley and the Sierra Nevada’ »
In four days time, I’ll be en route to Hawaii, for the first leg of my US trip. Here’s the overview of the trip:
The Tioga Road is open! This road, Highway 120, crosses Yosemite National Park from west to east, crossing the 3,031 m (9,943 ft) high Tioga Pass at the park boundary. The pass is the highest in California, so it’s understandable that the road closes over winter once the snows begin.
At any given moment, you’ll find the highest concentration in Yosemite of tour buses (and their occupants) at Tunnel View (sometimes known as Discovery View), which is where the Wawona Tunnel on Highway 41 enters the valley. The reason of course is that the view there is spectacular and one of the iconic views in the park. (See for example this excellent HDR photo.) But is it the perfect vista?
Continue reading ‘Turtleback Dome and the perfect Yosemite vista’ »
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