Comments on: Searching for Solitude in Yosemite http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2007/09/27/searching-for-solitude-in-yosemite/ The Insiders Guide to Yosemite Sat, 19 Jul 2008 03:04:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Scott http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2007/09/27/searching-for-solitude-in-yosemite/#comment-34133 Scott Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:14:34 +0000 http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2007/09/27/searching-for-solitude-in-yosemite/#comment-34133 Yosemite is crowded but there are ways to avoid some of the crowds that include taking the less traveled trails, visiting in off seasons, and getting up very early. Yosemite is crowded but there are ways to avoid some of the crowds that include taking the less traveled trails, visiting in off seasons, and getting up very early.

]]> By: Edie http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2007/09/27/searching-for-solitude-in-yosemite/#comment-34071 Edie Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:19:30 +0000 http://www.yosemiteblog.com/2007/09/27/searching-for-solitude-in-yosemite/#comment-34071 As a year-round resident of Yosemite Valley, yes, sometimes it is very trying to deal with the crowds; I just want to buy a bottle of beer and some laundry soap, and have waited for up to half an hour in line at Yosemite Village Store. Then there are the times when I need to be at the other end of the valley at work, and have been delayed by people leaning out of car windows to take pictures of squirrels. I don't know how many times I've been setting up for a shot at the tunnel, only to be literally nudged out of my carefully chosen spot by a busload of tourists--oddly, never by foreign visitors, but by good old Americans. I've learned to deal with it all. I've learned to wait until almost closing time to go to the store; I've scouted out spots that offer great views and no company. And the bus drivers have the means to encourage traffic obstructionists to move along if I take the free shuttle instead of drive. I've got the valley year round. Visitors are only here for a miniscule portion of their lives, and if I keep that in mind, I'm less inclined to get irate. I've also met some of the nicest foks in the world here. Edie As a year-round resident of Yosemite Valley, yes, sometimes it is very trying to deal with the crowds; I just want to buy a bottle of beer and some laundry soap, and have waited for up to half an hour in line at Yosemite Village Store. Then there are the times when I need to be at the other end of the valley at work, and have been delayed by people leaning out of car windows to take pictures of squirrels.

I don’t know how many times I’ve been setting up for a shot at the tunnel, only to be literally nudged out of my carefully chosen spot by a busload of tourists–oddly, never by foreign visitors, but by good old Americans.

I’ve learned to deal with it all. I’ve learned to wait until almost closing time to go to the store; I’ve scouted out spots that offer great views and no company. And the bus drivers have the means to encourage traffic obstructionists to move along if I take the free shuttle instead of drive.

I’ve got the valley year round. Visitors are only here for a miniscule portion of their lives, and if I keep that in mind, I’m less inclined to get irate.

I’ve also met some of the nicest foks in the world here.
Edie

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