Yosemite Blog

My Den of Wifi Iniquity!

Originally uploaded by Ambitious Wench.

Edie has let the secret out! If you’re headed to Yosemite you CAN take your laptop, so long as you’re close to the Ahwahnee.

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Originally uploaded by Ambitious Wench.

I’d been hearing reports that the wildflowers in the Valley were going to especially plentiful this year due to the heavy rains and now…Edie has the proof.

Beautiful shot, Edie.

When my wife and I went on our honeymoon, part of which took place in Yosemite, we missed our puppy terribly. Well now you can visit Yosemite and now worry about your pooch. No more kennels, your confidant in canine form can sleep right there on the bed with you.

Yahoo! Business News: “Once upon a time, before pet travel had its own magazines, shows and Websites, Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite welcomed dogs.
Operational issues at the ‘dawn’ of pet travel required Tenaya to put the policy on hold for a time. Now, by overwhelming popular demand, Tenaya Lodge’s doors are once again open for ‘man’s best friend.’

Tenaya’s ‘Canine Companion’ accommodations are available year-round for a per-stay fee of $75 in addition to the nightly room rate. A complimentary doggie chew stick, dog biscuits, ‘poop scoop’ disposable mitts, use of a water bowl and plush dog bed, and Tenaya’s Canine Concierge guide are included in the fee. The fee also covers special cleaning and maintenance needs to ensure rooms stay sparkling for pets and hotel guests.”

NPS: Yosemite National Park Fire Management is preparing for a fire season after a long, wet winter in the Sierra Nevada. Seasonal fire employees have returned to the park, as has the park’s fire helicopter.

The high level of precipitation could moderate the fire season in the mountains. However, it may increase fire potential in the lower elevations as the heavier concentrations of grass and brush dry as the summer progresses.

A series of late season storms delayed the spring prescribed fire window. However, fire managers plan to take advantage of the moist conditions in the late spring to undertake multiple prescribed fires throughout the park. These projects include Wawona, El Portal, Hodgdon Meadows, Gin Flat, and Yosemite Valley. Later season projects include the Mariposa Grove, Aspen Valley, Yosemite West, the south boundary, and Gin Flat.

Mechanical treatment on the Wawona Road (Highway 41) will continue this year. Visitors will notice the “miles of piles” lining the Wawona Road and the Big Oak Flat Road (Highway 120) this summer. This is part of a fuel reduction project that will help firefighters make a safer stand at the road in the event of an unwanted fire. It also provides a safer route for visitors and residents in the case of an evacuation. Trees smaller than 20 inches in diameter at breast height and brush are being thinned within 200 feet of the road. These piles will be burned when conditions permit.

Approved projects for this year total almost 5,000 acres. However, only segments of these projects are likely to be completed. For example, roughly 1,500 acres of the Gin Flat project is expected to be completed in 2005. The execution of burns depends on air quality conditions, workload, fuel moistures, weather, and other factors.

Nevada Falls

Originally uploaded by Harold Davis.

Here’s another great shot of Nevada Falls. This one was taken by Harold Davis from over at Photoblog2.

Harold:I took this photo from the Muir Trail around the bend from Nevada Falls when I was there last month at a time of very high water. Water was pouring over everything. I like the way the falling water looks against the striations in the rock.

Beautiful shot. Thanks for letting me post your photo, Harold.