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Share Today the day finally came to depart the Alpine Escape at Yosemite National Park.  It was a great stay while it lasted except of course for the hassle with the Subaru and the Fresno Subaru dealer and the usual Canon Camera DSLR failure number three.  With four new tires on the car after only [...]

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Share The Yosemite Tioga Pass Mobile Gas Station restaurant, a MUST visit place with some of the best food around?  Yes, it’s true!  When you think of gas station food you probably think of the microwave cheese burgers or burritos you sneak out of your cubicle to suck down during your shrinking lunch hour.  In [...]

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Share For the second day in a row the lure of the beauty of Yosemite National Park put other adventures on hold.  Yesterday was supposed to be the last day at Yosemite but since the trip back from the Valley area of Yosemite got a late start, one more day was required to explore a [...]

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Share Dog Lake in Yosemite National Park in the Tuolumne Meadows meadows area is a beautiful, peaceful, quiet mosquito infested lake.  The trail up to the lake begins in the parking lot where Lembert Dome is located and is the same trail that goes to Lembert Dome for a good portion of the hike.  The [...]

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Share After a long, strenuous, late hike that ended around 9:30pm last night up to the top of Yosemite Falls and on up to Yosemite Point, the body was a bit tired today.  The next altitude gain for that hike is around 3,000 vertical feet.  It is a hike of over 7 miles and that [...]

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Share Yosemite Point is quite a hike.  You’ll have to hike for 9.4 miles from the base of the Upper Yosemite Falls trail and climb 2,969 vertical feet to get to Yosemite Point!  To get there, plan on a long strenuous day, carry lots of water (a gallon per person at least unless you are [...]

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Share The Mariposa Grove of Giant Sequoias In Yosemite National park is one of the must see attractions if you decide to venture outside the main Yosemite Valley Village area of the park.  From Yosemite Valley the Mariposa grove is a 36-mile drive south on the Wawona road (Highway 41).  In July 2010, the road [...]

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Share On Saturdays Yosemite becomes Yosemite National PARKing Lot.  It is not worth going to the main Yosemite Village on a Saturday unless you get there really early and plan to drop your car in one spot and then take the free shuttle bus all around the park.  Finding a parking spot can be nearly [...]

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Share After a pleasant drive into Yosemite National Park last night by way of the Tioga Pass from Mammoth Mountain, today was the first day to go explore the sights and sounds of Yosemite National Park.  The accommodations last night were at the Yosemite Bug, a resort/hostel in the Midpines area of California.  The Yosemite [...]

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