Last year a 400 acre meadow wetland was donated to Yosemite National Park: Ackerson Meadow. I visited the meadow this last October, but it was still fenced in. I did speak to a park ranger at the Hetch Hetchy entrance of Yosemite and he said it belonged to the public now and didn’t see why […]

All the years that I’ve gone to Yosemite, I hadn’t visited the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir until October, 2016! I don’t know why I waited so long to go there, but it was definitely worth the short trip. Below are two photos taken from on top of the dam. The first one is of the reservoir […]

I have to admit, sometimes it’s hard to get that photo you want in the great outdoors. On my last trip to Yosemite, I was met with some extremely strong winds up at Tioga Lake. What made it even more difficult was that the winds were blowing directly in my face! Also, I was trying […]

While in Yosemite this last October, I was able to take some beautiful photos of the fall foliage and other great views in the park. As I headed down the Big Oak Flat Road, which leads into Yosemite Valley, I stopped at a couple of turnouts along the way. The photo opportunities were great and […]

I want to wish everyone around the world a HAPPY NEW YEAR! May all your wishes come true in the year to come! Below are two pictures of the Yosemite sign at the Big Oak Flat Road entrance of Yosemite. The first one was taken in October of 2013. The sign was looking a little […]