Climbing Half Dome is on every adventurer’s bucket list. Once you get a permit, here’s everything you need to know as a first-time climber…
Before the winter weather would leave us housebound for three months here in the Midwest, my family and I decided to take one last trip out west, to visit Yosemite National Park, right before Thanksgiving. We were in northern California to visit family and wanted to take the short trip to the Sierras to see one of our favorite National Parks. It was the first time any of us had ever visited Yosemite in the off season. It was so different in fact, that I wanted to share my photos as well as my overall impression of Yosemite in autumn…
Anyone who has ever been to Yosemite National Park knows that there are an endless amount of reasons why one should visit. However, I focused on five major highlights of the park. Yosemite is one of my favorite National Parks and I am more in love with it each time I visit. Thank you, John Muir, for saving and preserving Yosemite for all of us! 1. The Views Yosemite has some of the most beauty scenery on earth. Upon my first glance entering the park on Tioga Pass, I was stunned at the remarkable beauty within the Sierra Nevada Mountains…
