Dave & Meredith's Travel Blog

I know "Yosemite" is a funny-sounding word, but with all due respect to Warner Bros., I don’t get the connection.  I’m pretty sure Sam would not have prospered in Yosemite.  There weren’t many people for him to rob or claims to jump.  Although, there were plenty of varmints to shoot, so maybe that’s it. Sam […]

Here is the view from our tent in Yosemite NP: We camped at the Upper Pines campground in Yosemite Valley near Curry Village.  It was a beautiful site, despite all the rain.  We didn’t see any bears in our campground, though the rangers say that they are spotted there almost every night.  We put all […]

She failed us. Our tent valiantly tried to withstand the ravages of a wind and dust storm in Monument Valley and redeemed herself later in the trip from the status of “Stupid Tent.” But she was no match for the heavy rains of Yosemite. She achieved the status of some old thing that wasn’t actually […]

We moved south again after our visit with Eddie and Amy to spend three nights in Yosemite National Park.  We left Lake Tahoe later than we planned, but it turns out our timing was perfect!  As soon as we had reached the floor of Yosemite Valley, just around dusk, we spotted…a bear!  Actually two.  We […]