Happy Mothers Day from Yosemite 2015
Mothers Day Adventures Happy Mothers Day to all the moms of the world. We think hiking to a waterfall in Yosemite National Park would be a great way to celebrate. No matter what adventure you choose, we hope you enjoy your day immensely. If you are interested in reading some thoughts from other holiday days, please […]
April 2015 Yosemite Instagram Month in Review
Here are some of our most popular Instagram Photos from April 2015. Please click on our logo and follow us @yexplore https://instagram.com/p/09BLEkL_LK/?taken-by=yexplore https://instagram.com/p/1PBCI7L_EV/?taken-by=yexplore https://instagram.com/p/1PBWzWr_E3/?taken-by=yexplore https://instagram.com/p/1gPBwDr_CU/?taken-by=yexplore https://instagram.com/p/1os0NbL_GU/?taken-by=yexplore https://instagram.com/p/1qRaIFr_Cd/?taken-by=yexplore https://instagram.com/p/1yvQZZr_BY/?taken-by=yexplore https://instagram.com/p/102uzgL_LI/?taken-by=yexplore https://instagram.com/p/19YBrTr_C-/?taken-by=yexplore https://instagram.com/p/2BcJW5L_MB/?taken-by=yexplore All photos taken on an iPhone 5 Courtesy of http://instagram.com/yexplore Photographing with a camera phone was once frowned upon as a lazy way out of making […]
Happy 177th Birthday John Muir: Yosemite Panorama Photos 2015.04.21
Retracing Muir’s Footsteps on the North Rim By John P. DeGrazio It’s not every day you get to follow a legend. This past week I had the opportunity to follow the path of the greatest Yosemite legend of all time, John Muir. It’s only fitting that we honor him on what would have been his 177th […]
Return to Normalcy: Yosemite Panorama Photos 2015.04.10
Back in the Swing of Things By John P. DeGrazio It’s been a hectic month in and out of Yosemite to Red Rocks, the Grand Canyon, SoCal, and a stop at the Marin Headlands. I haven’t had many opportunities to create unique panorama photos in Yosemite recently, but that should change as spring turns into summer and […]
Adventure Day with My Daughter: Yosemite Panorama Photos 2015.03.17
Explore Nature with Your Children By John P. DeGrazio If I had a dollar for every Facebook post with a generic proclamation about how kids make their parents proud, I’d be a rich man. Facebook seems to be inundated with these types of posts that end with share if you are proud of your daughter or son. I […]
Out There
The Three Rs of Being “Out There” By Alex Ainley I have spent the last seven hours inside my solo tent. There is an enormous storm blowing furiously outside. Wind is ripping at my tent almost rhythmically, pounding and snapping succeeding in testing her fortitude. I am nestled comfortably in my bag munching on some rustic kitchen hodgepodge of nuts, meats and dried berries […]
Half Dome Permit Lottery 2015
Apply for Half Dome Permits March 1-31, 2015 By John P. DeGrazio Today is the first day to apply for the Half Dome permit lottery which will run from 12am PST on March 1 to 11:59pm PDT on March 31. If you are planning on hiking to the summit of Half Dome on any day […]
#20 Finding Solitude in Wilderness
A Solo Half Dome Adventure By John P. DeGrazio Do we choose our adventures or do our adventures choose us? I moved to California two years after my first visit to Yosemite. On that trip, our group hiked to the top of Half Dome and were left craving more adventure, but not necessarily more Half Dome. When […]
A Face in the Clouds
Half Dome From Mt. Watkins By John P. DeGrazio I take a lot of photos in Yosemite that I post on this site as well as my YExplore Instagram account. Most of my shots are admittedly from my iPhone camera in an attempt to share with the world that you don’t need an expensive camera […]
Waterfalls & Clouds: Yosemite Panorama Photos 2015.02.23
The Storm that Wasn’t By John P. DeGrazio Rain and snow were in the forecast for Yosemite yesterday so we showed some flexibility in rescheduling our events for the weekend. We flip-flopped a photo workshop with an adventure hike, and everything worked out perfectly. As the leader of the hike, I was thrilled to […]