November 05, 2009 - Looks like with the release of Yosemite Road 7-11 wine, we can scratch one sign off our list. The 7-11 Wine, titled Yosemite Road, is available in both red and white and retails for an astonishing $3.99 USD.

February 03, 2009 - Today’s equivalent of Grandpa’s slide show of the trip to Yosemite is a Powerpoint slide show of Junior’s biology project. People love to tell illustrated stories, and Google Earth has been tantalizingly close to making it possible.

January 05, 2009 - The acronym “BASE” was coined by filmmaker Carl Boenish, who filmed the first BASE jumps (from El Capitan, in Yosemite National Park) in 1978, and actually died some years later while BASE jumping. They used parachutes.

June 15, 2008 - The U.S. National Park Service wants to add a luxury hotel to one of the world’s most famous islands: Alcatraz. Plans are to offer accommodations like the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park. Alcatraz has a notorious reputation.