“Your head is your house; furnish it.” — Arab Proverb
“Do you know what a foreign accent is? It’s a sign of bravery.” — Amy Chua, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
“When a person tells you that you hurt them, you don’t get to decide that you didn’t.” — Louis C.K.
“Color television! Bah, I won’t believe it until I see it in black and white.” — Samuel Goldwyn
“As we were approaching Mirror Lake, we saw this hang glider.”
It was interesting to note how relatively “open” Yosemite is to a variety of sports such as hang gliding. I didn’t expect to see anything like this in such an iconic location.
Do you have a question about our visit to Yosemite? Ask it in the comment section.
See previous Year of Yosemite (YOY) posts HERE. If you want to read the introduction to the YOY series, CLICK HERE.
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“A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence.” — Dante Alighieri
“If the whole world was blind, how many people would you impress?” — Boonaa Mohammed
“Get married, in any case. If you happen to get a good mate, you will be happy; if a bad one, you will become philosophical, which is a fine thing in itself.” — Socrates
“Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in a light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it.” — Maurice Chevalier
Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center formerly known as the The LeConte Memorial Lodge
The LeConte Memorial Lodge was built by the Sierra Club in 1903 in memory of Joseph LeConte, one of the founding members of the Sierra Club. The US$4,500 cost to build the Lodge was contributed by students, alumni and faculty from the University of California and Stanford University, San Francisco businesses, and friends and relatives of LeConte. The Sierra Club levied a $1.00 assessment on each of its members to help raise the funds.
The Lodge was constructed at the base of Glacier Point in Curry Village and was dedicated on July 3, 1904. In 1919, the lodge was moved west in the Yosemite Valley to its current location across from Housekeeping Camp. For four years from 1920, Ansel Adams served as the lodge’s summer custodian.
EXCERPTED FROM WIKIPEDIA
See previous Year of Yosemite (YOY) posts HERE. If you want to read the introduction to the YOY series, CLICK HERE.
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“Everybody has a plan, ’till they get hit.” — Mike Tyson
“If your writing doesn’t keep you up at night, it won’t keep anyone else up either.” — James M. Cain
“How helpless we are, like netted birds, when we are caught by desire!” — Belva Plain
“My sources are unreliable, but their information is fascinating.” — Ashleigh Brilliant
This poignant video is only four minutes long, but it should remind us to be considerate of others. Everyone is dealing with their own world of issues.
“Just off of State Route 120, Tenaya Lake creates postcard pictures from many Yosemite vantage points.”
Tanaya Lake was named after a Native American Indian chief who was later forced to flee the area. Unlike this episode in history, the lake often appears very serene and peaceful. This is perhaps one of the most scenic of the lakes in Yosemite!
See previous Year of Yosemite (YOY) posts HERE. If you want to read the introduction to the YOY series, CLICK HERE.
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“A person’s right to complain is limited to principles he acknowledges himself.” — John Rawls
“Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends.” — Unknown
“You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself.” — Zig Ziglar
“The movie people would have nothing to do with me until they heard me speak in a Broadway play, then they all wanted to sign me for the silent movies.” — W.C. Fields
“El Capitan is another of Yosemite’s iconic features. Not only for lovers of beautiful scenery, but for mountaineers as well.”
Yosemite’s El Capitan, Captain, is a 3,000 foot high and 1.5 mile wide wall of granite and it is one of the most coveted walls for rock climbers.
See previous Year of Yosemite (YOY) posts HERE. If you want to read the introduction to the YOY series, CLICK HERE.
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“What is a thousand years? Time is short for one who thinks, endless for one who yearns.” — Alain
“Your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life.” — Chuck Palahniuk
“The common question that gets asked in business is, ‘why?’ That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, ‘why not?'” — Jeff Bezos
“I worry that the person who thought up Muzak may be thinking up something else.” — Lily Tomlin