– Carl Bidleman

Our friends at Yosemite Blog posted this news item today:

Yosemite Campground Reservations Available Starting March 15th

Been thinking about going camping in Yosemite this summer? Recreation.gov, the national park services reservation site, will begin taking reservations for guests who want to be sure they’ll have a spot when they arrive at their campground this month.

Starting March 15th at 7 a.m. you’ll be able to start reserving sites for the July 15th – August 14th summer camping season. Campgrounds available for reservations will be: Bridalveil Creek Group and Horse Camp, Crane Flat, Hodgdon Meadow, Lower Pines, North Pines, Tuolumne Meadows, Upper Pines, and Wawona.

Login in early because reservations will be first come – first served.

For more information check out recreation.gov or the yosemite campground information page for a list of campgrounds and dates..

– Jim Wirth 

Rosemary Rideout takes beautiful photographs.  Rosemary recently posted a few photos of desert wildflowers in the OpenRoad.TV forum for the rest of us to enjoy, and I just love the photo of the entrance to Coyote Canyon in Anza Borrego Desert State Park that she took on March 12th. 

Anzo Borrego Desert State Park was named after Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza and the Spanish name borrego, or bighorn sheep, and is the largest state park in California.  Visitors to the park can enjoy five-hundred miles of dirt roads, 12 wilderness areas and miles of hiking trails as they explore the California desert.  To see more of Rosemary’s wonderful photos, check out her online gallery Rosemary Rideout Photography.

– M’Gee Johnston

One of our friends, Danella George, at the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) sent us their most recent newsletter celebrating this year’s crop of wildflowers. Now is the time to get out and see them before the dry days of summer wilt their beauty. From Death Valley to Modoc County you can enjoy the flush of springtime.