Why You Should Use a Bear-Resistant Food Canister While Camping, and How to Use One

This may come as a surprise, but most bears don't want to eat you. They do however, love an easy meal. Make it harder for them to find a meal by packing all of your food into a bear-resistant container. Whether backpacking or car camping, using bear canisters is safer for you and the bears.

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What to do in Yosemite

What to do in Yosemite? Yosemite activities are endless, and if you've never been, I've outlined some my favorites for you, most of which are great for people of all ages.

A Guide To Yosemite Trails: Best Short Hiking Trail for Up Close Waterfall View

Yosemite Falls is one of the tallest waterfall in the world. It is located at Yosemite National Park. The trail that leads to the Lower Yosemite Falls is short and paved, making it an easy hike with an amazing view of the waterfall at the base.

What Is Your Favorite Cartoon - The Bugs Bunny Generation

This might be your favorite cartoon too. Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny and friends cartoon characters that you grew up with.

A few of my passions; Life on the edge or a story of balloons, swords and rocks.

During the years of my life, and at the times when I was in great health and form, I participated in many different sports and or activities. These include the study of Ninjutsu, Aikido, rock climbing, European fencing, bicycling and Hot Air Ballooning.

Every February Yosemite's Horsetail Waterfall turns to lava!

In Yosemite a incredible phenomenon was caught by photographers from across the world. This phenomenon is caused by a fleeting moment when the sun and earth align. Every year in mid-February this celestial marvel takes place just at sunset. When...

Yosemite's Horsetail Falls

One of the most fascinating weather and visual phenomenon I have come across. Truly unique.

California: Geography Quiz

Shortly after I published So You Think You Know Canadian Geography?, my HubPages readers asked me what the subject of my next geography quiz was going to be. I decided upon California, the state in which I live. I learned a lot while doing the research for the quiz. I hope you'll learn a lot about the "Golden State," too, when you take the quiz.

Yosemite Ghosts

Do you want to hear a ghost story? I have one for you. It's a story about a self-doubting landscape photographer facing a place that has been photographed by two world-famous landscape photographers. Who is the self-doubting photographer? None other...