

Today’s guest blogger, REI employee Ching Fu, recounts the soaring highs and chilly lows of her bike tour of the entire Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway last summer: It had been raining for 3 days straight, and I was ready to just be home. But I had to keep pedaling. The bitter cold rain was an unwelcome surprise, especially since it was July in the southeast... ...
Ever climb onto a rocky alpine plateau and wonder how so many flowers survive, even flourish, in such a stark environment? If you love wandering around such high-elevation garden spots, take a look at Sky Islands, the latest installment in the splendid short-film series Yosemite Nature Notes. While the peaks and plateaus displayed in Sky Islands are already starting to load up with new snow this fall, park videographer Steven Bumgardner made some fair-weather visits to 12,147-foot Parsons Peak ...
Posted by T.D. Wood on October 10, 2011 6:28 PM & Tagged Yosemite, Yosemite Nature Notes, flowers and national parks | permalink | Comments
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