Sierras & Gold Country Vacation Ideas Blog

These are shorter articles, often about events or news, listed in reverse chronological order, latest on top.

Yosemite National Park March 2012 Road Closing

If you’re traveling to Yosemite, please be advised a January 22 rockslide necessitates the closing of Yosemite’s Big Oak Flat Road (Highway 120) beginning at 8:00 a.m. on February 29, 2012. The road will be closed between the Foresta Road junction and the El Portal Road (Highway 140) junction. According to a nps.gov press release, [...]

Movies Filmed at Lake Tahoe

Several movies have used this popular California vacation destination as a filming location, the first of which was 1924’s ‘Rose-Marie’ (famous for Jeanette McDonald’s rendition of the song “Indian Love Call”). Here’s a clip: You can also witness Lake Tahoe’s beauty in a movie filmed 50 years later – the Oscar-winning ‘Godfather II’ starring Marlon [...]

Yosemite Free Entrance Days for 2012

Entrance fees for the California National Parks vary from park to park. For example, Yosemite’s current entrance fee is $20/car, but no entrance fee will be required if you decide to incorporate a visit to Channel Island National Park on your Los Angeles vacation (although you will have to pay for transportation – either by [...]

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