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Yosemite Getaway Sweepstakes

admin — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:17:56 +0000

Nine chances to win a getaway to Yosemite National Park and Mariposa County are being offered in the latest Yosemite Getaway Sweepstakes, running now through Sunday, April 13.This spring’s Grand Prize is a three-night stay at The Ahwahnee in Yosemite Valley during a session of the 2008 Yosemite Vintners’ Holidays (Nov. 2 – Dec. 4, 2008), with park admission, admission for two to all Vintners’ Holidays receptions, tastings and events, and two seats at the sumptuous Vintners’ Banquet in The Ahwahnee dining room.

Eight weekly prizes of two-night getaways to Yosemite and Mariposa County lodging – including a stay at the Yosemite View Lodge – will also be awarded (two each week) along with park admission and – in several cases – other extras. To enter and be eligible to win any of these prizes, CLICK HERE once each week through April 13.

And, listen for more information about the Yosemite Getaway Sweepstakes and hear Mike Cleary’s Mariposa Minutes on these radio stations in the San Francisco and Sacramento areas: KGO-AM810, KDFC-FM, KBLX-FM, KSFO-AM, KOIT-FM, 957 The Wolf, The Eagle 969, KSSJ and ESPN1320.

Yosemite’s Bracebridge Dinner

admin — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:18:19 +0000

Several opportunities to attend Yosemite National Park’s famous Bracebridge Dinner have become available. Bracebridge is a national cultural treasure, a three-hour-long holiday banquet and concert, conceived by renowned Yosemite photographer Ansel Adams, that occurs in the world-famous Ahwahnee hotel Dining Room. Approximately 30 seats each night for this highly sought-after event have been packaged with lodging at the luxurious Yosemite View Lodge for the nights of December 18, 19, 21 and 26. Each dinner seat is $376 per person, including the seven-course gourmet feast and musical pageant. Rooms at the Yosemite View Lodge vary from $142 to $210 per night, a 20% savings offered specially for Bracebridge guests. To reserve your Bracebridge Dinner tickets and hotel room package, call 1-800-321-5261. Hurry, as these once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to attend Bracebridge will be gone before you can say, “Jack Frost.”

Pet-Friendly Yosemite

admin — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:11:43 +0000

Visiting a national park with a pet is not exactly pet friendly.Â In order to protect the natural balance, national parks, such as Yosemite, Lassen Volcanic, Redwoods and Kings Canyon/Sequoia limit where pets can be taken and some, like Channel Islands, do not allow pets at all.Â Similarly, few in-park accommodations allow pets to stay in rooms or in cars.

However, there is one hotel in the Yosemite area that does a doggone good job at welcoming pets.Â The Yosemite View Lodge, a deluxe accommodation located at the national parkâ€™s west entrance (SR 140) allows pets to stay overnight with their owners in rooms, and the hotel offers a pet package that includes accommodations, a comfy loaner pet bed, a gourmet dog treat, a colorful bandanna and a tongue-in-jowl bedtime story to read to your dog that describes Yosemite pet dos and donâ€™ts.Â The rooms at The View, as it is known locally, are among the nicest in the Yosemite area and feature fenced balconies or patios, kitchenettes, fireplaces, double showers and many come with large in-room whirlpool tubs.