128: Yosemite Trip Report

Exploring the National Parks

Dirt In My Shoes

Science, Society & Culture:places & Travel, Nature, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Yosemite National Park never fails to surprise! This summer, we came for waterfalls and ended up with falling trees, surprise bear encounters, and a lot of laughs along the way. From Yosemite Valley to the High Sierra, every turn revealed the beauty of Yosemite and the persistence of life thriving in every corner of the park. In this episode, we cover: The highs and lows of our 2025 trip to Yosemite National Park! Timing your visit and the best time to explore Yosemite Iconic sights like Half Dome, Bridalveil Fall, and El Capitan Six lessons we learned from unexpected events, including weather and wildlife encounters Your task for today: Head over to the @DirtinMyShoes Facebook or Instagram pages and share your Yosemite plans for 2026! Are you chasing waterfalls, hiking near Half Dome, or exploring the High Sierra? Tell us your dream spots and what you’re most excited to see. Planning your own Yosemite adventure?Dirt In My Shoes Yosemite Itineraries: https://www.dirtinmyshoes.com/yosemite-itinerary/ Master Reservation List: https://www.dirtinmyshoes.com/list/ National Park Checklist: https://www.dirtinmyshoes.com/national-parks-checklist/ Trip Packing List: https://www.dirtinmyshoes.com/pack/ Don’t miss the full show notes packed with all the links we mentioned so you can plan your adventures like a pro: https://www.dirtinmyshoes.com/yosemite-trip-report/

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0:00.0	healthy bears are generally kind of bored of humans. Yeah. They usually don't care.
0:09.0	They're very ambivalent about you. And that's how you can tell. You can tell by their behavior generally
0:14.4	really quickly. This is the Exploring the National Parks podcast with Dirt in My Shoes.
0:22.2	My name is Ash and I'm a former park ranger and the founder of Dirt in My Shoes.
0:26.5	I think that the parks are best seen from the trail and I'm here to make National Park
0:31.2	Trip Planning easy.
0:32.7	And I'm John.
0:33.7	I carry the kids on the trails, tell stories, and notice all the things that Ash doesn't care about much, like rocks.
0:41.0	Join us as we show you around America's spectacular national parks.
0:45.5	We're sharing our favorite places, fun facts, adventures, and misadventures.
0:49.5	And we'll even throw in a little trip planning.
0:52.3	Let's start exploring.
1:01.0	Music even throw in a little trip planning. Let's start exploring. Well, things have slowed down for us,
1:09.7	not traveling as much, kids back in school, feels kind of nice. It does. It's nice to be a little bit more into a routine. I love this time of year.
1:12.3	But we had to laugh because now that the kids are back in school, I don't know if your school does this wherever you are, but like ours, whenever they have an announcement, like I'll get a text and then I'll get an email and then I'll get a phone call and they'll leave a voicemail.
1:29.2	And John and I were just talking about like, oh my gosh, how annoying that we have to get
1:33.9	notified through every single thing. And then he says, it's a woof.
1:39.6	It's a woof. It's like from the office when Ryan invents that like social media that service where you can
1:48.2	literally send a message and try to contact anybody through any possible means so you send a
1:55.6	woof and it notifies you on your phone you get a call you get a fax youx. You get an email. You get everything. We were like,
2:04.7	oh my gosh, our school sends whoofs. That is exactly what this is. It's so true. So we're in
2:11.6	woof season, but we've had a good laugh about it. It's funny now when it happens. Like, that's all I can
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