NATIONAL PARKS

(Mellow Wanderer) We’re poised for yet another seasonal transition from summer to fall. The crowds at our National Parks get thinner as kids head back to school and peak tourist season ends. Those long warm summer days of hiking, swimming, fishing, canoeing, and those cool nights of camp fires and s’mores are nearing an end….

(Yosemite, CA-Mellow Wanderer) Off the beaten path from the Yosemite National Park summer crowds is Carlon Falls and natural swimming pool. Mellow Wanderer discovered this refreshing resort like setting after an hour long hike off Evergreen Rd. just outside Yosemite’s Big Oak Flat entrance. View Carlon Falls in a larger map The hike is easy…