Updates & RevisionsUpdates & Revisionshttp://www.sierrasurvey.com/revisions/2009-10-26T15:01:08ZSquarespaceChap. 5: New Life for The Village Ghost Townhttp://www.sierrasurvey.com/revisions/2009/10/26/chap-5-new-life-for-the-village-ghost-town.htmlSG2009-10-26T14:50:05Z2009-10-26T14:50:05ZGomez's Mexican Restaurant moves into the old Hennessey's space, MMSA bangs out a new theme restaurant & bar across the way—country & western? (probably w/out a mechnical bull)—and the Mammoth Gallery comes back. Read all about it in the 50-center
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]]>p. 230: New Chef at Sequoia High Sierra Camphttp://www.sierrasurvey.com/revisions/2009/7/19/p-230-new-chef-at-sequoia-high-sierra-camp.htmlSG2009-07-19T16:17:03Z2009-07-19T16:17:03ZNow into its third full season, the Sequoia High Sierra Camp brings on executive chef Fidgeir Helgason, from New Orleans, to replace Ryan Solein. Dana Nichols has the full scoop here.]]>p. 196: Mono Inn Roadhouse Closed for 2008http://www.sierrasurvey.com/revisions/2009/5/24/p-196-mono-inn-roadhouse-closed-for-2008.htmlSG2009-05-24T19:13:05Z2009-05-24T19:13:05ZAnd yes, we miss it sorely. No word yet from proprietor Sara Adams about when or if it might re-open. The venue is still available for special events. Check for updates here. In the meantime, head to Tioga Toomey's for the best fish tacos and mango margaritas this side of the LA Aqueduct.]]>p. 181: Restaurant Lulu Packs up, Moves Back to SFhttp://www.sierrasurvey.com/revisions/2009/4/24/p-181-restaurant-lulu-packs-up-moves-back-to-sf.htmlSG2009-04-24T21:32:07Z2009-04-24T21:32:07ZRead the SheetAlas. We'll miss the oysters, the happy-hour pizzas and the basil gimlets. The service... not so much.]]>p. 119: Glacier Lodge changes its web addresshttp://www.sierrasurvey.com/revisions/2008/3/31/p-119-glacier-lodge-changes-its-web-address.htmlSG2008-03-31T15:08:27Z2008-03-31T15:08:27ZTry jewelofthesierra.com.]]>P. 38: Rogers and Manly Rescue, Death Valley to San Fernando (not the Owens!) and back--500 miles round trip--on foothttp://www.sierrasurvey.com/revisions/2008/3/18/p-38-rogers-and-manly-rescue-death-valley-to-san-fernando-no.htmlSG2008-03-18T19:17:36Z2008-03-18T19:17:36ZWilliam L. Manly (1820-1903)They had been given fifteen days to find help—or something to eat, or at the very least a decent trail—and then return to camp. They set off, their packs filled with with "seven-eighths of all the flesh of an ox... a couple spoonfuls of rice and about as much tea... [and] all the money there was in camp."
"They crossed a gap south of Telescope Peak, staying on the mountain that night," wrote historian W.A. Chalfant in Death Valley: The Facts (1930). "They descended to the pool in the Panamint Valley, only to find its brine a literally bitter disappointment. On the next range they found the Jayhawker trail, and near it holes dug by that party in the vain hope of finding water. Near the summit they came upon the body of Fish ["a Mr. Fish of Indiana"], lying as he had fallen."
They descended the west flank of the Argus Range, across what is now the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station, and from the Cosos, by the light of the moon, made a beeline for the snow in the Sierra Nevada.
]]>Chapter 7: New Yosemite Reservations Numberhttp://www.sierrasurvey.com/revisions/2008/2/8/chapter-7-new-yosemite-reservations-number.htmlSG2008-02-08T18:42:50Z2008-02-08T18:42:50Z Snow on Half Dome from Cooks Meadow, Kenny Karst, DNC Parks & Resorts at YosemiteThe new central reservation number for Yosemite National Park accommodations is 801-559-5000 (formerly 559-252-4848).
DNC lodgings in Yosemite include the Wawona, the Yosemite Lodge at the Falls, Curry Village, Tuolomne Lodge, White Wolf Lodge, the High Sierra Camps, and the Ahwahnee.
"The new area code will provide guests reduced calling rates and superior service," claims the concessionaire.
Gomez's Mexican Restaurant moves into the old Hennessey's space, MMSA bangs out a new theme restaurant & bar across the way—country & western? (probably w/out a mechnical bull)—and the Mammoth Gallery comes back. Read all about it in the 50-center
Now into its third full season, the Sequoia High Sierra Camp brings on executive chef Fidgeir Helgason, from New Orleans, to replace Ryan Solein. Dana Nichols has the full scoop here.]]>
And yes, we miss it sorely. No word yet from proprietor Sara Adams about when or if it might re-open. The venue is still available for special events. Check for updates here. In the meantime, head to Tioga Toomey's for the best fish tacos and mango margaritas this side of the LA Aqueduct.]]>;)
Read the SheetAlas. We'll miss the oysters, the happy-hour pizzas and the basil gimlets. The service... not so much.]]>
Try jewelofthesierra.com.]]>
William L. Manly (1820-1903)They had been given fifteen days to find help—or something to eat, or at the very least a decent trail—and then return to camp. They set off, their packs filled with with "seven-eighths of all the flesh of an ox... a couple spoonfuls of rice and about as much tea... [and] all the money there was in camp."