Visiting Yosemite National Park on the First Day it Reopened After the Shutdown 

I'd give anything for one more day with my Dad. Don't take this for granted. Thanks for the great views!

The 44 ppl who disliked have obviously never been to Yosemite

Father and son. Priceless.

One of many silver linings to this pandemic is to have a day like this in YNP. The perfect day. Thanks for taking us along.

I'm so jealous. I have always wanted to see yosemite how John Muir seen it for the first time. Your visit is probably the closest to that time as it will ever get

Loved this video! I’m a respiratory therapist in NY and with caring for the covid patients in our hospital and being so anxious all the time I did not have time to remember my dream of visiting Yosemite one day. Thank you for taking me there. Your videos are always stunning ...colorful and beautiful. I’m so happy now. Thanks!

Sure is nice to see a dad who wants to spend time with his son and vice a versa. Been there many of time and never seen so few people on such a beautiful day

I had a similar experience in June 2017. I was hiking the PCT and made it to Tuolumne Meadows before the Tioga Road opened. We hung out and camped there for almost 24 hours, with not a single car and barely another person to be seen. It was surreal and beautiful.

What a surreal and magical experience. Once in a lifetime!

So awesome, I can't even imagine getting to see Yosemite in fully tranquility and glory, the way John Muir saw it. This year is THE year to see the national parks. No loads of foreigner tour buses, no traffic jams, no busy trails, it's a wonderful thing caused by terrible circumstances. I'm headed to Yellowstone and Grand Teton here in a few weeks, hopefully both will be as empty as this 🤞🏼

California is Gougeous 😍 I don't care what anybody says

Thank you for posting! In 2018, I went on Amtrak from Texas to Southern and Northern California by myself. Yosemite was the main reason and my first time. Unfortunately, it was a quick 2 hour guided tour since I didn't know my way and for safety reasons. No time for trails, bridges, no driving thru the tunnel. The Yartzs bus and the train was my transportation. Your video gave me the opportunity to see what I wasn't able to. I plan to go back to see it all when my ailing elderly father no longer needs my assistance. It will be a be a great way to honor his memory since he used to take my Mom, siblings and I every summer to California. My father is 90 now and I wish I can take him to California one more time before he passes but he's too frail. I tried to the year before but he had a heart attack the day before we were going to leave. I used our tickets to go to Yosemite alone. It broke my heart to realize I can never take my father to any trips anymore. Rest in peace Mom. 🙏💞 Enjoy as many trips with your father when you can. We are not promised tomorrow and can be gone in an instant, anytime any day.

Yosemite is such a beautiful place, hope I can visit again someday.

Thanks for sharing your quiet and beautiful trip to Yosemite. What a great father/ son trip. Loved seeing the bear and the face on half dome Your dad is a handsome young man.

my brother has lived in the park since the early 70's, and is still working for yosar, the search and rescue of yosemite. one of the most sacred spots in the world.

Thanks Josh and pops for getting up early to see Yosemite. What a wonderful experience, the waterfalls, the bear, the great views.

That’s a once in a lifetime experience to have the exclusivity of the park like that. Great video 👍🏼

Visiting here is on my bucket list. It looks amazing and so serene. I love that it's limited entry too.

Thank you! I live 30 minutes from the southern entrance but avoid Yosemite this time of year because of the crowds. I have my reservation and am going on Tuesday. I can hardly wait!

Yosemite it’s breathtaking glorious.

Actually I saw 2 faces on half a dome....you are so blessed!to e in Yosemite with your father!WOW!.

Yosemite is usually overcrowded and I have never seen it that empty.

Great video! We enjoyed your Pops' appearance during your Route 66 series and so glad to see him back. Such a beautiful place. Thank you for sharing your time there! We'd love to go one of these days.

Spectacular post! Thanks so much for taking us along on a never to be forgotten experience. Total thumbs up (what a lucky Dad to have you as his son). Stay safe and keep traveling.

Oh. My. Heart. Thank you for sharing this beautiful day! My husband and I got engaged on Half Dome-Yosemite is such a special place to us.

Josh this was amazing. Thanks for taking us along for the hike. Embrace the time you have with pops.

I haven't seen the park that quiet in YEARS we used to go almost every summer when I was a kid and I remember when it used to be this quiet 15 or 20 years ago. We would always go during spring before the summer crowds and that's what this reminds me of.

This was a Great video of Yosemite! Best part was you did it with Dad and that brought some great memories! Well done!👍😉

Beautiful video, Josh! What a rare treat, to see Yosemite as it was meant to be seen! We hiked the Panorama Trail all the way to the Valley floor less than two years ago, and it quickly became my all-time favorite Yosemite trail.

Absolutely amazing you could do this with your dad! I had a Wilderness Permit that I didn’t cancel and was lucky to get into the park on June 6th. We started on June 7th, camped in Little Yosemite Valley, did Half Dome and walked out Thursday on the JMT. Not good at videos but have some really awesome photos. It was beyond surreal to not have crowds let alone more than four to six people in the campground! This was an accomplishment for my daughter and myself that we will never forget.

What an amazing video! I applaud you for taking a trip like this with your Dad!...I enjoyed the scene with the two of you eating lunch together on the log. What a great son you are!!!...and what a beautiful person you are for making this video with your Dad! I wish I knew more people like you!!

I visited the park on 2007, hope to do it again with my 3 sons. Father and son. Priceless.

Best lunch spot ever! Pretty secluded...makes me wonder if it will become as well traveled as it was before, but it is so awesome how much beauty we have right here, so close.

I can never imagine being in Yosemite with such little amount of crowds. Your video quality is great!!

I love your dad's hat! I've been going to Yosemite for 70 years (I was taken there as a baby) and your video is the most amazing experience I've ever had there. Thanks!

Beautiful video and wonderful to see a father and son doing something together and in harmony. Thank you 😍🙏💗

I love Yosemite and I'm so envious that you and your dad got to be there when the park was practically empty.

Beautiful.

I would like to thank you for this upload..I started crying once you exited the tunnel it absolutely took my breath away...with so much turmoil..in the world...Seeing those beautiful images.. reminds me no matter what color or group people belong to we are all gifted this rich planet that's filled with so much beauty it would take 2 life times to ingest it all ..with much love and respect Thank you.

Thank you for taking us along, and giving your dad this presence present for Fathers Day. The face is see is that of a bald eagle.

I've visited Yosemite almost every year for over 40 years and have never seen it like this. NICE! This is how the part should be managed IMHO. Limited number of visitors.

Great video. Amazing to see Yosemite so quiet!

Josh I viewed this when you first posted. I meant to comment then but forgot. You have such an incredible gift. The photography is always amazing and you make me feel like I'm there. Luckily, I have been here twice and it's everything you show it to be. Thanks for this and all your videos. I esp loved the RT 66 with your Dad. Thank you!

Thank you for this great video! We are arriving on Saturday and are more excited than ever after watching your experience!

Your videos are so amazing. I always watch theme here in Switzerland and I'm so excited for my exchange year in California. Hopefully I will be there in August. Stay safe.

Awww that bear is probably like "Their back! Their back guy's !!!!!"😂

Thank you for sharing this video with the world! We all miss Yosemite, but I'm happy to know that some of the wildlife got to enjoy their home. Happy to know that you got to share this experience with your pops!

7:40 the butterfly doming into frame was perfection

You should have been here when it was closed. I live here and it was insane.

Figured my road trip out west this summer couldnt happen. This is giving me hope

To spend this time with your dad is wonderful. Love Yosemite. Been going there since mid 50's. Thanks for the great video.

I'm so glad to have taken this virtual tour. You got some GREAT footage and I saw the face! Thank you.

Love USA- In Austria we have also high mountains, many sees and waterfalls- look for KRIMMLER WASSERFÄLLE in Austria ;-)

Wow. Josh, this makes me so proud to live in the golden state with you.

Wow, it’s been 6 years since my honeymoon states trip, and we included Yosemite for a few days. It was such a calming amazing place, and we barely scratched the surface.. Nice to see some of our memories in your video. Hope we can visit again some day, you’re so lucky to be able to access this place whenever you want, I’d never get bored of visiting there. Thanks for the video guys..

OMG how lucky to see one of the most beautiful places on Earth with your Dad and no crowds! I’ve been there many times over the years both with crowds and fairly empty. Count your blessings and thank you for sharing your day! Great footage!

Went for the first time exactly a year ago, now I want to go back!

I just moved to California. Your website and your RU-vid videos are just GEMS. Couldn’t have asked for more. Keep up your efforts!! Kudos

I am so glad you got to enjoy the beauty and emptiness of Yosemite with your dad. Something tells me you'll cherish this trip for the rest of your life. As Ken Burns said, its not the memories of the parks themselves that are most special, but its who you shared the memory with! Thank you for all your awesome videos. My wife and I are heading up hwy 395 next week! We're stopping at many of the locations you reccommended:)

I've never been to California, and this is the first channel that I've just started to follow which covers the state. I can't wait to watch more of what you've made already and churn up my travel itch! Great stuff, man, thanks!

I being to yosemite lots of times and i did the 2 water falls, and the 2nd time we did the half dome and is amazing view from up there but nice video

I miss my dad !!! How I wish I can do roadtrip with my dad !!!!

Magical! Happy for you and your Father to get to experience this. Thank you for sharing this once in a lifetime experience with us. Just WOW! Well done!

Just wanted to say that your video convinced me to snag a pass for this past Saturday, and I drove 7 hours after work on Friday to be there all day Saturday. 100% worth it, was my first time there. Thank you!

I'm low key jealous lol. I could only imagine how mirror lake looks like with no one there

Your a good man for documenting this - I was there also - we need to consider access to the valley -

That is truly amazing. I went to Yosemite once since I moved to California last year, and it was so crowded in the Valley that I hardly got to see any of it. My Mom and I skipped the valley crowd and spent the day up in Tuolumne Meadows instead. It was amazingly peaceful and I loved every minute up there, but I regretted not being able to explore the valley. You got to see Yosemite as it should be, and you got to share it with your Dad. That'll be something you two remember forever.

Thank you for posting this video. I’ve lived in California all of my life but I had never visited Yosemite. When I saw this video, I showed it to my husband and we decided that now was the time to go. It was amazing! An experience that our family will never forget.

OMG America is So Much Beautiful I Wish to Move to USA If Life Permits Me To

Apparently this land is now called "Yo, Semite." 😬

Thanks for spending a little time in this video just letting us listen to the awesome sounds of nature for a bit. We've tried December and February in the past for smaller crowds, but it was nothing like this. Thanks for sharing this experience with everyone.

Wonderful experience and great that Pops is back on the screen!

Imagine what it was like for people who snuck in and camped over these last 10 weeks.

Beautiful shots. Especially intrigued by the portion when you just let us listen to the sounds of the park, was amazed how those distinct sounds can make you feel like you are there.

Yosemite is my favorite spot in the world! Thanks so much for posting your video-it brought tears to my eyes. I'm so glad you got to return there after the shutdown. I can hardly wait for my next trip there!

Honestly, the most comprehensive but still short & sweet park tour I've seen. Very well explained with short notes at each stops.

I love your videos and it's great to see your pop out enjoying all of this with you.

Absolutely beautiful. Thank you for allowing me to see Yosemite in all her glory!

Got to admit I'm feeling jealous! Wow, what a treat you and your dad got on that visit - really privileged visitors, super VIPs! And that lunch spot - no money could buy such a view! Thanks for sharing your pleasure and joy.

Just spending time with pops is priceless and doing beautiful site seing along his side it brought tears to my eyes enjoy and cherish every second you can with dad and mom 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Watching this on Father’s Day, makes this a lot more special than it already is. Ty.

Just an awesome video. Enjoyed how much fun you and your Dad had. We have a day pass for We’d., 8/19/20. Really looking forward to visiting! Thank you!

Thanks Josh for this stunning video, my wife and I are from England and we visited Yosemite in 2018. My background picture on my laptop is exactly where you and your dad had lunch. I absolutely cannot wait until we can travel to California again. If ever you visit the UK I'll buy you a beer. 👍🍺

Just saw your video on July 4, 2020. Your video showed many of the amazing views in Yosemite. Half Dome Indian maiden's face is in the sheared off portion. What a treat it was for me to view how surreal Yosemite can be with less visitors. Great treat with the bear running across meadow. Wow. Your descriptions were perfect. So glad you and your dad got to make memories and to share them with many. Thanks so much.

Your video was excellent and gorgeous. My husband and I visited about two years ago after a long hiatus and though the views were still amazing, the traffic and the parking, especially in the valley, was awful and challenging. How fortunate for you both that you got that permit to enter and you got to see most all the places you wanted to see. You've given me some great suggestions of places to go and see and I will be checking more out soon, when I get my camper van out of the shop. My husband passed last year, so when I do travel, it will be on my own, but there is so much to see that I can't resist.

This is honestly just one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. One more thing it's so great to see you having that great time with your dad, don't get me wrong but I really jealous, wish that I had this opportunity. Beautiful but at the same time very sad for me as I've lost my father so soon. Best wishes to you and your dad! Really, speaking from my heart man. And also hope I get to see this all by myself once. Like from me and I'd give it ten more if I could.

Stunning.I love California;its my favourite place I've ever been. Just found your channel so will enjoy working through your videos. That was such an awesome unique trip to Yosemite.

Sublime video. Brought back memories from the first time I ever visited Yosemite when I was 12 years old for a school trip. Yosemite is one of the most beautiful places on earth, and you truly captured it. Thank you so much.

thank you. i love Yosemite and visited it over 17 times. Once I was lucky enough to be there when there was only 50 people in the park when it flooded once and they closed it then opened it for a few hours before closing it again. Empty Yosemite is a blessing to all who get to experience it. I'm glad that you got the blessing! Thank you for sharing that blessing because Yosemite is now only memories since I have left California. Thank you for re-awakening those memories.

I will be there the end of June. You have no idea how much this work means to me, with the amazing photography, great voice, closeness of you and Pops and oh yes, my favorite place in earth.

Wow! We used your website to plan our one and only trip to Yosemite last summer. Sentinel dome was easily the hiking highlight for our family of various abilities. Such a beautiful place, and you were blessed to see it with such solitude. Thank you for sharing!

Very warm thanks from a grateful Indonesian on the island of Java. You showed us what Paradise must look like.

Best footage I’ve seen of Yosemite. Love that there were not tons of people around and that view from your lunch spot is wow 🤩

Beautiful video! Thanks for sharing this moment with your dad as well! Very special place that I hope to visit one day! God bless you both! 🙏🏻💖

This gives one a sense on how huge this place is. Wow! Surreal beauty. Lucky you. Also, David Paullides' "Missing 411" comes to my mind whilst watching this. Thanks for your amazing share! On my bucket list.

Amazing views! You and your dad are so close, one of the greatest blessings!

OMG!!! Thank you so much for sharing this amazing time and place, you have given me the watery eyes! Peace

Ahhhh... Take me away... So jealous but so happy for you & your pops. Have been there many times & even hiked up Half Dome. Thank you so very much for sharing this with us. Now, I shall share it on my timeline.

Thank you SOOOO MUCH for this video. I’m incredibly jealous and happy for you. I hope we get lucky and time to enjoy Yosemite as you did. Great video as usual!

I love going this journey with you and your dad. Thank you!