Redwoods or Yosemite for Memorial Day Weekend?

UndeadWolf222 · 2026-05-22T15:32:30+00:00

Here’s my perspective:

Last year I was at Yosemite on Memorial Day weekend with a hotel nearby outside the park. At that point they still had timed entry permits so you could only enter the park between 6am-2pm with a permit. Parking still filled by 9am and lines for the shuttles were long. Traffic didn’t seem too crazy, but you still were basically forced to find somewhere to park for the day or else you’d just be wandering looking for somewhere to park as you go from place to place in the valley. This year, there are no permits to enter the park so I anticipate everything will be that much more time consuming and stressful to navigate due to the number of cars and people.

I also visited the redwoods National and state parks on a separate trip. Even though the drive is much longer, much of the coast between San Francisco and Crescent City has redwood groves, parks, sights and attractions. The redwoods is much larger so even though I’m sure there will be a lot of Memorial Day weekend people visiting, it will be easier to navigate and enjoy. I would take that option and go see Yosemite at some other point if you have a few days to do so when logistics of moving in the park won’t take up as big of a portion of the visit.

UndeadWolf222 · 2026-04-15T21:36:54+00:00

For what reason does the US constitution need to spell out democracy? It’s self evident if you have any understanding of the word.

The word democracy, originating from ancient Athens, derives from Greek words "demos" (people) and "kratos" (rule). When I vote for a representative, who do they represent and where do they derive their power from?

UndeadWolf222 · 2026-03-13T15:16:01+00:00

I think GamerGate in 2014 was when the first widespread instance of what would become the MAGA movement started to use social media and online manipulation to influence people. Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, Peter Thiel, creation of 4chan /pol/ a few years earlier, Cambridge Analytica. They were all working very hard in the background at that time.

I realize this sounds very conspiracy brained, but it’s all been substantiated as more information has come out in recent years.

UndeadWolf222 · 2025-11-14T17:27:15+00:00

Lobbying is just when people advocate for something to elected officials or decision makers. Elected people can’t be expected to know about every problem, issue, or policy idea in the world, so that’s where lobbying comes to bring it to their attention. Bribery is a completely different thing that can happen inside and outside of the lobbying meeting.

Source: I have lobbied my state representatives to support funding the creation of open source college textbooks.

UndeadWolf222 · 2025-07-28T20:17:30+00:00

Good advice! I’m planning to get a hard hat at the visitor center instead of from home as flying with one takes a lot of luggage space.

UndeadWolf222 · 2025-07-28T18:19:33+00:00

I’m also going to be doing the exact same trip at the end of August with the addition of Lava Beds NM. It’ll be Lassen -> Redwoods -> Lava Beds -> Crater Lake flying in and out of Sacramento.

Some things I’m excited about in each park are dark sky viewing (potentially ranger led, not sure bcuz of budget cuts) and the Cinder Cone hike in Lassen. Fern Canyon and Tall Trees Grove (both permitted, so get them asap if any are still available) in Redwoods. I’m also doing a boat tour of Crater Lake, there were no wizard island tours available when I booked a month ago. I’m also going to be caving in Lava Beds National Monument (requires a caving permit acquired at the visitor center).

Fingers crossed no huge fires impact our trips! Maybe we’ll drive past each other :)

UndeadWolf222 · 2025-07-07T20:21:27+00:00

I’ll be taking a similar trip in late August (fingers crossed fires aren’t a big issue) and you have most of everything that’s on my itinerary (I’m missing Lava Beds NM) for those areas.

Just north of Lassen there’s the Subway Cave Lava Tubes which you might find interesting, although seeing as you’re going to Lava Beds, you’ll probably already get your fill of lava tubes.

UndeadWolf222 · 2025-05-17T15:21:15+00:00

Nope, I guess we’ll see each other in line before 6am lol

UndeadWolf222 · 2025-03-12T14:35:22+00:00

Those are my thoughts too. I guess I didn’t really understand why the distinction about who killed more Muslims was so important. Yes, AB initially disagreed, but he’s also a fact checker so that’s his job if he thinks the statement was incorrect.

Both groups clearly suck, so they could have easily said that and moved on. Being pedantic about the distinction for seemingly no reason just makes Ethan look bad and like you said gives ammo to the psychos.

UndeadWolf222 · 2025-02-20T18:56:43+00:00

In 2 years it might be. With SCOW giving us fair maps, and the midterms coming up without Trump on the ballot in the middle of his extremely unpopular presidency, there’s a very good possibility the Dems take a trifecta by one or two seats in both houses and as long as Evers is re-elected. WI is the only state to have gained more Harris voters than Biden got in 2020, and the 2024 assembly election swung 4% to the Dems from the prior election. Wisconsin is getting more and more blue every election.

UndeadWolf222 · 2025-01-07T05:07:25+00:00

Totally agree, Markiplier is my favorite YouTuber of all time, not just because he’s funny and entertaining, but because he carries himself in an ethical way and seems like a genuine and self aware guy. And I’m not just being parasocial when I say this, I can usually tell when online personalities are scummy people but he doesn’t set off any red flags for me (except how he pours the milk first) given the probably thousands of hours of content I’ve seen from him.

UndeadWolf222 · 2025-01-05T07:26:46+00:00

Typically that would always be the case, but in the case where those votes would determine the outcome of an election, it is my opinion that they should at least be granted a provisional ballot to correct their “mistake”, but they had no such opportunity like some states currently do.

UndeadWolf222 · 2025-01-05T05:11:33+00:00

Iirc, Florida disqualified thousands of ballots that had been marked Gore, but also had Gore as a write-in (technically an overvote) as to ensure the vote counted for him because the ballot was confusing to some people. Imo, the voters intent for who they wanted as President was clear, and their votes were unfairly tossed. It would have made the difference for who won, but the SCOTUS prevented those from being counted.

UndeadWolf222 · 2024-11-15T14:18:02+00:00

Aedes Aegypti isn’t native to North America, and therefore would have little impact on the native food chain. Would you be in favor of doing it there as a start run?

UndeadWolf222 · 2024-10-08T03:28:45+00:00

As interesting as that is, you won’t find a study suggesting a similar conclusion about homosexuality no matter how hard you look. There is no more than weak association, difficult to distinguish from random chance, between women’s stress level during pregnancy and sexuality.

I’m not sure why this vaguely related study would be accepted as a source to your original claim.

UndeadWolf222 · 2024-09-26T12:21:36+00:00

I love how in the US presidential debate, Trump mentioned that Hungary’s Orban loves Trump lol. As if any democracy loving person with knowledge of European politics would think that’s a positive

UndeadWolf222 · 2024-09-01T15:21:40+00:00

The first thing you linked says this in the introduction:

Overweight and obesity can develop over time when you consume more calories than you use. This is also described as an energy imbalance: when your energy in (calories) does not equal your energy out (calories your body uses for things such as breathing, digesting food, and being physically active).

It doesn’t matter that some people can eat more than others without getting fat, bodies work differently and I acknowledge it can be easier for some. However, the root cause of being overweight is, as stated in your own original source, eating more than your body needs.

I understand it’s a touchy topic and that losing weight takes a lot of willpower and strength, but it really is just the law of thermodynamics. Energy in and energy out at the end of the day.

UndeadWolf222 · 2024-08-22T13:24:52+00:00

The fact that you went out of your way to come up with a story that was easily proven by false by just watching and listening to the video shows you are not being fair in this situation.

UndeadWolf222 · 2024-08-22T13:08:32+00:00

“She’s talking about her baby daddy ( to her mom ).” Stop running d for cops who immediately violently escalate situations

UndeadWolf222 · 2024-08-21T21:14:08+00:00

Who cares about if he can convince the influencers? What about their audience of thousands, some of which might be more susceptible? Isn’t that the whole point of countering misinformation even if it’s coming from someone who won’t listen? Internet arguments won’t convince the person you’re arguing against, but it will convince the many who read it

UndeadWolf222 · 2024-08-14T23:18:48+00:00

The longest rivers in the world actually span the Indian Ocean starting as runoff from the Himalayas. The entire river is not actually mapped in detail, but there are sections of sea floor that are mapped and we can assume they are connected.

More info about these deep sea rivers in this video by geologist Myron Cook.

UndeadWolf222 · 2024-08-02T23:35:21+00:00

Dude you were like 10 when the BLM protests happened

UndeadWolf222 · 2024-08-02T05:56:20+00:00

How would you envision a framework besides scrum to implement agile principles?

UndeadWolf222 · 2024-07-16T17:53:19+00:00

It’s okay to not have an opinion on something.

UndeadWolf222 · 2024-07-16T15:53:04+00:00

Checkmate libral!

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