Yosemite NP: America's Great Cathedral

Today we visited this fantastic national park, our oldest, preserved by President Lincoln in 1865. It officially became a National Park in 1890. What a treasure it is! We were fortunate to have perfect weather and be able to photograph several animals, including two huge bears. We hiked for eight miles, rode the shuttle to Mirror Lake and drove 70 miles within the park's 1200 acres. Not a bad day of touring for a couple of oldsters. The last time we were here was in 1961, when we drove our trusty Renault Dauphine, with a tall luggage rack, and camped with Robin, age 3 and a 16 year old foster daughter. Jerry had just earned his MSW at Ohio State. We were shocked back then at the California gas prices--$.70 per gallon compared to $.26 in our native Ohio.