I got back from a month of travel (national park-free, unfortunately) just in time: Today marks the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Yosemite Grant to preserve Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove by Abraham Lincoln! Certainly couldn’t let this occasion go by unnoticed.
Yosemite
is without a doubt one of my favorite places in this world. It’s definitely hard to keep up any pretense that I don’t have a favorite park, and I’ve spent my past couple 
birthdays waking up and logging on to recreation.gov to make sure I get those coveted summer camp
ing reservations.
Yosemite Valley deserves every superlative it gets for its grandeur and beauty, and other parts of the park show off even more wonders, like giant sequoias and the bright blue lakes of the High Sierras. Recently I’ve opted for Tuolumne Meadows in the summer because of the crowds in the valley, but I’m hoping to plan a winter or spring visit to Yosemite Valley next season.
So thanks, Abe, for helping to preserve this wonderful piece of California!
