WHAT MAKES YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK SO SPECIAL?
After all, there are probably thousands of national parks all over the world – Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, New Zealand, Russia, all of the Americas! They each have their special features, otherwise they wouldn’t have been worth preserving . . . And each park has it’s fans and its proponents – but is there anyone who wouldn’t want to visit Yosemite given the opportunity? I don’t think so! Is it the drama of the landscape that makes this national park more unique than most? Thundering cascading waterfalls free-falling thousands of feet juxtaposed against gargantuan granite monoliths; a fertile womb-like valley that nurtures 3000 year old giant sequoias; pristine alpine meadows giving birth each year to multi-hued groups of wild flowers – who wouldn’t be entranced to see such a sight? FreeStockPhotos.com But it’s more than the drama. It’s also the sense of peace you feel, sitting alongside the Merced River listening to the birds in the pines and watching in wonder as a doe and her tw
