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jleopold · 3216 days ago · link · · parent · post: What is your favorite national/state park? Why should I go there?
For me, it's Yosemite. I did National History Day one year, and the theme was turning points. Yosemite was given by the Federal Government to the State of California to protect "for resort and recreation" in 1864, making it the first national park in all but name. My argument wa that this pretty much launched the American conservation movement. Since then, Yosemite has become something of a Zion for me, a Heaven placed here on Earth. I visited it just about a week and a half ago. It surpassed all my expectations. It's not as built up as Yellowstone, which was nice. The history of the place was alive everywhere. And the scenery, especially the Valley itself, cannot be described in words adequately. Absolutely wonderful.