World-Wide Research and Publishing Co, 1989, 128 pages For today's visitors, Yosemite offers a source of pleasure and activity: bicycling in Yosemite Valley, hiking the John Muir Trail, wandering through the Mariposa Grove, or skiing at Badger Pass. In Yosemite one can also sit quietly beside the Merced River and gaze in every direction upon towering granite walls. One can walk with freedom, allowing closer examination of the natural surroundings. Visitors to Yosemite can take shuttle buses and disembark for short adventures beyond the roadway. One can wander in wonder beneath the towering canopy of the big tree giants or drive to Glacier Point, Wawona, the Mariposa Grove, or travel the Tioga Road past Tenaya Lake and Tuolumne Meadows to Tioga Pass. You can stroll into informational museums, accompany informative park naturalists, or simply meander among the oak trees. More adventurous folks may wish to backpack to less visited, less accessible backcountry sites. Yosemite is a spectacular Sierra Nevada park. It is also a sanctuary for wild living things.