Glimpses of our national parks . ons, much of the water of the great fall reaches the bottomin the shape of mist, the spectacle still possesses a filmy grandeurnot comparable, perhaps, to any sight on earth. The one inspireswonder by its immensity and power; the other uplifts by its intan-gible spirit of sheer beauty. ABOVE THE VALLEYS RIM The enormous park area above the vallej^s rim is less celebratedprincipally because it is less known. The acquisition and repair bythe Govermnent in 1915 of the old Tioga Road across the park andover the Sierra through Tioga Pass made it accessible, and nowt
Glimpses of our national parks . ons, much of the water of the great fall reaches the bottomin the shape of mist, the spectacle still possesses a filmy grandeurnot comparable, perhaps, to any sight on earth. The one inspireswonder by its immensity and power; the other uplifts by its intan-gible spirit of sheer beauty. ABOVE THE VALLEYS RIM The enormous park area above the vallej^s rim is less celebratedprincipally because it is less known. The acquisition and repair bythe Govermnent in 1915 of the old Tioga Road across the park andover the Sierra through Tioga Pass made it accessible, and nowtrails lead from public camps into the fastnesses of the High Sierra,making available to the camper-out hundreds of limpid lakes andrushing trout streams set in a land of delight. And thus is added to the amazing water spectacle for which thevalley is famous still another kind of Yosemite waterfall destinedto world-wide celebrity. The Tuolumne River, descending sharplyto the head of the Hetch Hetchy Valley, becomes, in John Muirs. ,iaili l> W. Ih:: ; , Waterwheels in the Tuolumne River, Yosemite National sloping current, striking projecting rocks, rises 50 feet or more in the air. OUR ISTATIONAL PARKS. 25 phrase, one wild, exulting, onrushing mass of snowy purple bloomspreading over glacial waves of granite without any definite channel,gliding in magnificent silver plumes, dashing and foaming throughhuge bowlder dams, leaping high in the air in wheel-like whirls, dis-playing glorious enthusiasm, tossing from side to side, doublinir,glinting, singing in exuberance of mountain energy. The crowning feature of this mad spectacle are the water wheelswhich rise 50 feet or more into the air when the slanting river strikesobstructions. In addition to its many other attractions, the Yosemite NationalPark contains three groves of sequoias, the celebrated Big Trees ofCalifornia. One of these trees, the Grizzly Giant, has a diameterof feet and a height of 204 fee
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