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reached by road. here one may sit at ease on shady porches and overlook one o
f the most extended, varied and romantic views in the world of scenery. one m
ay take dinner on this porch and have sunset served with dessert and the afte
rglow with coffee. here again one is haunted by the suggestion of artistic in
tention, so happy is the composition of this extraordinary picture. the foregrou
nd is the dark, tremendous gulf of merced canyon, relieved by the silver shim
mer of vernal and nevada falls. from this in middle distance rises, in the ce
ntre of the canvas, the looming tremendous personality of half dome, here see
n in profile strongly suggesting a monk with outstretched arms blessing the vall
ey at close of day. beyond stretches the horizon of famous, snowy, glacier sh
rouded mountains, golden in sunset glow. every summer many thousands of visit
ors gather in yosemite. most of them, of course, come tourist fashion, to gli
mpse it all in a day or two or three. a few thousands come for long enough to ta
ste most of it, or really to see a little. fewer, but still increasingly many
, are those who come to live a little with yosemite; among these we find the
lovers of nature, the poets, the seers, the dreamers, and the students. livin
g is very pleasant in the yosemite. the freedom from storm during the long seaso
n, the dry warmth of the days and the coldness of the nights, the inspiration
of the surroundings and the completeness of the equipment for the comfort of
visitors make it extraordinary among mountain resorts. there is a hotel in t
he valley, and another upon the rim at glacier point. there are three large h
otel camps in the valley, where one may have hotel comforts under canvas at camp
prices. two of these hotel camps possess swimming pools, dancing pavilions,
tennis courts electrically lighted for night play, hot and cold water tubs an
d showers, and excellent table service. one of the hotel camps, the largest,
provides evening lectures, song services, and a general atmosphere suggestive of
chatauqua. still a third is for those who prefer quiet retirement and the tr
adition of old fashioned camp life. above the valley rim, besides the excelle
nt hotel upon glacier point, there are at this writing hotel camps equipped w
ith many hotel comforts, including baths, at such outlying points as merced lake
and tenaya lake; the former centering the mountain climbing and trout fishin
g of the stupendous region on the southwest slope of the park, and the latter
the key to the entire magnificent region of the tuolumne. these camps are re
ached by mountain trail, tenaya lake camp also by motor road. the hotel camp
system is planned for wide extension as growing demand warrants. there are also
hotels outside park limits on the south and west which connect with the park
roads and trails. the roads, by the way, are fair. three enter from the west,
centering at yosemite village in the valley; one from the south by way of th
e celebrated mariposa grove of giant sequoias; one from el portal, terminus of t
he yosemite railway; and one from the north, by way of several smaller sequoi
a groves, connecting directly with the tioga road. above the valley rim and n
orth of it, the tioga road crosses the national park and emerges at mono lake
on the east, having crossed the sierra over tioga pass on the park boundary. th
e tioga road, which was built in, on the site of the mono trail, to connect a
gold mine west of what has since become the national park with roads east of
the sierra, was purchased in by patriotic lovers of the yosemite and given t
o the government. the mine having soon failed, the road had been impassable for many years. repaired with government money it has become the principal highwa
y of the park and the key to its future development. the increase in motor tr
avel to the yosemite from all parts of the country which began the summer fol
lowing the great war, has made this gift one of growing importance. it afford
s a new route across the sierra. but hotels and hotel camps, while accommodating
the great majority of visitors, by no means shelter all. those who camp out
under their own canvas are likely to be yosemites most appreciative devotees.
the camping out colony lives in riverside groves in the upper reaches of the
valley, the government assigning locations without charge. many families makepermanent summer homes here, storing equipment between seasons in the village.
others hire equipment complete, from tents to salt cellars, on the spot. som
e who come to the hotels finish the season under hired canvas, and next seaso
n come with their own. an increasing number come in cars, which they keep in
local garages or park near their canvas homes. living is easy and not expensive
in these camp 
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