The Historic Ahwahnee Hotel

This is a view of a portion of the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite National Park in California. I took this picture as I sipped a Martini the size of a bird bath on the terrace with my lovely wife. You will notice that I have a link to the National Parks Service preservation briefs. This grand hotel was restored by or according to the NPS as it is a prominent feature of Yosemite. I saw somewhere on a NPS web page the restoration of this national treasure.
It was all so breathtaking. The hotel has real romance and drama. You expect to see Hollywood stars at any turn, or other power brokers of the world. The room at the top floor with the balcony may have been one of those $1500 per night rooms.
This is really someplace to experience. This is the finest example of the Preservation Heritage that I have witnessed so far in my life. For my money this structure is the bellwether preservation project. This picture is pitiful compared to the grand interior. There is a certain electricity in the air there. Any words I use to describe the experience fall far short. This is the kind of place to go all out spending a golden anniversary. A once in a lifetime experience. I feel sorry for anyone so wealthy as to be bored in this place. They would truly be poor.
I imagine anyone interested could look up Yosemite on the web and go from there. My only advice is take proper clothing and some good hiking shoes. Get a good park map, go straight to your accommodations and park your car. Then get on the first bus you see and go from there. Trust me, you will figure it out. They have hybrid buses which run on biodiesel and they are free. It is a wonder how they move millions of people around a place of such rugged remoteness.