Preserve how? Most of Yosemite is completely inaccessible by car right now
anyway. On the other hand, I've been to Denali National Park in Alaska (it
was Mt. McKinley Nat. Park, but they changed the name back to the "Native
American" name, Denali), where the only way into the park is on school
buses that leave every 30 minutes onto the only road in the park--an
80-mile-long gravel road. BUT. . . because the buses are the only vehicles
on the road and everyone on the buses is well behaved, the animals act as
if the buses weren't even there! (you can leave the buses to go hiking and
camping, or to get on any bus heading back to the park's entrance
station--the full 160-mile round trip takes like 6-7 hours). Grizzly bears
hang out and play with elk carcasses only 20-30 feet off the road. We hung
out of the bus windows and got the most incredible bear photos.
Alex
At 12:01 PM 5/16/01 -0700, Gary McCormick wrote:
>It's to preserve the Yosemite Valley for the future...
>
>Gary McCormick
>San Jose, CA
>
>Ldino21@aol.com wrote:
>
>> Funny you should ask!!
>>
>> Our wonderful ex-president Clinton, and secretary Bruce Babbitt tried to
>get that piece of legislation passed but they couldn't get it passed.
>>
>> But they still are considering closing it down to cars in the next 5-10
>years, if that happens the only way you will be able to get in is by shuttle
>which you would have to pay for, then you will need to take tour buses
>around the valley which will cost more money.
>>
>> It's all for the government to make a buck!!
>>
>> LOU
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