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The Yosemite Handbook : An Insider's Guide to the Parkby Susan Frank, Phil Frank
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The Yosemite Handbook : An Insider's Guide to the Parkby Susan Frank, Phil Frank
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Formulated from the "100+ Common Visitor Questions & Answers," a document that the National Park Service prepared for their Yosemite staff, this book quickly gets the reader the necessary information he or she needs to plan a trip to Yosemite. The authors are frequent visitors to the park and share their familiarity with this easy-to-read guide.
Anyone planning a trip to the incredibly beautiful Yosemite National Park will want to grab a copy of this book to read and share with your family and friends. Presented in a question and answer format, this book answers the most basic questions, ("How to we get there?", "What should we see and do?" "What kind of animals live in the park?", or "What happened to the other half of Half Dome?"), and the more detailed questions regarding hiking, lodging and bears!
It has great charts of trails categorized by exertion factor from easy day hikes for young families to "-kicking" hikes for experienced hikers. The books covers campgrounds, daily activities for families inside and nearby the park, ways to avoid the crowds and swimming holes to cool off in. It also has a great reference of other books and lists online resources.
The book is illustrated with humor featuring "Bruinhilda", the matriarch bear from the SF Chronicle's cartoon "Farley." The text is informative, well-organized, and easy-to-read. Share this with your kids!Cartoonist Phil Frank and his wife, Susan Frank, have collaborated to create this immensely charming guide to Yosemite national Park. Narrated by bruinhilda - one of Phil's most beloved characters from his daily cartoon strip, "Farley" - the book is organized in a question-and-answer format and addresses just about every concern any visitor may have before coming to the park. Directions to the park and places to stay, activities to enjoy in all seasons (hiking, fishing swimming, skiing, ice-skating, sledding, show shoeing), everything is here, organized for easy use. The quick reference section offers everything from a telephone directory to a campsite reservation form and includes a check list for campers and listing of family attractions.
The text is up-to-date and accurate- incorporating recent policy changes made at Yosemite right up until the book went to press-and the sometimes whimsical, s sometimes hilarious cartoon illustrations from Phil make this one of the liveliest travel books ever published!
The Yosemite Handbook is the perfect companion for visiting one of America's most treasured national parks, in person or from your armchair. Have a great trip!