It was almost turned into a mine but ended up being turned into a national park.
I'm yet to have a real experience with Yosemite as an adult even though it's just a few hours away.
I think the US’s greatest achievement was creating national parks.
In 2011 my wife and I went on a 5-6 week road trip of National Parks.
My family and I were planning on doing a big road trip to see some of the parks out west this past summer, then covid hit and we never even got to the planning stages of it.
I remember trying so hard to get my camera settings just right at the Grand Canyon.
You just have to experience these places