How To Visit Yosemite From A Pro

Above, Yosemite Valley from Tunnel View. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Travel writer John Flinn can't stop returning to Yosemite National Park. He's been there 100 times. Thrillist has an article on his many visits to Yosemite with his advice on how to fully enjoy the park.

It begins with:

There’s a way to arrive at Yosemite Valley, the well-trafficked area of Yosemite National Park that houses its most picturesque cliffs and waterfalls, that takes you through a tunnel. When you emerge, the vista of El Capitan and Bridalveil Fall are perfectly framed against the background of Half Dome, just as Ansel Adams captured it in his famous 1934 photograph. For those who have visited the viewpoint, it’s as if you can reach out and touch a postcard.

He even tells where to get lobster tacquitos just outside the park.

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