Yosemite Sierra Visitors Guide 2008 - (Page 44) Engage you’ll pass the delightful town of Fish Camp. Hop a ride on the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad. From 1899 to 1931, a lumber company had miles of narrowgauge track in the area. Today you can take a four-mile excursion into history. The railroad is near the south gate to Yosemite National Park, where nature and art come together to form a granite-sided museum like no other. At the Ansel Adams Gallery, you’ll find the work of contemporary artists as well as the stunning photography of this genius of black-and-white art. At the visitors center, newly refurbished in 2007, the interactive displays tell you about this crown jewel of National Parks and even lets you pose with a life-size statue of John Muir, legendary protector of the Sierra. (above) Franka Gabler© - Merced River, Yosemite Valley (left) Christophe Testi© - At Tenaya Creek just after Mirror Lake in Yosemite N.P. MADERA COUNTY ARTS continued from page 43 browsing arts and crafts galleries and, on summer Friday nights, listening to jazz played on the deck of Ducey’s on the lake. If you stay on Road 222 that turns into Road 274, you’ll reach the former logging boom town of North Fork and the Sierra Mono Museum, where Mono tribal members are keeping their culture alive with static displays and living demonstrations. Back on Highway 41 heading north, 44 YosemitesierraVisitorsBureau-(559)83-43 http://www.zrafting.com
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