Yosemite: A Storied Landscape e book launch Event

Enjoyed this, as it brings me mentally and spiritually closer to Yosemite, which is more than a five hour drive from SF, though closer than on the East Coast.  Yet, I can fly to NYC on the red eye flight in five hours...and both cost about as much from what I can see, though this conference brought me closer....  The Panel discussion included an introduction by the very charming Anthea M Hartig, Ph.D Executive Director, California Historical Society.   I am fond of historical societies and have frequented them wherever I may live; the history of a place informs you about what it is today!
Michael Tollefson, President and CEO, Yosemite Conservancy, of which I am now a member, as they have terrific programs and that is what I plan to allign myself with, when I visit. Kerry Tremain, editor, co curator and author of "Picture Stories" which is on view now and really informed me about the documentation of Yosemite.   Kerry is also author of "Imagining the Ahwahnee".  The Ahwahnee is the historic hotel, that was originally built in the park. This all reminds me of Mohonk in the East.   Jeffrey Rogers, who went to Berkeley and got a job taking children for weekends to Yosemite while still a student, has an article, about "How the Cavalry Save Yosemite".  Both of these men talked to me at the reception later in the day, and I enjoyed meeting them, and they enspirited me to go to Yosemite, which I had planned to do, last fall, but was deterred by the fire.
Jeffrey Rodgers and Kerry Tremain and myself at reception 

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