John Muir's three-night camping trip with President Theodore Roosevelt
in 1903 could be considered the most significant camping trip in
conservation history. He was able to persuade Roosevelt to return
Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove to federal protection as part of
Yosemite National Park. The trip would have a lasting impact on the
president. "There can be nothing in the world more beautiful than the
Yosemite,
the groves of the giant sequoias...our people should see to it
that they are preserved for their children and their children's
children forever, with their majestic beauty all unmarred,"
said Theodore Roosevelt. We had not stopped to see this grove on any of
our other trips to Yosemite. It was a worthwhile quick stop. - Nancy
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