past Pohono Bridge, Bridal Veil, Cathedral Rocks and Spires, past El Capitan, Eagle Peak, the village chapel, and the brown tents of Camp Ahwahnee, at the base of Sentinel Rock, to the settlement opposite Yosemite Falls. The Sentinel Hotel and cottages are here. Camp Lost Arrow's 250 tents are north near the Falls and cavalry headquarters. Camp Curry is east from the village just under Glacier Point.
The hotel is open all year, likewise the post, telegraph and telephone offices, a general store, a bake-shop, a livery-stable and photographer's studios. About 13,000 tourists are cared for in the summer season, inclusive of independent campers.[1] The winter colony consists of the supervisor, his engineers, electricians and rangers with their fam-
- ↑ Free camp-sites are provided in the woods along the river, applicants being first required to register with the Superintendent. The store-keeper will supply a furnished tent for $12 to $15 a month, or vacationists may bring their own outfits, horses, provisions, etc. Dogs and cats are not permitted in the Park.
Groceries are slightly higher in the Valley than elsewhere due to transportation expense. The rates at El Portal Hotel are from $4 a day, American plan; at the Sentinel Hotel (now under the management of Mr. Frank Miller of the Glen wood Mission Inn, Riverside) the terms are from $3 a day for two in a room, or $20 to $25 a week; at Glacier Point Hotel, from $4 a day or $25 a week. Camp rates, including bed in furnished tent and board, are $2.50 to $3 a day, $15 to $17.50 a week.
A week's stay in the Valley at a hotel, plus return fare from San Francisco, return trip to Mariposa Trees, and excursions about the Valley need not cost more than $75 per person.
