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These photos are from a family trip we took to Yosemite National Park last October. The valley and its surrounding area has, since the 1800s, been a bustling tourist destination and one of California’s major attractions. Nowadays, somewhere between 3 to 4 million  visitors from all over the world make the pilgrimage to the park each year to experience the chills-down-your-spine beauty of its giant sequoia grove and granite monoliths.