Eureka! During a visit to the oldest saloon in the Golden State, California Dream Eater gets a taste of wilder times (and a bison burger).
Each of the four major routes to Yosemite offers worth-a-stop finds: Gold Rush history, epic high-country landscapes, hidden wine country, and charming country towns (some with surprisingly hip food and shops). Tuolumne Meadows, one of the most photographed regions of Yosemite, is a wide, grassy expanse bounded by high granite domes and peaks.