The little community of Foresta, a private inholding of Yosemite National Park, is rarely visited by outsiders. Yet it is an interesting place visually and historically. It lies on the Old Coulterville-Yosemite Road, the first toll road into the park, in the 1870s. It was the first road to allow cars into the park. But the route is now mostly inaccessable. The only sure way to complete the journey would be on a mountain bike. Maybe I'll try it one year.

One of the barns has not yet been locked away by the park service. The interior of this barn, which I presume must have once held hay, is like a cathedral, particularly once your eyes adjust to the low levels of light.