I've returned from my birthday trip and back in the connected world. National Parks are wonderful but I'm thinking they may have to finally recognize that times have changed and if one wants to be disconnected then it's up to the person.... not the location, especially when that location has that many people in it.
Had a wonderful trip though. It checked off another bucket list location that I think identifies a bit with WL/VWL as the list is in part about staying at several of the grand National Park lodges. For a "significant" birthday 2 years ago El Tovar on the southside of the Grand Canyon and the Lodge on the North Rim were checked . The traveling companion for this was my cousin who has her birthday coming up next week so we periodically celebrate together. This birthday it was a debate on Glacier and staying at Lake McDonald or the eventual winner......The Ahwahnee at Yosemite. It has a second identifier that we are all familiar with ... a name change. And like VWL I'm sticking with the original. Due to contact screw ups it's currently renamed The Majestic at Yosemite but it will always be the Ahwahnee. It earned a place on the Historic Register due to being such an excellent example of a "parkitecture"! If WL/VWL were located in a different sort of park, not theme park, I'd think it would have to receive the same sort of honor sometime down the road, but that's just me.
The entire trip wasn't spent here but if time and resources allow I'll be back sometime. If one has to increase that age number it wasn't a bad way to do it!
For a future birthday it will be Old Faithful Inn - an inspiration of Wilderness Lodge.