a wilderness journal

Mt. Humphreys, John Muir Wilderness. Monday, 31 July 2017. Morning, Piute Lake . Clouds 0%. Last evening’s storm and clouds have g...

Sunday 30 July 2017. Muriel Lake and Mt. Humphreys in the background. Midday, North of Goethe Lake . Clouds 15%. MWS and I crossed...

Saturday 29 July 2017 Bog orchid and tiger lilies, John Muir Wilderness. Morning, Piute Pass Trail . Clouds 1%. Backpacking trip w...

At the turn of the year, I visited the John Muir National Historic Site in Martinez , California . This was my second visit in under a ye...

At a bookstore in Portland in July I purchased a biography of John Muir by history professor Donald Worster. An excellent book, I graduall...

Looking southwest into Tenaya Canyon with Yosemite Valley in the distance. I took a quick weekend trip to Yosemite this month. The wat...

The O’Shaughnessy Dam, designed to provide water for the city of San Francisco, was in place by 1923 to drown the Hetch Hetchy Valley.  Befo...