Tag: john muir

If John Muir were still alive, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns surmised the pioneering environmentalist would argue that Pinnacles National Monument is a “grand geological library” that deserves the same level of recognition as the country’s most renowned parks.

It has been a dry winter and the trivial rainfall we have received has left the hills a timid shade of green.

For most of us, a day outdoors is simply an opportunity to exercise and a chance to escape into nature's solitude and beauty. But for others the love of nature is greater and spills over into other areas of interest like art, history or natural history.