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After trekking much of the West, Muir settled in Martinez, 35 miles northeast of San Francisco, co-founded the Sierra Club in 1892 and served as its president until his death at 76 in 1914. In Martinez, visitors can roam the grounds of the John Muir National Historic Site; hike Mount Wanda, named after one of Muir's daughters; and snack on ripe fruit from the orchard that helped bankroll his conservation activities. In Muir's 17-room mansion, young children will enjoy seeing the toys that belonged to Muir's daughters; older kids will gravitate to the "scribble...
...Yosemite, beloved by Muir and, judging from the crowds, by the rest of the world as well. Make reservations for stays of overnight or longer and arrive early in the day. The best way to escape the hordes is to borrow a page from Muir and take a hike. There are a multitude of trails to choose from, but Yosemite Falls, one of Muir's favorite features, is a good destination. "When the afternoon sunshine is streaming through the throng of comets, ever wasting, ever renewed," Muir wrote of the falls, "the marvelous fineness, firmness and variety of their forms...
After retiring in 1990, Charles and Helen Short did something they had talked about for years. They packed a tent and headed south from their Rochester, N.Y., home to camp, hike and enjoy some sunshine. On their way to the Gulf Coast, the Shorts stopped at a state park in Hattiesburg, Miss., where a camp ranger regaled them for hours about the town. As a result, they never did get to the coast. But five years later, having returned to that same park every year on vacation, the Shorts came back to Hattiesburg for good. "Going home that fourth year...
...Senate votes to give military 4.8% pay hike...
...financial aid office's response,he said, it will be the same as every year andwith every tuition hike...