1868 Almanack
April detail
May detail
“…Never were mortal eyes more thronged with beauty. When I walked, more than a hundred flowers touched my feet, at every step closing above them, as if wading in water. Go where I would, east or west, north or south, I still plashed and rippled in flower-gems; and at night I lay between two skies of silver and gold, spanned by a milky-way, and nestling deep in a goldy-way of vegetable suns.…”
Events
Ribbon-cutting for the opening dedication of the John Muir Highway in Coulterville.
http://www.johnmuirhighway.net/
- September 21, 2008
Hear us talk about the trip at the Le Conte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite Valley.
The program starts at 8 pm
- From April 19-25 2008we will be walking from Oakland to Morgan Hill with a group of De Anza College students to promote their efforts to secure animal trans-migration routes between the Coast and Diablo Range.
Upcoming Events
2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
Presentation for the Book Club of California 312 Sutter St. 5th Floor, San Francisco. For more information, call The Book Club of California, (415) 781-7532 or contact info@bccbooks.org
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Presentation for the SJSU special collections library first Wednesday program. The Muir Ramble Route: a guide book for walking from San Francisco to Yosemite in the footsteps of John Muir. Contact danelle.moon@sjsu.edu
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Presentation at REI Saratoga 7-8:30 pm
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Presentation at REI Berkeley 7-8:30 pm
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Presentation at REI Marina 7-8:30 pm
Saturday June 30, 2012
Hear us talk about the MRR and our book at the Le Conte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite Valley.
The program starts at 8 pm
http://www.sierraclub.org/education/LeConte/programs.asp
Contact: bjgisel@inreach.com
2011
September 18, 2011
Book signing and talk about the Muir Ramble Route. 3pm
Oakland Museum Bookshop, Oakland CA
August 5, 2011
We will be at the public reception for the opening of the show. Our books are included in the show.
A Walk in the Wild: Continuing John Muir's Journey
August 6, 2011 - January 22, 2012. Oakland Museum of California. 1000 Oak St. Oakland, CA 94607
http://museumca.org/calendar/omca-members-a-walk-wild-members-preview
Sunday July 10, 2011
Hear us talk about the trip and book at the Le Conte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite Valley.
The program starts at 8 pm
http://www.sierraclub.org/education/LeConte/programs.asp
Contact: bjgisel@inreach.com
Saturday, November 27th, 2010
Friends of the Four Rivers Association Annual Members Meeting and Pot Luck Luncheon at 12 noon, followed by the Guest Speaker’s Presentation at 1 p.m.
We are sure you will enjoy listening to Peter and Donna Thomas share their 2006 walk across California to discover and retrace the route travelled by John Muir during his journey in 1868. That route took the Thomases by Pacheco State Park and the O’Neill Forebay. The couple also wrote a book that serves as a guide to others wishing to walk the route themselves, chronicles their own adventure, and provides an account of John Muir’s 1868 journey.
Their book will be available for sale at the luncheon.
The meeting and luncheon will be held at, The San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area Headquarters 31426 Gonzaga Road (next to the San Luis Reservoir dam)
Take the Basalt exit, south, from Highway 152, and then turn right, onto Gonzaga Road. If you have questions, please call the State Parks office on Gonzaga Road at 209-826-1197 or email,
kyancey@bigvalley.net.
Past Events
June 5 , 2010
The First Annual John Muir Highway Festival:
We will be on hand in Coulterville for the ribbon cutting dedication of the newly named John Muir Highway. For more information see Johnmuirhighway.net
July 26 , 2009
Hear us talk about the trip at the Le Conte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite Valley.
The program starts at 8 pm
http://www.sierraclub.org/education/LeConte/programs.asp
Contact: bjgisel@inreach.com
- February 2, 2008, Morgan Hill, 11 am.
We will be giving a presentation about our walk to Henry Coe State Park's Pine Ridge Association.
Contact:John Verhoeven
Headquarter's Ranger
Henry W. Coe State Park
(408) 779-272
- September 29, 2007
Hear us talk about the trip in the early evening on at the Le Conte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite Valley. Contact: bjgisel@inreach.com - Thursday Oct 5, 2006. San Jose Public Library.
- April 4, 2007
Peter & Donna Thomas present their story of walking in the footsteps of
John Muir, San Francisco to Yosemite"
1 pm. Mt. Diablo Room, Danville Library
400 Front Street, Danville, CA 94526.
Contact: Ruth Stanton Program Chair 925 837 6573
- April 2, 2006. Gala Send off:
On April 2, 2006 we will leave on the 1:10 ferry from San Francisco to Oakland. There will be a gathering of friends and well-wishers at the ferry terminal, meeting by the statue of Gandhi at 12:00, for a short speech and a gala send off. Take the ferry with us if you want!
- April 8, 2006. 1 pm. The Alviso Public Library
Alviso Branch Library
5050 North First St.
San Jose, CA 95002
(408) 263-3626 - April 9, 2006. 2 pm. San Jose Martin Luther King Library
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
150 E. San Fernando Street, 2nd Floor, Room 255/257
For information: (408) 808-2397 - April 15, 2006. 2 pm. Henry Coe State Park, Park headquarters
Take the East Dunne Avenue exit off the 101
http://www.coepark.org/programs.html - April 25, 2006. 1 p.m. The Delhi Historical Society
Contact: mustardseedpub@hotmail.com - April 29, 2006. 1 pm. The Coulterville Historical Society
at the Old School House in Coulterville
Contact: Gail Tyler - May 13, 2006. 7 pm. The Yosemite Lodge
A presentation to celebrate the completion of our trip.
Julie Miller - August 20, 2006. 8 pm. LeConte Memorial Lodge, Yosemite Valley
Contact: bjgisel@inreach.com - September 23, 2006. 8 pm. LeConte Memorial Lodge, Yosemite
Valley
Contact: bjgisel@inreach.com - October 5, 2006
A Conversation with Peter & Donna Thomas
" A Trans-California Ramble: Re-walking John Muir’s 1868 Trip from San Francisco to Yosemite"
Sponsored by SJSU Special Collections & Archives
7 pm. San Jose Martin Luther King Library
Room 550, Fifth floor. 150 E. San Fernando Street. San Jose, CA 95002.
Contact: Danelle.Moon@sjsu.edu
Free Parking!
October 5, 2006
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