Wednesday, January 09, 2008

Muir Woods turns 100


Although many of the giant coastal redwoods in Muir Woods are much older than 100, it was 100 years ago today that President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed those 295 acres the Muir Woods National Monument, the seventh monument created under the 1906 Antiquities Act and the first from land donated by a private individual. You can read more about how that happened here or find out more about Muir Woods here or here.

We visited there last spring. Here are a couple of pics to whet your appetite to visit. :-)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Rick,
I enjoy reading your blog and kind of keeping up with what you and Virginia have going on. Jon and I will be in San Francisco the first week of April and he really wants to visit Muir Woods. I told him to check out these pictures on your blog. Looks like things are going well for you and the family
Jan Florence

Rick J said...

Hi Jan!
Never dreamed you might visit, but welcome!!
Muir Woods is definitely worth the time to visit. Depending on your purpose and schedule while out here, we'd love to meet up with you guys. You can email me at rick.antiochcoc@sbcglobal.net
Rick