Sierra SurveyNoteshttp://www.sierrasurvey.com/notes/2010-07-13T22:11:55ZSquarespaceDerrick Dodd’s Tough [Hen] Storyhttp://www.sierrasurvey.com/notes/derrick-dodds-tough-hen-story.htmlSG2010-07-12T16:31:44Z2010-07-12T16:31:44ZUseful, Progressive, Blunt-nosed Mechanical Beetles: John Muir's Notes on Cars in Yosemitehttp://www.sierrasurvey.com/notes/useful-progressive-blunt-nosed-mechanical-beetles-john-muirs.htmlSG2010-04-30T16:00:48Z2010-04-30T16:00:48ZCamping at Stoneman Meadow, Spring 1927. COURTESY NPS, YNIN THE SPRING OF 2010, with the waterfalls in full gush and snow still on the trees, the Mariposa and Tuolumne County Boards of Supervisors announced a decision to honor John Muir — adventurer, writer, conservationist, Sierra Club founder — by designating a section of CA Highway 132 (from CA 49 in Coulterville to CA 120) the "John Muir Highway."

A formal dedication ceremony had been arranged, to feature John Muir’s great grandson, Bill Hanna, and famed John Muir impressionist, Lee Stetson.

"Personally," wrote Loyd Schutte, of the Yosemite Blog, "I think naming a road 'in honor' of a man who fought so hard against the destruction and urbanization of wild places is in poor taste and a shameless media ploy."

]]>Writing and Driving: Notes from 1000 RPMshttp://www.sierrasurvey.com/notes/writing-and-driving-notes-from-1000-rpms.htmlSG2010-04-29T22:50:58Z2010-04-29T22:50:58ZHow to Make Your Own Skis (and why there might be a revolution in it)http://www.sierrasurvey.com/notes/how-to-make-your-own-skis-and-why-there-might-be-a-revolutio.htmlSG2010-04-21T13:29:43Z2010-04-21T13:29:43ZTwilight of the Travel Guidebook?http://www.sierrasurvey.com/notes/twilight-of-the-travel-guidebook.htmlSG2010-03-30T23:19:25Z2010-03-30T23:19:25ZEarly Spring, Eureka Duneshttp://www.sierrasurvey.com/notes/early-spring-eureka-dunes.htmlSG2010-03-27T16:45:17Z2010-03-27T16:45:17Z

A STURDY WIND GUSTED IN over the Saline range, stirring up the dunes on the west side of the basin. The boys lounged in the lee of the truck while I unloaded and pitched camp. A few road warriors gunned by on dirt bikes, in full, dust-caked body armor, on their way to and from Steel Pass and the road to the springs. Otherwise, we had the whole of the basin to ourselves.]]>

Yosemite from the Airhttp://www.sierrasurvey.com/notes/yosemite-from-the-air.htmlSG2010-03-24T22:26:37Z2010-03-24T22:26:37ZOn Promoting Our National Parkshttp://www.sierrasurvey.com/notes/on-promoting-our-national-parks.htmlSG2010-03-24T21:57:47Z2010-03-24T21:57:47ZOn Storm Travelinghttp://www.sierrasurvey.com/notes/on-storm-traveling.htmlSG2010-03-18T23:01:16Z2010-03-18T23:01:16ZTraveler's Omertà: On the Secrets We Might Should Keephttp://www.sierrasurvey.com/notes/travelers-omerta-on-the-secrets-we-might-should-keep.htmlSG2010-01-28T19:31:33Z2010-01-28T19:31:33Z