Sierra Survey

Derrick Dodd’s Tough [Hen] Story

SG — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:31:44 +0000

Useful, Progressive, Blunt-nosed Mechanical Beetles: John Muir's Notes on Cars in Yosemite

SG — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:00:48 +0000

Camping 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 RPMs

SG — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:50:58 +0000

How to Make Your Own Skis (and why there might be a revolution in it)

SG — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:29:43 +0000

Twilight of the Travel Guidebook?

SG — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 23:19:25 +0000

Early Spring, Eureka Dunes

SG — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 16:45:17 +0000

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 Air

SG — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:26:37 +0000

On Promoting Our National Parks

SG — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:57:47 +0000

On Storm Traveling

SG — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:01:16 +0000

Traveler's Omertà: On the Secrets We Might Should Keep

SG — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:31:33 +0000