Your John Muir Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 7:43AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #1 –What famous explorer and writer said this about living outdoors in the mountains during his first summer in the sierra backcountry ? “This is true freedom, a good practical sort of immortality” …………”Oh, these vast, calm, measureless mountain days, inciting at once to work and rest! Days in whose light everything seems equally divine, opening a thousand windows to show us God. Nevermore, however weary, should one faint by the way who gains the blessings of one mountain day; whatever his fate, long life, short life, stormy or calm, he is rich forever.” button
Your John Muir Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 7:44AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #2 – Now pick a few sentences that describe the wonders of the Backcountry from this same journal entry and copy / paste them here in the dig room – choose a description that you find interesting …. button
Your John Muir Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 7:45AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #3 – What President did John Muir take on a famous outdoor camping trip ? button
Your John Muir Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 7:45AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #4 – Where did this famous camping trip take place and when?
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Your John Muir Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 7:46AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #5 – What two places did they camp out in the open?
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Your John Muir Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 7:46AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #6 – On the second night out, where did they go to sleep and what did they find had happened when they woke up ?
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Your John Muir Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 7:46AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #7 – What did Muir and the President talk about on the camping trip and what special preserves were created as a result of this famous adventure?
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Your John Muir Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 7:47AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Your John Muir Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 7:47AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #8 – John Muir had many other nearly unbelievable camping adventures as he spent months out in the Backcountry learning from the plants, rocks, animals and rivers. What Mountain did he get trapped on in a storm ? can you discover how he survived the storm ? button (Hint – look for the paragraph that begins with : “Our discussions ended, Jerome made a dash from behind the lava block, and began forcing his way back … “ )
Your John Muir Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 7:47AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #9 – Read this amazing story about John Muir’s night spent in a tree – what was the weather like that made this night of outdoor living so amazing ? button
Your John Muir Guide: . . . . Tue, Apr 9, 7:48AM PST (-0800 GMT)
FOLLOW-UP ACTIVITY – 
Students, we invite you to write a poem and draw a picture of one of the above OUTDOOR LIVING ADVENTURES so we can include them in our gallery of student art (you can scan them and send them as an email attachment – or – mail us the originals and we will scan them at the Camp headquarters). You can upload your work during the month of April 2002 at button
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Crystal and Karen Plam View school
1. They visit the famous Mariposa groves .
Mrs Mason, Nightingale 7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 10:55AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #1: John Muir wrote about his first summer in the backcountry and published his diaries in 1911 as My First Summer in the Sierras.
Chan Mi Kim at Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:00AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1: John Muir wrote about his first summer in the backcountry and published his diaries in 1911 as My First Summer in the Sierras.
Elio Vega Ngale9: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:04AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 John Muir wrote about his first summer in the backcountry
and published his diaries in 1911 ohe did a great job on it.
Andrea Morales Nightingale 7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:04AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1: John Muir wrote about his first summer in the backcountry and published his diaries in 1911 as My First Summer in the Sierras.
ElizabethV.@Nightingale MS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:04AM PST (-0800 GMT)
John Muir was a man from scotland who came to the backcountry. He also pubished his diarys in 1911 that was based on the backcountry, he named it as "My First Summer in the Sierras."
michael chau : . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:04AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #1 :The following are excerpts about the wonders of outdoor living from his diary, later published in 1911 as My First Summer in the Sierras.
: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:05AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #1 –John Muir was the one who wote in 1911 the My First Summer in the Sierras.
Julio Rodriguez@Nightingale: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:05AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#1;John Muir wrote about his first summer in the backcountry and published his diaries in 1911 as My First Summer in the Sierras.
Karina Moran @ Nightingale 7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:05AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #1 –John Muir was the one who wote in 1911 the My First Summer in the Sierras.
Susan Wong at Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:06AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 John Muir is the first one to wrote about his first summer in the Backcountry. He published his diaries in 1911.
Beatriz Corado,Nightingale 77: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:06AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1: John Muir wrote about his first summer in the backcountry and published his diaries in 1911 as My First Summer in the Sierras.
Francisco Arellano NMS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:06AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Jhon Muir said this about living in the sierra mountains
michael chau : . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:07AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #2 :June 23. --Oh, these vast, calm, measureless mountain days, inciting at once to work and rest! Days in whose light everything seems equally divine, opening a thousand windows to show us God. Nevermore, however weary, should one faint by the way who gains the blessings of one mountain day; whatever his fate, long life, short life, stormy or calm, he is rich forever.
ElizabethV.@Nightingale MS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:07AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #2 -The pool-basins below the falls and cascades hereabouts, formed by the heavy down-plunging currents, are kept nicely clean and clear of detritus. The heavier parts of the material swept over the falls are heaped up a short distance in front of the basins in the form of a dam, thus tending, together with erosion, to increase their size.
michael chau : . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:08AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #3 : This group of visitors was lead by President Theodore Roosevelt, an avowed outdoor living enthusiast. Roosevelt and Muir knew quite a lot about one another, had admired each other from afar, and here was their opportunity to meet and get to know one another. Roosevelt had written him in advance saying
Andrea Morales Nightingale 7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:08AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2The pool-basins below the falls and cascades hereabouts, formed by the heavy down-plunging currents, are kept nicely clean and clear of detritus.
Susan Wong at Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:09AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2 In June 13. Another glorious Sierra day in which one seems to be dissolved and absorbed and sent pulsing onward we know not where. Life seems neither long nor short, and we take no more heed to save time or make haste than do the trees and stars. This is true freedom, a good practical sort of immortality. Yonder rises another white skyland.
Elio Vega Ngale7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:09AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2
In the Spring of 1869 a young naturalist was offered a job overseeing a sheep
herding operation in the Sierra Nevadas.
Hector Lin,Nightingale 7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:09AM PST (-0800 GMT)
John Muir and President Roosevelt woke up in the morning to find a 4-5" layer of snow upon them.
Susan Wong at Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:10AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3 : This group of visitors was lead by President Theodore Roosevelt, an avowed outdoor living enthusiast. Roosevelt and Muir knew quite a lot about one another, had admired each other from afar, and here was their opportunity to meet and get to know one another.
Jorge Ruiz at Nightgale MS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:10AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#1: John Muir wrote about his first summer in the backcountry and published his diaries in 1911 as My First Summer in the Sierras.
ElizabethV.@Nightingale MS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:10AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #3 John Muir took President Theodore Roosevelt on a trip
Elio Vega Ngale7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:10AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3 In 1903, John Muir took part in bringing a group of visitors to the Yosemite where they began their visit in the famous
Mariposa Groves.
Andrea Morales Nightingale 7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:10AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3 Theodore Roosevelt
Francisco Arellano NMS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:11AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Life seems neither long nor short, and we take no more heed to save time or make haste than do the trees and stars. This is true freedom, a good practical sort of immortality. Yonder rises another white skyland. How sharply the
yellow pine spires and the palm-like crowns of the sugar pines are outlined on its smooth white domes. And hark! the
grand thunder billows booming, rolling from ridge to ridge, followed by the faithful shower.
Le Truong at Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:11AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 John Muir wrote about his firt summer in the backcountry and published his diaries in 1911 as My First Summer in the Sierras.
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#1: John Muir wrote about his first summer in the backcountry and published his diaries in 1911 as My First Summer in the Sierras.
Jorge Ruiz at Nightgale MS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:11AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#2:The pool-basins below the falls and cascades hereabouts, formed by the heavy down-plunging currents, are kept nicely clean and clear of detritus.
ElizabethV.@Nightingale MS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:12AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #4 The trip took pllace in Yosemite in 1903
Hector Lin,Nightingale 7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:12AM PST (-0800 GMT)
In 1903, John Muir took part in bringing a group of visitors to the Yosemite where they began their visit in the famous Mariposa Groves.
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#1: John Muir wrote about his first summer in the backcountry and published his diaries in 1911 as My First Summer in the Sierras.
Jorge Ruiz at Nightgale MS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:12AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#3:John Muir took President Theodore Roosevelt on a trip
Susan Wong at Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:13AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#4 Muir had intimate discussions with Roosevelt about what was at stake at Yosemite and in wilderness lands nationwide. This shaped the President's attitude about preserving our wilderness and he soon became the author of proclamations that created many new National Parks, including Yosemite. Their friendship continued through out their lives, with Muir writing often to encourage more support for additional National Monuments and Park.
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DIG DISCOVERY #1 John Muir was the famous explorer and writer that said,"This is true freedom.......
michael chau : . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:13AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #4 : In 1903 and he said"I want to drop politics for four days and just be out in the open with you."
In 1903
Jorge Ruiz at Nightgale MS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:14AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#4:The trip took pllace in Yosemite in 1903
Karina Moran @ Nightingale 7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:14AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #2 – Life seems neither long nor short, and we take no more heed to save time or make haste than do the trees and stars. This is true freedom, a good practical sort of immortality. Yonder rises another white skyland. How sharply the yellow pine spires and the palm-like crowns of the sugar pines are outlined on its smooth white domes. And hark! the grand thunder billows booming, rolling from ridge to ridge, followed by the faithful shower.Say John Muir his diary.
ElizabethV.@Nightingale MS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:14AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #5 They went to camp overnight near the foot of the great sequoia known as the Giant Grizzly.
By the second nightfall they arrived at a campsite near Glacier Point, and with only layers of blanket for warmth, spent their second night out in the open, beneath the stars.
Francisco Arellano NMS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:14AM PST (-0800 GMT)
President Theator Rosevelt
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#4 her from afar, and here was their
opportunity to meet and get to know one another. Roosevelt had written him in advance saying
"I want to drop politics for four days and just be out in the open with you."
With great spunk, Roosevelt decided to slip away from his hotel-staying group, and ventured off with Muir (and a ranger
and a cook) to camp overnight near the foot of the great sequoia known second night out in the open, beneath the stars. In the morning the men woke to find a 4-5" layer of snow upon them. It
was an experienced neither would ever forget, and one that changed the nation.
Andrea Morales Nightingale 7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:15AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#4In 1903 to TheYosemite
In 1903
Hector Lin,Nightingale 7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:15AM PST (-0800 GMT)
John Muir took President Theodore Roosevelt on his camping trip
michael chau : . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:16AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #5 : to camp overnight near the foot of the great sequoia known as the Giant Grizzly and amongst the pines and silver firs in the Sierra solitude
In 1903
ElizabethV.@Nightingale MS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:16AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #6 By nightfall they arrived at a campsite near Glacier Point, and with only layers of blanket for warmth, spent their second night out in the open in the morning they woke up with 4-5" of snow on top of them.
: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:17AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #2 Life seems neither long nor short, and we take no more heed to save time or make haste than do the trees and stars. This is true freedom, a good practical sort of immortality. Yonder rises another white skyland.
Andrea Morales Nightingale 7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:17AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#5 to camp overnight near the foot of the great sequoia known as the Giant Grizzly.
In 1903
Elio Vega NMS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:17AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#5 Dig #5 They went to camp overnight near the foot of the
great sequoia known as the Giant Grizzly. By the second nightfall they arrived at a campsite near Glacier Point.
Francisco Arellano NMS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:17AM PST (-0800 GMT)
In 1903, John Muir took part in bringing a group of visitors to the Yosemite where they began their visit in the famous Mariposa Groves.
ElizabethV.@Nightingale MS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:18AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #7 Muir had intimate discussions with Roosevelt about what was at stake at Yosemite and in wilderness lands nationwide. This shaped the President's attitude about preserving our wilderness and he soon became the author of proclamations that created many new National Parks, including Yosemite. Their friendship continued through out their lives, with Muir writing often to encourage more support for additional National Monuments and Park.
Susan Wong at Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:18AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#5 Roosevelt commented of that camping trip that sleeping " amongst the pines and silver firs in the Sierra solitude, in a snowstorm, too, and with out a tent … I passed one of the pleasantest nights of my life. It was so reviving to be so close to nature in this magnificent forest."
Elio Vega NMS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:19AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#6 By nightfall they arrived at a campsite near Glacier Point, and with only layers of blanket for warmth, spent their second night out in the open in
the morning they woke up with 4-5".
: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:19AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #3 President Theodore Rossevelt
Karina Moran @ Nightingale 7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:19AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #3 –In 1903, John Muir visit President Theodore Roosevelt, an avowed outdoor living enthusiast.
michael chau : . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:19AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #6 : By nightfall they arrived at a campsite near Glacier Point. In the morning the men woke to find a 4-5" layer of snow upon them.
In 1903
Susan Wong at Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:19AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#6 By nightfall they arrived at a campsite near Glacier Point, and with only layers of blanket for warmth, spent their second night out in the open in the morning they woke up with 4-5" of snow on top of them.
Beatriz Corado,Nightingale 77: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:20AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3:John Muir took President Theodore Roosevelt.
Susan Wong at Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:20AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#7 Muir had intimate discussions with Roosevelt about what was at stake at Yosemite and in wilderness lands nationwide. This shaped the President's attitude about preserving our wilderness and he soon became the author of proclamations that created many new National Parks, including Yosemite. Their friendship continued through out their lives, with Muir writing often to encourage more support for additional National Monuments and Park.
Elio Vega NMS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:20AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#7Muir had intimate discussions with Roosevelt about what was at stake at Yosemite and in wilderness lands nationwide. This shaped the President's
attitude about preserving our wilderness and he soon became the author of proclamations that created many new National Parks, including Yosemite
Andrea Morales Nightingale 7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:20AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#6 By nightfall they arrived at a campsite near Glacier Point. In the morning the men woke to find a 4-5" layer of snow upon them. It
In 1903
michael chau : . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:21AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #7 : It was so reviving to be so close to nature in this magnificent forest."
In 1903
Elio Vega NMS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:21AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#7Muir had intimate discussions with Roosevelt about what was at stake at Yosemite and in wilderness lands nationwide. This shaped the President's
attitude about preserving our wilderness and he soon became the author of proclamations that created many new National Parks, including Yosemite
Karina Moran @ Nightingale 7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:21AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #4 –In 1903, John Muir took part in bringing a group of visitors to the Yosemite where they began their visit in the famous Mariposa Groves.
: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:21AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #4 Mariposa Grove, 1903
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#1 John Muir is the first one to wrote about his first summer in the Backcountry. He published his diaries in 1911.
Susan Wong at Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:22AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#8 Our discussions ended, Jerome made a dash from behind the lava block, and began forcing his way back some twenty or thirty yards to the Hot Springs against the wind flood, wavering and struggling as if caught in a torrent of water; and after watching in vain for any flaw in the storm that might be urged as a new argument for attempting the descent, I was compelled to follow. "Here," said Jerome, as we stood shivering in the midst of the hissing, sputtering fumaroles, "we shall be safe from frost.
Jorge Ruiz at Nightgale MS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:23AM PST (-0800 GMT)
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DIG DISCOVERY #2 – Life seems neither long nor short, and we take no more heed to save time or make haste than do the trees and stars. This is true freedom, a good practical sort of immortality. Yonder rises another white skyland. How sharply the yellow pine spires and the palm-like crowns of the sugar pines are outlined on its smooth white domes. And hark! the grand thunder billows booming, rolling from ridge to ridge, followed by the faithful shower.Say John Muir his diary.
Andrea Morales Nightingale 7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:23AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#7 Muir had intimate discussions with Roosevelt about what was at stake at Yosemite and in wilderness lands nationwide.
In 1903
Amber&Ellen/Mr. Bartlett's class!: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:23AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1. The writer and explorer that said that quote is John Muir.
ElizabethV.@Nightingale MS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:24AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #8 JOhn Muir was trapped on a volcano.
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DIG DISCOVERY #3 : This group of visitors was lead by President Theodore Roosevelt, an avowed outdoor living enthusiast. Roosevelt and Muir knew quite a lot about one another, had admired each other from afar, and here was their opportunity to meet and get to know one another. Roosevelt had written him in advance saying
Jorge Ruiz at Nightgale MS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:24AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#5: They went to camp overnight near the foot of the great sequoia known as the Giant Grizzly. By the second nightfall they arrived at a campsite near Glacier Point, and with only layers of blanket for warmth, spent their second night out in the open, beneath the stars.
michael chau : . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:24AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #8 : We learned from Sisson that when our terrific storm was in progress, only a calm, mild-looking cloud cap was observed on the mountain, that excited no solicitude for our safety. We estimated the snow-fall on the summit of two feet or more; at camp, some 5000 feet lower, we found only three inches, while down on the sloping base only a light shower had fallen, sufficient to freshen the grass.
Mrs Mason, Nightingale 7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:24AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #1: John Muir wrote about his first summer in the backcountry and published his diaries in 1911 as My First Summer in the Sierras.
: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:24AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #4 –In 1903, John Muir took part in bringing a group of visitors to the Yosemite where they began their visit in the famous Mariposa Groves.
Jorge Ruiz at Nightgale MS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:24AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#6:By nightfall they arrived at a campsite near Glacier Point, and with only layers of blanket for warmth, spent their second night out in the open in the morning they woke up with 4-5" of snow on top of them.
: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:25AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #5 Giant Grizzly and Glacier Point
Le Truong at Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:25AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2 June 16. --One of the Indians from Brown's Flat got right into the middle of the camp this morning, unobserved. I was seated on a stone, looking over my notes and sketches, and happening to look up, was startled to see him standing grim and silent within a few steps of me, as motionless and weather-stained as an old tree-stump that had stood there for centuries.
: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:25AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #4 The trip took pllace in Yosemite in 1903
Jorge Ruiz at Nightgale MS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:25AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#7: Muir had intimate discussions with Roosevelt about what was at stake at Yosemite and in wilderness lands nationwide. This shaped the President's attitude about preserving our wilderness and he soon became the author of proclamations that created many new National Parks, including Yosemite. Their friendship continued through out their lives, with Muir writing often to encourage more support for additional National Monuments and Park.
michael chau : . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:25AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #9 : In its widest sweeps my tree-top described an arc of from twenty to thirty degrees, but I felt sure of its elastic temper, having seen others of the same species still more severely tried--bent almost to the ground indeed, in heavy snows--without breaking a fiber. I was therefore safe, and free to take the wind into my pulses and enjoy the excited forest from my superb outlook. The view from here must be extremely beautiful in any weather. Now my eye roved over the piny hills and dales as over fields of waving grain, and felt the light running in ripples and broad swelling undulations across the valleys from ridge to ridge, as the shining foliage was stirred by corresponding waves of air. Oftentimes these waves of reflected light would break up suddenly into a kind of beaten foam, and again, after chasing one another in regular order, they would seem to bend forward in concentric curves, and disappear on some hillside, like sea-waves on a shelving shore. The quantity of light reflected from the bent needles was so great as to make whole groves appear as if covered with snow, while the black shadows beneath the trees greatly enhanced the effect of the silvery splendor.
ElizabethV.@Nightingale MS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:25AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #9 The weather was in good condition an it was very beautiful there
: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:26AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#5 to camp overnight near the foot of the great sequoia known as the Giant Grizzly. In 1903
Jorge Ruiz at Nightgale MS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:26AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig#8:JOhn Muir was trapped on a volcano.
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#1 Jhon Muer was the one that wrote in 1911.
Andrea Morales Nightingale 7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:26AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#8 "In journeying up the valley of the Upper Sacramento one obtains frequent views of Mount Shasta
In 1903
Elio Vega NMS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:27AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#4 The trip took pllace in Yosemite in 1903.
Henry V.: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:27AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #6 Glacier Point 4-5' layer of snow upon them
Lopez Marcela @ Nightingale: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:28AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 John Muir wrote about his first summer in the backcountry and published his diaries in 1911 as My First Summer in the Sierras.
Susan Wong at Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:28AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#9 The weather is nice and full with fresh air. The outdoor is beautiful to live with.
Henry V.: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:28AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #1 John Muir
Elio Vega NMS: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:28AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#9 The weather was in good condition an it was very beautiful there it had sun some rain but most of the
time Mother Nature was great.
Henry V.: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:29AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #2 Life seems neither long nor short, and we take no more heed to save time or make haste than do the trees and stars. This is true freedom, a good practical sort of immortality. Yonder rises another white skyland.
: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:30AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Wed, Apr 10, 11:07AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #2 :June 23. --Oh, these vast, calm, measureless mountain days, inciting at once to work and rest! Days in whose light everything seems equally divine, opening a thousand windows to show us God. Nevermore, however weary, should one faint by the way who gains the blessings of one mountain day; whatever his fate, long life, short life, stormy or calm, he is rich forever.
ElizabethV.@Nightingale
Alan luna: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:30AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig #2 -The pool-basins below the falls and cascades hereabouts, formed by the heavy down-plunging currents, are kept nicely clean and clear of detritus. The heavier parts of the material swept over the falls are heaped up a short distance in front of the basins in the form of a dam, thus tending, together with erosion, to increase their size.
Le Truong at Nightingale Middle School: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:30AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3 In 1903, John Muir took part in bringing a group of visitors to the Yosemite where they began their visit in the famous Mariposa Groves. This group of visitors was lead by President Theodore Roosevelt, an avowed outdoor living enthusiast. Roosevelt and Muir knew quite a lot about one another, had admired each other from afar, and here was their opportunity to meet and get to know one another.
Henry V.: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:30AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #3 Rossevelt
Karina Moran @ Nightingale: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:30AM PST (-0800 GMT)
DIG DISCOVERY #5 –They visit Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Groves.
Andrea Morales Nightingale 7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:30AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#9 The day was intensely pure, one of those incomparable bits of California winter, warm and balmy and full of white sparkling sunshine, redolent of all the purest influences of the spring, and at the same time enlivened with one of the most bracing wind-storms conceivable.
In 1903
Marlene Nightingale7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:31AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #1: John Muir wrote about his first summer in the backcountry and published his diaries in 1911 as My First Summer in the Sierras.
Dig Dicovery #2: Muir, following a nearly blinding industrial accident, began his 1869 trek as a researcher, writer, and illustrator of natural details, and finished the journey forever in love with the Sierras.
Dig Discovery #3: This group of visitors was lead by President Theodore Roosevelt, an avowed outdoor living enthusiast.
Dig Discovery #4:In 1903, John Muir took part in bringing a group of visitors to the Yosemite where they began their visit in the famous Mariposa Groves.
Dig Discovery #5:They camp in the Giant Grizzly. In the morning they enjoyed campfire cooking and then climbed on horses to head towards the Yosemite Valley and also By nightfall they arrived at a campsite near Glacier Point.
Dig Discovery #6: In the morning the men woke to find a 4-5" layer of snow upon them. It was an experienced neither would ever forget, and one that changed the nation.
Dig Discovery #7: Roosevelt had written him in advance saying "I want to drop politics for four days and just be out in the open with you."
ana mendoza Nightingale 7: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:31AM PST (-0800 GMT)
Dig Discovery #1: John Muir wrote about his first summer in the backcountry and published his diaries in 1911 as My First Summer in the Sierras.
Dig Discovery 2;Muir, following a nearly blinding industrial accident, began his 1869 trek as a researcher, writer, and illustrator of natural details, and finished the journey forever in love with the Sierras
Dig Discovery 3;In 1903, John Muir took part in bringing a group of visitors to the Yosemite where they began their visit in the famous Mariposa Groves. This group of visitors was lead by President Theodore Roosevelt, an avowed outdoor living enthusiast. Roosevelt and Muir knew quite a lot about one another, had admired each other from afar, and here was their opportunity to meet and get to know one another. Roosevelt had written him in advance saying
4; Muir had intimate discussions with Roosevelt about what was at stake at Yosemite and in wilderness lands nationwide. This shaped the President's attitude about preserving our wilderness and he soon became the author of proclamations that created many new National Parks, including Yosemite. Their friendship continued through out their lives, with Muir writing often to encourage more support for additional National Monuments and Park.
5; One of the most beautiful and exhilarating storms I ever enjoyed in the Sierra occurred in December, 1874, when I happened to be exploring one of the tributary valleys of the Yuba River. The sky and the ground and the trees had been thoroughly rain-washed and were dry again
Dig Discovery #6:A few minutes after 3 P.M. we began to force our way down the eastern ridge, past the group of hissing fumaroles
7;I want to drop politics for four days and just be out in the open with you."
8;In 1903, John Muir took part in bringing a group of visitors to the Yosemite where they began their visit in the famous Mariposa Groves. This group of visitors was lead by President Theodore Roosevelt, an avowed outdoor living enthusiast. Roosevelt and Muir knew quite a lot about one another, had admired each other from afar, and here was their opportunity to meet and get to know one another. Roosevelt had written him in advance saying.
#9;In the morning before sunrise they rode on to Glacier Point where the famous Roosevelt/Muir photo was taken. The sunrise view from Glacier Point showed Roosevelt the most dramatic panorama of Yosemite possible, and in his regular fashion you can imagine he exclaimed "Bully!' in heart felt approval when he saw this incredible view.
Jonathan and Todd Mr.Bartlett's class: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:31AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2 The pool baisens under the falls.
Culebro Lilian: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:31AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1.John Muir wrote about his firt summer in the backcountry and published his diaries in 1911 as his First Summer in the Sierras.#2 In the Spring of 1869 a young naturalist was offered a job overseeing a sheep herding operation in the Sierra Nevadas.#3 In 1903, John Muir took part in bringing a group of visitors to the Yosemite where they began their visit in the famous Mariposa Groves.
Vicky Gomez: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:31AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3 Vicky Gomez Ngale This group of visitors was lead by President Theodore Roosevelt.
Lopez Marcela @ Nightingale: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:31AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3:John Muir took President Theodore Roosevelt.
Jonathan and Todd Mr.Bartlett's class: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:35AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3 Thes people were led by the presadent.
Ellen&Amber/Bartlett's class!: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:38AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2. John Muir brought the president Theodore Roosevelt on a famous camping trip.
Ellen&Amber/Bartlett's class!: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:38AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2. John Muir brought the president Theodore Roosevelt on a famous camping trip.
Jonathan and Todd Mr.Bartlett's class: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:39AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#4 The trip took place in Yosimete in 1903.
Ellen&Amber/Bartlett's class!: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:40AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#4. This famous camping trip took place at Yosemite in 1903.
Ethan/Mr.Bartlett's class: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:42AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 John Muir said all that stuff.
Christina and Natalie: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:42AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1 John Muir the frist one to spend the Summer at the Serria backcountry.
Jonathan and Todd Mr.Bartlett's class: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:43AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#5 They went to camp overnight.
Christina and Natalie: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:43AM PST (-0800 GMT)
2.Yonder rises another white skyland. How sharply the yellow pine spires and the palm-like crowns of the sugar pines are outlined on its smooth white domes .
Ellen&Amber/Bartlett's class!: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:43AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#5. The two places that they camped at were at the foot of a giant sequoia and near Glacier Point.
Ethan/Mr.Bartlett's class: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:45AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#2 Everything still more impressive than by day, the fall seen dimly white, singing Nature's old love song with solemn enthusiasm, while the stars peering through the leaf-roof seemed to join in the white water's song. Precious night, precious day to abide in me forever
Christina and Natalie: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:48AM PST (-0800 GMT)
4. The camping trip was in Yosemite in 1903 .
Ellen&Amber/Bartlett's class!: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:48AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#6. On the second night they slept at Glacier Point. When they woke up they found 4-5" layer of snow.
Christina and Natalie: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:48AM PST (-0800 GMT)
3.Muir took president Thoeodore Roosevelt on a camping trip.
Ethan/Mr.Bartlett's class: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:48AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#3 President Theodore Roosevelt is the president they took on the camping trip.
Francis MS.PAPIETRO TULSA: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 11:59AM PST (-0800 GMT)
#1.John Muir was the writer and explorer.
Seung Tulsa MPapietro: . . . . Wed, Apr 10, 0:00PM PST (-0800 GMT)
1.His name isJohn Muir.He was an explorer and a writer.