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