Walk the Redwood Forest of Muir Woods
I am not much of a “back to nature” kind of guy. It has been close to 20 years since I have gone camping, and I am cool with Bear Mountain being the extent of my hiking experience. But Muir Woods National Monument is a totally different experience. William Kent - By unknown; image from Collection of U.S. House of Representatives [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons John Muir - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/John_Muir_Cane.JPG Only 12 miles north of San Francisco, Muir Woods is an old growth Redwood forest. The land was purchased by William Kent in 1905 to prevent it from being turned into a reservoir. It was designated as a National Monument in 1908 by Teddy Roosevelt, and it was Mr. Kent who introduced legislation to form the National Park Service in in 1916. The Woods were named after John Muir , who is known as America’s first environmentalist. He founded the Sierra Club and advocated for the protection of natural lands i...