The State flower, California Poppys.
We first saw a 20 minute video of Muir's life.
Danielle is really having fun with photography, she does a great job. She took many of the photos on this page.
A photo of an old photo, about 100+ years ago. Notice the size of the palm trees compared to the next picture.
Bernardo had a fun time too. Lots of smells to check out.
Our tour guide Eric.
The phone is a later addition.
Muir really didn't care for the luxury lifestyle. This home was left to Muir and his wife from his wife's parents. Muir would have enjoyed a much more rustic, basic house without lots of foo-foo.
When Muir's daughter was a senior citizen, she assisted the National Park Service in what things looked like when she was a child. Much of the house is refurnished by those memories as much of Muir's stuff was gone when the Park Service got the house. These two brass birds were part of her memories.
Muir's father-in-law was a doctor, this was his examination room and office.
A very simple, basic kitchen.
The original stove. Muir's chef rarely let others enter his kitchen.
A 100 year old flip-over waffle maker.
This cutting table is the original marble top. It was found yards from the kitchen door as it was so heavy the new owners didn't want to haul it too far. The National Park Service accidentally found it and got it back in the house and built a new base in the style from the late 1800s.
John Swett's old chair from the Swett family. Swett is a pioneer in the area as well.
After the 1906 earthquake the original fireplace was destroyed. Muir had this fireplace rebuilt to his liking, a rustic, basic style and not so much the marble foo-foo seen in the other rooms.
Muir's office, which he called his "scribble room" is where he wrote his books and petitions to the government and newspapers attempting to save our natural resources in Yosemite and the Sierras.
Muir's riding saddle.
Up to the bell tower.
Steph in the bell tower.
Yes, it was loud.
The Vincent Martinez Adobe. The town was named after this pioneer. He build this house back in the 1840s.
The existing 9 acres is all that is left of the Muir Park. When Muir ran this property and all it's fruit trees and surrounding forests, it was closer to 2600 acres and ran down towards the river. The last photo on this web page is a picture of a real old picture showing much of the valley Muir owned.
Muir was proud of this tree. He planted it from a seedling he brought down from the Sierras.
Looking from the main house towards the West, overlooking the Martinez Adobe on the left.