Tuesday, September 10, 2013

John Muir National Historic Site



August 22, 2013

Today we drove back across the Dumbarton Bridge and retraced our tracks through Oakland (frightening even without the trailer!) and beyond to visit the John Muir National Historic Site.  On the hill above the visitor’s center is his house,
overlooking the waterways of the San Francisco area. John Muir was the “Father” of some of the National Parks in California such as Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon National Parks. Muir Woods on the north side of the Golden Gate Bridge was named for John Muir.

On the return trip, we stopped at Coast Guard Island so we could get a base sticker for the truck and went to the exchange where Phil picked up a few trinkets. Afterwards we went over to the Island of Alameda for dinner at Ole’s Waffle House, which was established in 1927 and still has some of the same booths and counter seating areas. We had the waffles and they were really good!!

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