Greetings,

Everyone attending the "All Things Muir" Festival in Coulterville, CA, enjoyed bountiful sunshine and the glorious sharing of a day to honor young John Muir's walk to Yosemite Valley in 1868. A special thank you and welcome to the thirty-one new John Muir Geotourism Center members!  

John Muir and the festival can bring you, your family and your friends into a rewarding, fun engagement with nature, history and excitement (click team photo -courtesy of Rory Pulvino - for Al Golub's "All Things Muir" album at the FB Fan Club).

 

One of the features we would like to bring to our newsletter readers in the future will include links to the work of Muir admirers and family members who are supporting the John Muir Highway Geotourism Project.  In this email, we encourage visitors to explore the superb photographic history of Al Golub's career that is exhibited at his web site - Al Golub Photography.  He graciously served as our Festival photographer. His photography spans an incredible range of subjects displaying his amazing talents.  

Al captures the signature of the moment in a couple of selections from the album below- (Al Golub/Golub Photography ©2012 Al GOLUB/Golub Photography. All rights reserved

Lee Stetson - who portrayed John Muir in the Ken Burns PBS National Parks documentary - is shown here highlighting the John Muir Highway celebration for the 3rd year in a row. Click photo to go to his web site. Thanks Lee!

Muir loved children and Debbie Cook did a splendid job of bringing Muir's talents for writing and drawing about nature into a loving focus for the families attending the "All Things Muir" festival. (Young painter using pine needle brush seen above)

Please share the newsletter with your friends and keep watching for the featured news and information about supporters of the John Muir Highway Geotourism project.

There is unique value for travelers to be gained from a geotourism approach to their vacation planning on their route to Yosemite National Park.  The National Geographic Magazine definition of "geotourism" is important to remember as the summary of the insights and adventure mission - "tourism that sustains or enhances the geographical character of a place-its environment, culture, aesthetics, heritage, and the well-being of its residents."

Looking forward to seeing you at the John Muir Geotourism Center's next "All Things Muir" festival in 2013, as well as on the NMCHC Muir Historic Route docent bus tours going on throughout the summer of 2012 in Coulterville, CA!