{"id":39653,"date":"2026-04-21T11:28:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=39653"},"modified":"2026-04-21T11:38:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:38:46","slug":"happy-birthday-john-muir-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.jimdoty.com\/?p=39653","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, John Muir!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"John<\/a>

John Muir<\/p><\/div>\n

Today is John Muir’s birthday! He was born April 21, 1838. He had a profound influence on how Americans viewed our wild lands and his influence led to the establishment of many of our National Parks and other protected lands. He was nicknamed “The Father of our National Parks”.<\/p>\n

Here are photos from some of my favorite national and state parks along with quotes from John Muir.<\/p>\n

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“How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains! To behold this alone is worth the pains of any excursion a thousand times over.”\u009d<\/h2>\n

Acadia, Maine<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Sunrise, Acadia National Park<\/p><\/div>\n

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Evening, Jordan Pond, Acadia National Park<\/p><\/div>\n

“Rocks and waters, etc., are words of God, and so are men. We all flow from one fountain Soul. All are expressions of one Love.”
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Arches, Utah
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\"\"<\/a>

Double Arch at Night<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Balanced<\/a>

Balanced Rock<\/p><\/div>\n

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Big Bend, Texas
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\"Sunset,<\/a>

Sunset, “The Window”, Chisos Basin<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Boquillas<\/a>

Boquillas Canyon, Rio Grande River<\/p><\/div>\n

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“I only went out for a walk, and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.”\u009d<\/h2>\n

Bryce Canyon, Utah
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>

Sunrise at the Bryce Canyon Amphitheater<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Bryce<\/a>

Bryce Canyon at Dusk<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/h2>\n

“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine into trees.”\u009d<\/h2>\n

Canyonlands, Utah
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Grand<\/a>

Grand View Point<\/p><\/div>\n

“Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.”\u009d<\/h2>\n

Capitol Reef, Utah
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Capitol<\/a>

Capitol Reef<\/p><\/div>\n

<\/h2>\n

“The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness.”<\/h2>\n

Dead Horse Point, Utah
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\"Dead<\/a>

Dead Horse Point<\/p><\/div>\n

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“To the lover of wilderness, Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.”\u009d<\/h2>\n

Denali, Alaska
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Denali<\/a>

Denali and Wonder Lake<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Northern<\/a>

Northern Lights<\/p><\/div>\n

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“The snow is melting into music.”\u009d<\/h2>\n

Grand Staircase Escalante, Utah<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Grand<\/a>

Grand Staircase-Escalante<\/p><\/div>\n

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“Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.”\u009d<\/h2>\n

Great Sand Dunes, Colorado
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Deer,<\/a>

Deer, Great Sand Dunes<\/p><\/div>\n

“This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor ever rising.”\u009d<\/h2>\n

Mount Rainier, Washington
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Last<\/a>

Last Light on Mt. Rainier<\/p><\/div>\n

“Nature is ever at work building and pulling down, creating and destroying, keeping everything whirling and flowing, allowing no rest but in rhythmical motion, chasing everything in endless song out of one beautiful form into another.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Olympic, Washington
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\"Ruby<\/a>

Ruby Beach<\/p><\/div>\n

“When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
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\"Bear<\/a>

Bear Lake, Hallett Peak, and Flattop Mountain in the Moonlight<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Storm<\/a>

Storm Clouds Rolling In. Hallett Peak and Flattop Mountain<\/p><\/div>\n

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“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

White Sands, New Mexico
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"White<\/a>

White Sands<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Yucca,<\/a>

Yucca, Moon, Venus<\/p><\/div>\n

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Yosemite, California
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Last<\/a>

Last Light on El Capitan<\/p><\/div>\n

“Between every two pine trees there is a door leading to a new way of life.”\u009d<\/h2>\n
\"Stars<\/a>

Stars Over El Capitan<\/p><\/div>\n

“In Yosemite Valley, one morning about two o’clock I was aroused by an earthquake; and though I had never before enjoyed a storm of this sort, the strange, wild thrilling motion and rumbling could not be mistaken, and I ran out of my cabin, near the Sentinel Rock, both glad and frightened, shouting, ‘A noble earthquake!’ “<\/strong><\/p>\n

Zion, Utah
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Petrified<\/a>

Petrified Sand Dunes<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Zion\"<\/a>

Zion<\/p><\/div>\n

Links<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quotes from John Muir<\/a><\/p>\n

The Earthquake by John Muir<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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