Upcoming Events

2020

No events planned at this time. If you want one let us know.

2019

Saturday July 13th at 8-9pm we will be giving a presentation about walking the route at the Yosemite Heritage Center (formerly the LeConte Memorial Lodge) in Yosemite.

2018

Saturday July 28th at 8-9pm we will be giving a presentation about walking the route and our new book about the trip, "Anywhere That is Wild" at the Yosemite Heritage Center (formerly the LeConte Memorial Lodge) in Yosemite.

Thursday July 26-Saturday July 28 we will be rewaking the section of the MRR from Crane Flat to Yosemite Valley

Saturday March 24 we will be giving a presentation about the new book, "Anywhere that is Wild" at the John Muir Symposium at the University of the Pacific in Stockton.

Thursday March 15 we will be giving a presentation about the new book, "Anywhere that is Wild" for the Santa Cruz Chapeter of the Sierra Club.

2017

Saturday June 10th at 7pm we will be giving a presentation about walking the route at the Yosemite Heritage Center (formerly the LeConte Memorial Lodge) in Yosemite.

2016

Saturday July 9th at 7pm we will be giving a presentation about walking the route at the Yosemite Heritage Center (formerly the LeConte Memorial Lodge) in Yosemite.

2015

April 22-24, 2015
We will be giving a presentation at the 30th annual California Trails and Greenways Conference:Urban Backpacking & Outdoor Classrooms -- The Muir Ramble Route
on April 23 from 2:15 - 3:15 PM http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=24151

2014

May 30-31, 2014 (Saturday 10-4 rain or shine).
Fifth annual John Muir Festival in Coulterville, CA.
For all event information http://johnmuir.us/events; or call 209-878-3501

Past Events

January 24, 2013 (Thursday) Dinner ($25) at 6 and presentation (Free) at 8pm
Sierra Club East Bay Dinner series, Berkeley Yacht Club
Contact Jane Barrett, 510 845 8055
http://sfbay.sierraclub.org/chapter/events/calendar.aspx

February 13, 2013 7-8:30 pm
REI Berkeley - 1338 San Pablo Avenue 94702; (510) 527-4140
Call to reserve a seat as the Berkeley events usually fill up with regulars...
http://www.rei.com/event/48024/session/64841/03092013

May 11, 2013 (Saturday) 2 pm
John Muir National Historic Site
4202 Alhambra Ave. Martinez, CA 94553 (925) 228-8860

June 8, 2013 (Saturday) 10-4 rain or shine, our presentation will be early in the day.
Fourth annual John Muir Festival in Coulterville, CA.
http://www.johnmuirhighway.net/events.html

July 27, 2013 (Saturday) 8pm
The Muir Ramble Route, a talk by the authors
The Le Conte Memorial Lodge, Yosemite Valley.

 

Monday, January 30, 2012
Presentation for the Book Club of California 312 Sutter St. 5th Floor, San Francisco. For more information, call The Book Club of California, (415) 781-7532 or contact info@bccbooks.org

Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Presentation for the SJSU special collections library first Wednesday program. The Muir Ramble Route: a guide book for walking from San Francisco to Yosemite in the footsteps of John Muir. Contact danelle.moon@sjsu.edu

Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Presentation at REI Saratoga 7-8:30 pm

Thursday, February 23, 2012
Presentation at REI Berkeley 7-8:30 pm

Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Presentation at REI Marina 7-8:30 pm

Saturday, June 9, 2012
Third annual John Muir Festival in Coulterville, CA.
http://www.johnmuirhighway.net/events.html

Saturday June 30, 2012
Hear us talk about the MRR and our book at the Le Conte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite Valley.
The program starts at 8 pm
http://www.sierraclub.org/education/LeConte/programs.asp
Contact: bjgisel@inreach.com

 

September 18, 2011
Book signing and talk about the Muir Ramble Route. 3pm
Oakland Museum Bookshop, Oakland CA

August 5, 2011
We will be at the public reception for the opening of the show. Our books are included in the show.
A Walk in the Wild: Continuing John Muir's Journey
August 6, 2011 - January 22, 2012. Oakland Museum of California. 1000 Oak St. Oakland, CA 94607
http://museumca.org/calendar/omca-members-a-walk-wild-members-preview

Sunday July 10, 2011
Hear us talk about the trip and book at the Le Conte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite Valley.
The program starts at 8 pm
http://www.sierraclub.org/education/LeConte/programs.asp
Contact: bjgisel@inreach.com

Saturday, November 27th, 2010
 Friends of the Four Rivers Association Annual Members Meeting and Pot Luck Luncheon at 12 noon, followed by the Guest Speaker’s Presentation at 1 p.m.

We are sure you will enjoy listening to Peter and Donna Thomas share their 2006 walk across California to discover and retrace the route travelled by John Muir during his journey in 1868. That route took the Thomases by Pacheco State Park and the O’Neill Forebay. The couple also wrote a book that serves as a guide to others wishing to walk the route themselves, chronicles their own adventure, and provides an account of John Muir’s 1868 journey.

Their book will be available for sale at the luncheon.

The meeting and luncheon will be held at, The San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area Headquarters 31426 Gonzaga Road (next to the San Luis Reservoir dam)

Take the Basalt exit, south, from Highway 152, and then turn right, onto Gonzaga Road. If you have questions, please call the State Parks office on Gonzaga Road at 209-826-1197 or email,

kyancey@bigvalley.net.

June 5 , 2010
The First Annual John Muir Highway Festival:
We will be on hand in Coulterville for the ribbon cutting dedication of the newly named John Muir Highway. For more information see Johnmuirhighway.net

July 26 , 2009
Hear us talk about the trip at the Le Conte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite Valley.
The program starts at 8 pm
http://www.sierraclub.org/education/LeConte/programs.asp
Contact: bjgisel@inreach.com

• September 21, 2008
  Hear us talk about the trip at the Le Conte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite Valley.
  The program starts at 8 pm
  
• From April 19-25 2008we will be walking from Oakland to Morgan Hill with a group of De Anza College students to promote their efforts to secure animal trans-migration routes between the Coast and Diablo Range.

• February 2, 2008, Morgan Hill, 11 am.
  We will be giving a presentation about our walk to Henry Coe State Park's Pine Ridge Association.
  Contact:John Verhoeven
  Headquarter's Ranger
  Henry W. Coe State Park
  (408) 779-272
  
• September 29, 2007
  Hear us talk about the trip in the early evening on at the Le Conte Memorial Lodge in Yosemite Valley. Contact: bjgisel@inreach.com
• Thursday Oct 5, 2006. San Jose Public Library.
  
• April 4, 2007
  Peter & Donna Thomas present their story of walking in the footsteps of
  John Muir, San Francisco to Yosemite"
  1 pm. Mt. Diablo Room, Danville Library
  400 Front Street, Danville, CA 94526.
  Contact: Ruth Stanton Program Chair 925 837 6573
  
  
  
• April 2, 2006. Gala Send off:
  
  On April 2, 2006 we will leave on the 1:10 ferry from San Francisco to Oakland. There will be a gathering of friends and well-wishers at the ferry terminal, meeting by the statue of Gandhi at 12:00, for a short speech and a gala send off. Take the ferry with us if you want!
  
  
  
  
• April 8, 2006. 1 pm. The Alviso Public Library
  Alviso Branch Library
  5050 North First St.
  San Jose, CA 95002
  (408) 263-3626
• April 9, 2006. 2 pm. San Jose Martin Luther King Library
  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
  150 E. San Fernando Street, 2nd Floor, Room 255/257
  For information: (408) 808-2397
• April 15, 2006. 2 pm. Henry Coe State Park, Park headquarters
  Take the East Dunne Avenue exit off the 101
  http://www.coepark.org/programs.html
• April 25, 2006. 1 p.m. The Delhi Historical Society
  Contact: mustardseedpub@hotmail.com
• April 29, 2006. 1 pm. The Coulterville Historical Society at the Old School House in Coulterville
  Contact: Gail Tyler
• May 13, 2006. 7 pm. The Yosemite Lodge
  A presentation to celebrate the completion of our trip.
  Julie Miller
• August 20, 2006. 8 pm. LeConte Memorial Lodge, Yosemite Valley
  Contact: bjgisel@inreach.com
• September 23, 2006. 8 pm. LeConte Memorial Lodge, Yosemite Valley
  Contact: bjgisel@inreach.com
• October 5, 2006
  A Conversation with Peter & Donna Thomas
  " A Trans-California Ramble: Re-walking John Muir’s 1868 Trip from San Francisco to Yosemite"
  Sponsored by SJSU Special Collections & Archives
  7 pm. San Jose Martin Luther King Library
  Room 550, Fifth floor. 150 E. San Fernando Street. San Jose, CA 95002.
  Contact: Danelle.Moon@sjsu.edu
  Free Parking!
  October 5, 2006