life list – muir woods
Posted: October 6, 2013 Filed under: San Francisco, travel | Tags: life list, majestic, muir woods, redwoods, travel 57 CommentsWe visited Muir Woods near San Francisco recently. It’s virgin timber, big old redwoods that envelop you in the past and silence.
Just a stand of trees
Virgin timber has never been cut, and some of these trees have been growing for over one thousand years.
living a long time can give personality
I wonder what stories they might tell, of fire, fear and foe, or of love. I wish they whispered to me, but in their silence I hear myself.
Just a tree, that might be three hundred feet high
Gigantic comes to mind, majestic too.
dwarfing the people
The pattern of these roots reminded me of time, and how we are held together by an intricate web of friends and family and people we may someday meet.
like the tendrils of love that keep us anchored
Seeing the redwoods was on my mind for many, many years. We saw them in an afternoon of wonder.
May your life and world be full of wonderful things.
bwthoughts 
Absolutely beautiful. Last time I was in SF I wanted to go there, but never made it.
it’s worth the trip. Wear your walking shoes and take the ocean view trail – about 6 miles of vigorous hiking
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So beautiful! Thank you for sharing your experience. I have always wanted to visit the redwoods.
thanks – I do hope you get there. Some of them were old when the Pilgrims landed….
Such beautiful pictures of the trees. Sometimes, as we hurtle through the heart of the French countryside, I look to the side and into the many forests we pass through, marveling at the idea that possibly no human foot ever ventured between some of those trees. It’s a strangely reassuring thought. I hasten to add, I’m not usually driving when I do this… 😉 Lovely post Bill.
Wow! Awesome pictures. I really want to go there!
I’ve been to the Muir woods and LOVED it! So magical…
yes, magical is such a appropriate description.
Amidst the majestic redwoods, the old magic could still be found…
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Så vakre bilder😃 Du tatt disse bildene? Her skulle jeg likt og hvert😃
Yes, I took the pictures when we visited. It was a place I had always wanted to go. Ancient places feed our souls. That which is old and strong gives me hope. – bw
Ja, jeg tok bildene da vi besøkte. Det var et sted jeg hadde alltid ønsket å gå. Eldgamle steder mate våre sjeler. Det som er gammel og sterk gir meg håp.
Utrolig vakkert😃Må ha vært en fantastisk opplevelse😃
yes, another of my desres it so see the aurora boralis
we are surrounded by beauty if we take the time to see
ja, en annen av mine desres det så se aurora boralis
vi er omgitt av skjønnhet hvis vi tar deg tid til å se
Det er så sant😃 vi må være flinkere til å stoppe opp og sette pris på den vakre jorden vi bor på og alt den har og gi😃 er de små øyeblikk som er de store😃
you have found wisdom in your youth
du har funnet visdom i din ungdom
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As a lover of nature; a tree is something I cannot resist. To wonder what they’ve witnessed…
I have enjoyed my visits to that area too.
do you have favorite places in Asia where you have been ?
Well I think I’ve worked/visited all the countries in Asia as I recall. I loved almost all of them. Each has its particular memory and the wide variety of great foods is one of the happiest. I’ve flown into some of the remotest areas such as Wamana in the mountainous heart of Irian Jaya and a village in the centre of Indonesian Borneo where the only other transportation is bicycle or motorbike. I guess a visit to a hospital in Northern Laos receiving aid from us was an eye opener. I’ll never complain about access to medical attention in the west again! It was always amazing for me to know that just a short flight away were some of the most modern crowded cities in the world. My trips have not always been comfortable I can assure you. Travelling bent over in one of those low ceiling river taxis in Bangladesh was probably my most uncomfortable though travelling sitting on top of my luggage in a crowded minivan in Bihar for hours comes a close second. lol. I guess Myanmar in the 1970s is remembered by the leaking room in the Thamada Hotel (President Hotel of the dim past) I got a raging fungus infection there that necessitated a quick trip to Singapore for good medical attention.
thanks Ian – those are great adventures. I suppose I am a bit of a Walter Mitty, but I very much enjoy hearing of and learning of other places.
You must have met Treebeard somewhere in the forest. Did you see any Ent wives?
come back to me, come back to me and say my land is fair.
Yes….. 🙂
Wow really beautiful and amazing.
Yes, I am glad to have seen them
I too have visited this magical part of our earth, such beauty there as in your photos and your beautiful beautiful words. Thank you for sharing 🙂
it is lovely isn’t it.
truly!
To watch, marvel and reflect – must have been a great afternoon lived (not spent).
Thank you for this sharing,
Eric
yes, lived not spent, but I admit we walked the up and down “Ocean View” trail and was rewarded with a nice blister.
Life is full of wonder if you have the courage to look.
yes, it is.
I’ve always wanted to see those too. I understand that some have roads going through them? Oooh lookie here, what I just googled!
https://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=665&q=road+going+through+redwood+tree&oq=road+going+thro&gs_l=img.1.1.0l3.2897.9072.0.12700.18.11.1.6.6.1.849.2313.0j4j4j6-1.9.0….0…1ac.1.27.img..3.15.1537.7pOqVfmkVMw
oh — we did a walk, several hours with some serious ups and downs. Afterwards I was bushed. I see a reason to return!
for some off-roading on your bike? 😉
that would be fun!
do it do it do it do it do it!
what’s on your life list ?
Good question!
1. get my consulting thing off the ground and help build and engage community.
2. Buy a bar in a third world country and become a fair employer while making money from tourists and building and engaging community in my retirement years.
3. Personally? I don’t know. sad eh?
not sad…. more modern. They will come if you dare delve where they are hiding.
dare-delver – I like that better than dare-devil! I must commit to dare-delving one day…when I have time…and all the stars are aligned… 😉
alleritation – much preferable to procrastination 🙂
depending on the situation!
this is probably the situation to dare to dream, to admit them.
hey listen Bill, not quite sure what you’re trying to say, but I’m trying get the last word here, ok? 😉
ok
Aw c’mere you big LUG! (((((HUGZ)))))
It’s truly beautiful there. I have lived near these woods my whole life and been there but once…. Armstrong Woods north of there is even more impressive…..
thanks – If ever I head west again I will check it out.
Majestic and peacful where the words that came to my mind when I saw these pics. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
yes, I think you are the outdoor type ? You would like it there.
i think you’re right!!
Hikes in woods like that always make my heart skip a beat. Such an overwhelming feeling of the power of nature.
yes, I agree.
🙂
Absolutely stunning photos!
it is stunning in person — lovely and solemn.