John Muir was instrumental in the effort to save many of the trees and natural areas for us to enjoy with his influential writings and talks leading to an awareness of the value of saving these areas from development. Several are now a part of the National Park Service. These woods were set aside to honor him and they include many of the Sequoia trees he loved. Here is Cathedral Grove looking up! More on him later as we also visited his home and lots here at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Muir
