Podcasts about muir woods

You can help MakedUp by sharing a link to your child's favorite story with friends, family and classmates.In today's story, Albert and his friends Ruby and Gus discover a plot by a logging company to harvest ancient redwoods from Muir Woods for profit. Will the friends be able to stop the loggers in time?Some themes from today's story: conservation, redwood trees, friendship, and teamwork.Maked Up Stories is a daily children's bedtime stories podcast. Perfect for your bedtime routine, your commute, or for some high quality screen-free entertainment at home. Our interactive format will ignite your imagination. Rich vocabulary with plenty of context clues supports your child's language development.To submit an intro, outro or story request visit www.makedupstories.com.For questions, feedback or to submit your child's answer to a question we ask in the show email us at makedupstories@gmail.com.Check out our sister podcast Maked Up Clubhouse, where all the storytellers are kids! https://open.spotify.com/show/1DJIjGsPGXvUi4Qmcima0K?si=8cb76c3e21b248d0Love our intro and outro music? We do do! The song is Hishtadlus by Batya Levine and you can find more of her work on Spotify.

Hi Listeners, This is just going to be a quick episode about Muir Woods, which we visited recently. We took notes to share with you from the rangers there! Hope you enjoy and be sure to follow if you are liking the podcast! -Riya

In this episode, part two of our 12 Best Northern California Day Trips series, we journey to the awe-inspiring Muir Woods National Monument. Nestled just north of San Francisco, Muir Woods is a sanctuary of towering coastal redwoods, some of the tallest and oldest trees in the world. We delve into the history and significance of this ancient forest, a place of natural beauty preserved thanks to conservationist John Muir and early efforts to protect California's wilderness. From the peaceful trails to the humbling sights of these 250-foot giants, Muir Woods offers a unique escape into nature that's a must for any Bay Area itinerary. Join us as we explore the best ways to experience Muir Woods, from easy walking paths to serene trails for all fitness levels. We discuss practical tips on how to plan your visit, including park entry information, ideal visiting times, best time of year to visit and more to help make the most of your day surrounded by these majestic trees. Whether you're a nature enthusiast, photographer, or simply in need of a tranquil retreat, this episode will inspire and guide you in discovering one of Northern California's most treasured destinations. Be sure to check out our Destinations and California pages for even more information about visiting Northern California.

#329 In this comprehensive episode, Guy talked talked with Peter Mount Shasta, who shared his enlightening experiences with spiritual guides and Ascended Masters like Saint Germain, Kutumi, and El Morya. Set against the backdrop of a retreat in Croatia, the discussion encompasses Peter's journey from material wealth to profound spiritual awakening. Key themes included the significance of meditation, particularly Vipassana, the power of positive affirmations, and the potential of collective consciousness to influence global harmony. Peter's vivid encounters, spiritual practices, and teachings emphasize the essence of God as one's higher self and the importance of inner light and intuitive guidance. The episode provides deep insights into spirituality, inspirational channeling, and the transformative potential of conscious intention. About Peter: Peter Mt. Shasta was given his name by the Ascended Master Saint Germain, who appeared before him in physical form in Muir Woods, California, in 1973. He was offered the opportunity to  ascend, but after Saint Germain showed him the suffering of humanity he chose to stay in embodiment to be of service.  As a result of that decision he was sent to Mount Shasta, where he was trained for several years by Pearl Dorris, former director of the I AM Sanctuary of San Francisco, and assistant to Godfre Ray King, founder of the Saint Germain Foundation and author of Unveiled Mysteries. Except for various travels and retreats, he has continued to live in Mount Shasta.  He is the author of many books, some autobiographical,  which teach how to use I AM Affirmations to bring the teachings of the Ascended Masters into fruition in daily life. Recently his focus has been to bring the meditative teachings of the Far East into union with the I AM consciousness. Key Points Discussed:  (00:00) - UNBELIEVABLE Encounter That Taught Me About Karma, Ascension, & Spiritual Awakening (00:53) - Introduction to the Podcast (02:48) - Pete's Spiritual Journey (16:38) - The Power of Positive Thinking (18:17) - Meeting the Ascended Masters (25:59) - A Telepathic Encounter on the Plane (27:10) - A Mysterious Meeting in Tel Aviv (28:33) - Guidance from the Ascended Masters (30:43) - Pearl's Teachings and Meditation (34:04) - Channeling and Inspirational Messages (37:23) - Working with the Ascended Masters (40:10) - The Power of Intention and Prayer (49:54) - Life After Death and Reincarnation (51:45) - Final Thoughts and Meditation Advice How to Contact Peter Mt Shasta:www.i-am-teachings.com www.youtube.com/@PeterMtShasta   About me:My Instagram: www.instagram.com/guyhlawrence/?hl=en Guy's websites:www.guylawrence.com.au www.liveinflow.co

What is forest bathing?  How does forest bathing impact mental health? How does it impact physical health?  Nature is medicine. Forest = For Rest There have been many studies to show that forest bathing and simply being in nature is a way to decrease stress and improve well-being. It improves mental and physical health conditions. It impacts both our vital signs and our outlook. Dr. Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmille, MD, FACOG, ABoIM is board-certified in integrative medicine and ObGyn. She has additional certifications in herbal medicine, Ayurveda, and meditation. She is also certified as a Forest Bathing Therapist through The Association of Nature and Forest Bathing and she is the author of The Outdoor Adventurer's Guide to Forest Bathing.   In this episode, Doc Suzy shares her compelling and emotional story.  She discovered integrative medicine and forest bathing. when she began seeking answers to burnout as an ObGYN on top of navigating having an autistic child and a husband diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. Forest bathing, just like mindfulness, is primarily about noticing. It is also a practice of using all your senses. Listen to the episode to learn how to forest bathe. Suzy recommends a pyramid approach to forest bathing.  This means, if possible, we should celebrate the awe and wonder of what we notice in nature amidst significant natural wonders (such as national parks) regularly. A plug to join us in Muir Woods, at Muir Beach, and in the gardens of the Green Gulch Farm and Zen Center for Connect in Nature. Our location is a site of much awe-inspiring nature. This is the last year we will host Connect in Nature in this location. Next year we will be moving this event to a TBD different spectacular spot in nature.  Dr. Bartlett Hackenmille explains that we can also practice forest bathing weekly in urban local parks, botanical gardens, arboretums, and/or daily in our backyard. We can even practice nature therapy/nature medicine with a potted plant and/or on a construction site.  We highly recommend Suzy's gorgeous book which is full of color pictures and a myriad of invitations to practice forest bathing.  How might you like to practice more “nature medicine”?  Where could you forest bathe today? This week? This year? Why not forest bathe with us in Muir Woods at Connect in Nature Sept 6-8th. ? If those dates don't work for you, consider signing up to forest bathe with Jessie at a Nicasio Creek Farm Wellness Retreat in October or, November 2024 or at Sagrada Wellness in November 2024, There are also many date options for Pause & Presence nature-based retreats in 2025. Today's Mindful Moment offering is a forest bathing meditation guided by Dr. Suzanne Bartlett Hackenmiller. For podcast listeners, please find a photo of your ideal forest space for this practice or listen outside. You can find Dr Suzanne at @docsuzy on IG or at her website www.integrativeinitiative.com. Move beyond consuming this amazing podcast. True change happens when you work with us - virtually and/or in-person. If you can't make it to a retreat soon, coach with Jessie virtually 1:1 or in a small group.  Coaching also helps you become happier and healthier. www.jessiemahoneymd.com Hire Ni-Cheng, Jessie, or both of us to give a keynote talk or lead a workshop or breakout session on any topic covered in the Mindful Healers Podcast. We also create team retreats, teach yoga, and offer experiential mindfulness for teams, groups, grand rounds, institutions, and conferences. www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-podcast www.awakenbreath.org  www.jessiemahoneymd.com/speaking *Nothing shared in the Mindful Healers Podcast is medical advice. #physicianwellness #mindfulnesscoach #pauseandpresence #physiciancoach  

We start out today by considering placing bets on the Sawzall next door, which of course leads us to reflect on our experience with high school bookies. 02:25 - A Full House of SpecsTyler mentions that his first exposure to the Golden Gate Bridge was in the opening to Full House. The bridge's span between towers is 4200 feet.The towers reach 746' height above the water.Each tower weighs 22,000 tons.The total length of the bridge is 1.7 miles.80,000 miles of steel wire were used to –enough to wrap around the earth 3 times.  1 million rivetsWe discuss the old-school rivets and a condition that developed among riveters. When the primer paint came into contact with the still-hot rivets, they'd release fumes that led to an odd collection of symptoms. Eddie recalls his first trip over the bridge to Muir Woods, where the Ewok scenes in Star Wars were filmed. Tyler thought about taking a similar trip but lacked confidence in the range of his rented electric vehicle.   09:06 - Joseph StraussEddie leads us into a conversation about Joseph Strauss, who headed up the construction of the bridge. Tyler goes bleepy in his review of Strauss's character. Strauss tended to be a little praise-hungry, tending to brush aside the contributions of others who made substantial contributions to the bridge's design and construction. We discuss Strauss's Renaissance-man range of interests and his death soon after the bridge's completion. Eddie admires Strauss's idea of creating a scale model of the bridge during the building process.  13:24 - Historical Comparisons, Objections, Divers, etc. We discuss the history of suspension bridges and the unique challenges of constructing a bridge over this particular waterway. Eddie recounts the history of interest in building a bridge that would save massive travel time. A drive around this bay at today's travel speeds would take 3 hours. He lists the various parties that objected to the bridge's construction–everything from environmentalists to citizens worried about the naval fleet being prevented from reaching the ocean. (And, of course, you can imagine how worked up the ferrymen were.)Tyler discusses the crucial contributions of the construction divers in those old-school diving suits. We discuss the tasks they completed and the risks they took. 29:00 - Safety Performance, Cables, and AI We express our amazement at the fact that only 11 people died during this project. Considering the safety standards of the day, that was pretty impressive–especially considering the fact that 10 of those deaths occurred in the same incident. That means that if that incident hadn't occurred, there would have been only a single death in a project completed when some decision-makers considered it acceptable to have one death per million dollars spent on a project. We wonder if part of the reason for that safety was hard hats, which were required for the first time on this project. We review the specs related to the massive cables–up to 3 feet in diameter–that both support the bridge and allow it to flex. These big projects created necessities that mothered inventions. Eddie returns to the topic of naysayers and how we approach the decisions to tackle large projects. We ponder the cost-benefit analyses done with projects like this as they relate to environmental concerns. Tyler connects the learning that occurred and the travel patterns that shifted as a result of the Golden Gate Bridge. He links these considerations to our current perspective on AI. 32:50 - Destination StructuresWe discuss the cool feelings that come with the construction of projects that have enough of a presence in the national consciousness that people travel just to see them. Tyler says the Great Wall of China is one that he'd like to see.Eddie would like to go up in the St. Louis Arch and to see the Space Needle, the Taj Mahal. He'd also love to visit some ancient ones.  This prompts us to reflect a bit–thinking that we need to take the time to appreciate the way that people use the things we build. Appreciate the fact that you're making a difference in people's daily lives. If you're interested in learning more about the Golden Gate Bridge and its construction, check out these sources: The RivetsVideo clips of the riveting process 1960s mini-documentary Pics of underwater workersCable picsPics of south tower “bathtub”History Channel Modern Marvels episodeCheck out the partners that make our show possible.Find Us Online: BrosPodcast.com - LinkedIn - Youtube - Instagram - Facebook - TikTok - Eddie's LinkedIn - Tyler's LinkedInIf you enjoy the podcast, please rate us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to us! Thanks for listening

After a quick pop culture discussion, your favorite sister duo discusses 3 Must Dos and 3 Things To Skip in San Francisco. They cover Muir Woods, Alcatraz, Napa, Palace of Fine Arts, parks, restaurants, and more.San Francisco Favorites:Hiking - Muir WoodsBottomless Brunch - Chubby NoodleWinery - Domaine CarnerosPicnic Spot - Palace of Fine ArtsCheck out our website: loveitthere.square.siteFollow Love It There on Instagram: @loveittherepodPrefer video podcasts? Watch on YouTube! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Settle down amongst the rustling leaves and softly chirping birds of Muir Woods with our latest sleep soundscape, a sleep journey inspired by the practice of shinrin-yoku, or Japanese forest bathing. This episode, invites you to let the trees help you calm down, weaving a tapestry of peaceful breezy sounds that echo the essence of the forest bathing nature therapy, letting the soft rustling of leaves and distant bird calls guide you to a place of serene connection with nature. Our 3D audio recording, crafted during the enchanting "magic hour", serves as a how-to guide for natural forest bathing in 2023. It's an invitation to let the trees heal you, stress melts away beneath the ancient redwoods' protective canopy. As you sink into the earthy embrace of this timeless woodland, the forest bathing exercises unfold seamlessly. Experience the surprising benefits of forest bathing in every soothing sound, crafted to promote restful slumber and a peaceful state of mind. Sleep Sounds YouTube Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Un voyage sonore de Shinrin Yoku. Plongez-vous dans le murmure des feuilles et le doux chant des oiseaux de Muir Woods avec notre dernier paysage sonore pour le sommeil, un voyage inspiré par le shinrin yoku. Cet épisode, "shinrin yoku l'art et la science du bain de forêt", vous invite à vous laisser apaiser par les arbres, tissant une tapisserie de sons naturels qui reflètent l'essence du bain de forêt et ses bienfaits thérapeutiques. Notre enregistrement audio 3D, capturé pendant la magique "heure dorée", agit comme un guide vers une expérience immersive de bain de forêt, conforme à la philosophie de "shinrin yoku l'art et la science du bain de forêt". Sous le couvert protecteur des anciens séquoias, vous ressentirez une dissolution du stress et une reconnexion profonde avec la nature. Alors que vous vous enfoncez dans l'accueil chaleureux de cette forêt intemporelle, les techniques de bain de forêt se déploient naturellement, révélant les avantages insoupçonnés de cette pratique. Chaque son soigneusement sélectionné promet un sommeil réparateur et un esprit apaisé, en harmonie avec les principes de "shinrin yoku l'art et la science du bain de forêt". Sons pour dormir YouTube

In this episode we take you on a trip to one of the places in the US that we enjoy returning to from time to time. Welcome to the wine region of California. We'll share three ways that we have experienced the wine regions and the pros and cons of each, some of our favorite wineries that we have visited, the wonderful places that we have stayed, and a few great places to eat while you are in the area. Whether you are seeking the perfect wine or just so breathtaking scenery, pack a bag and join us as we travel to Napa Valley and Sonoma, California. Some links are affiliate links. See our disclosure. Here's the link to book the private tour wine driver we used on one of our trips - Steve Batory - Fine Wine Tours Where we have stayed: Carneros Resort and Spa - located between Napa & Sonoma White House Inn & Spa in Downtown Napa The Lodge at Sonoma Resort, Autograph Collection Hotel in Downtown Sonoma List of the wineries we have been to Note that Napa Valley includes St. Helena, Rutherford, Yountville and Sonoma includes Glenn Ellen, Kenwood, Russian River Valley Napa Mumm Napa Cade Winery Peju Round Pond Caymus Reverie II Crocker & Starr V Sattui Winery - we had lunch here Sonoma Porter Creek vineyards Martorana Family winery Christopher Creek Pedroncelli Winery picked up lunch at dry creek general store - ate at Martorana Family winery Thomas George Winery Buena Vista Kenwood Anaba Matanzas Creek Winery The Donum Estate Gloria Ferrer Wines Landmark j Rochioli Vineyard & Winery Jacuzzi Family Vineyards Benziger Family Winery - Biodynamic Farming Cline Where to Eat Eat brunch at Auberge du Soleil - Napa Dry creek general store to pickup sandwiches v. Sarttuli Sonoma market - for sandwich and salads hot bar lunch meat The girl & the fig Sonoma B & V Whiskey Bar & Grille Sonoma In the town of Napa Allegria Oxbow Public Market - with food vendors etc Tarla Mediterrean In Yountville RH Yountville Bouchon Bistro A couple of other suggestions: In napa and sonoma you are going to also find tasting rooms so if you don't want to drive from one to another You Have to stop by Muir woods - make a parking reservation online but we think it is a must do when visiting the area San Rafael might be a good stop for lunch on the way in from San Fransisco, we recommend - Taqueria San Jose in San Fafael On the way to Muir Woods stop in Mill Valley - Equator Coffee Sign up for free travel deals & exclusive content here. Read more about this and other travel destinations on our BLOG Follow our travels on Facebook Follow our travels on Instagram here See and Save our travel ideas on Pinterest See our travel videos on You Tube Music Credit Music by OYStudio from Pixabay

Step into the serene beauty of Muir Woods as Pastor Samuel Laws delivers an inspiring message titled "A Life That Stands Tall." This impactful sermon is part of our series "Around The Bay," where we explore timeless truths in the beautiful Bay Area. Join Pastor Samuel as he draws powerful parallels between the majestic trees of Muir Woods and the kind of life we're called to lead. Through engaging storytelling and insightful biblical teaching, discover how to root yourself deeply in faith, rise above life's challenges, and stand tall in your purpose. Don't miss this unique blend of spiritual insight and natural wonderment. Subscribe to Brave Church for more enriching messages that resonate with your journey of faith.

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Despite being under the care of multiple health providers, the fragmentation of her medical data meant they missed the signs of her condition. Marc has dedicated his life to developing better tools for families and caregivers to manage their loved one's health. He aimed to create a unified system where all health data could be gathered, enabling caregivers, patients, and medical providers to see the whole picture. OtisHealth allows patients to integrate data from different sources, including wearable devices, and capture information outside clinical settings. The initial outreach strategy of OtisHealth through consumer channels was slow to get traction. The company switched to recruiting through organizations with health interests, such as health insurers or "payers," leading to a significant increase in users. Although not everyone uses the app daily, it is a crucial health management tool for those with chronic illnesses or emergencies. 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Follow thoughtbot on Twitter (https://twitter.com/thoughtbot) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/150727/). Become a Sponsor (https://thoughtbot.com/sponsorship) of Giant Robots! Transcript: VICTORIA: This is the Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots Podcast, where we explore the design, development, and business of great products. I'm your host, Victoria Guido. And with me today is Marc Mar-Yohana, CEO and Founder of OtisHealth, a personal health application and a platform for patient-caregiver engagement, population health, and clinical research. Marc, thank you for joining me. MARC: Victoria, I'm honored to be here. Thank you so much for inviting me to join you on this podcast. VICTORIA: You're welcome. I'm excited to have you. So, why don't you just tell me a little bit about what's going on in your world right now? MARC: Well, OtisHealth is keeping me pretty busy. So, I live in Northern California. My team is mostly in California, a little bit in Illinois. And we're busy every day, both supporting our members and working with clients. And so, it's exciting times, especially on our advocacy front. We work with organizations across the country to advocate for patient access to their health records and also for individuals themselves to improve their access to quality healthcare wherever they reside in the United States. The advocacy, the work with our clients, and the work with our members keeps us super busy. Although I do still try to make time to hike in the beautiful scenery out here. I'm new to California. I'm originally from Illinois, so it's great to just be able to get out every once in a while for a hike in the area. VICTORIA: That's wonderful. Have you made it to any redwood forest out there? MARC: Yeah, Muir Woods, which is just north of us, north of the San Francisco Bay Area. Most of the time, we like to walk the coastline. So just north of Santa Cruz is a great state park known as Wilder State Ranch. And they have amazing views of the coastline, wonderful views of birds, as well as occasionally spotting whales, and dolphins, and sea otters along the coast. VICTORIA: That's so cool. I had a friend, actually, who just went up there and went kayaking with the otters, and I'm very jealous. [laughter] It sounds beautiful. MARC: Yeah, that can be fun. Otters are really cute creatures. And they can be aggressive too. There's a concern right now. There's one female otter that likes to grab people's surfboards. And I saw a video of a sea lion jumping on top of a sea kayak to steal a fish from a fisherman. VICTORIA: I think if a sea otter or a sea lion wanted my vessel, a kayak or surfboard, I mean, you can have it. [laughter] You worked this hard. [laughs] MARC: Yeah, they're pretty aggressive. They're more comfortable in the water than we are, so they [laughs] pretty much are in charge in the environment. VICTORIA: That's right. We're in their house, right? So, I'm, like, okay, [laughs] you can have it. That's great. Oh, wonderful. I'm glad you still have time to get outside and enjoy hiking with your family, even though you're a very busy founder [chuckles] and very active advocate for your community. So, why don't you tell me how everything with OtisHealth got started? MARC: So, it started with a tragedy, a horrible tragedy in my life. My daughter, Constance, who was eight years old at the time and had been previously diagnosed with autism, apraxia of speech, and epilepsy, died from an undiagnosed brain tumor. She had great healthcare. She had a neurologist, a pediatrician. She had therapists that saw her five days a week and, of course, her parents watching over her. Yet, we all missed the symptoms, the major illness that claimed her life. And so, because all of her healthcare providers were on different systems, and as parents, we didn't have a system, there wasn't a place to put our observations together. And everyone attributed their observations of her changing condition to other medical concerns. And so, after she passed, I started to spend a couple of years trying to understand what happened. And I realized a big part of it was the information was in front of us. It was just in different people's hands. And when we put it together, we could have seen the whole picture that would have shown that she had a more serious illness. And so I chose a new mission in my life: to abandon my corporate career and move into this role of developing a better set of tools for families and caregivers to manage their loved one's health. And so, our mission today is to work with families, caregivers, and people with chronic illness to give them better tools to manage their everyday health and the health of their loved ones, and thereby also improving lives in the community. VICTORIA: Well, I love that out of the tragedy, you were able to find direction and purpose to solve this major problem, which I can relate to having moved across the country. Your medical records don't come with you. You have to basically kind of start all over, or they have to go get them from your past patients. It's not unified as a system, as you might think that is. [laughs] MARC: That's absolutely right. Our data is spread out across different clinical sources. Just in the time I moved out here to California from Chicago, I saw five different providers just because I wanted to get some tests done. So, I had to go to a few different locations to do a normal battery of tests. And so, I had at least five different health records created just when I moved out here. And they're all in different systems, and they're not even on the same type of application. So, to bring them together, I had to basically download them and put them in files on my desktop computer. With OtisHealth, I'm able to retrieve that data and put it onto one continuous record and watch it. But that's still just our clinical data, meaning data collected in clinical settings. We have more data to share of things that you and I observe as regular people or our families observe. And so, the part that's missing in the record is all the observations in the time that we're not in the physician, in a physician's office, or in the presence of a clinician. We can; with our tools today, such as wearable watches, or blood pressure cuffs that are Bluetooth-connected, we can get a lot more data and share that back into our records so that we have a true baseline, not the once-a-year that I go to see a physician, and they say my blood pressure is high. And the next time I go, it's low. It's because we only have two data points over two years. Where today, with our technology and our capabilities, we can have a baseline of true data continuously throughout the year that will give the physician or care team more insights into how we're doing in terms of our health. VICTORIA: That's so interesting. And it makes a lot of sense to me why someone would want to use this or why doctors would want to use this. And I'm curious, once you had this idea, how did you get that initial traction to get started with OtisHealth? MARC: Initially, it was a little difficult. And this is kind of part of our lessons learned when we started the company. We started advertising on Facebook. This is after we launched the product. So, we launched in 2021. We had the idea that we were going to make this available to a lot of people. We knew a lot of folks that needed it. It was okay to get the first 100 or so people because there were folks that we knew needed the application or folks that were curious about it and wanted to try it. And we started advertising through consumer channels such as Facebook, and LinkedIn, and other magazines to people that we knew had the need for the app. Yet, it was a very slow uptake. And the part of what we learned and we started applying to our marketing or our membership development or recruitment thesis is that the health records are kind of like an umbrella. We don't think about the umbrella or going out to get an umbrella until it's raining, and for most people, it doesn't rain very often. And so, it's not something that people would use every day. In most cases, they use it only when they have an emergency or when they're managing their chronic illness or the chronic illness of a loved one. And so, we eventually changed the way we were recruiting and started recruiting through other organizations, such as clients where we're able to get thousands of users through the client that has members. And then, slowly, over time, teach them the importance of managing their everyday health, and taking their own vitals, and recording that, and they record for themselves and their family. VICTORIA: Right. So, you were able to offer the app for free for daily users because you found another group that was interested in having access to the data and having this app, right? MARC: Yeah. So, anybody today can go to the Apple Store or the Google Play Store and they could download the app for free. And they can use the web version also. And they could share it with friends and family, which I always encourage people to do. So, if you have an emergency contact, invite them to your medical records; at least they have your basic medications, and allergies, and other key information in case of an emergency. What we did in terms of our change of strategy early on is we started going to organizations that also had an interest in improving the health of their population and, in particular, health insurers or what we call in the industry payers. And so, payer organizations could be Medicaid, Medicare, or it could be employee health plan, one of the big health insurance companies like Blue Cross or UnitedHealthcare. They have an interest in people managing their everyday health. And so, one of our clients right now, everyone that enrolls in one of their plans automatically gets enrolled in a version of OtisHealth specifically for their members. And those members could still invite people to join them on the platform, and those people can get on with OtisHealth. But the nice thing is now this payer has a way to both encourage healthier activity or healthier practices for their population and monitor if there's a problem. So, if somebody is missing medications, or not taking their medications on time, or has vitals that are tracking poorly, this gives the payer an opportunity to reach out and ask them if they need help managing their health. VICTORIA: So, how does that dynamic affect how you measure successful engagement on the platform, like, a successful rate of engagement? MARC: So, for us, most people don't use the app every day. Most of us don't even think about our health [laughs] on a daily basis from a standpoint of our medical health or clinical health. Sometimes those of us that exercise regularly think about it in those terms or eating healthy. But we don't think about keeping a record or using an app to maintain our health. And so, for us, an active user is anybody that's logging in at least once a month to update their information. Our really great users are the ones who are using the reminder features to take supplements or take their medications. And so, I would say of the few thousand users that we have—we're approaching 10,000 right now active users—only a small percentage of those, maybe 10%, are actually using it on a daily basis for themselves or their family. And so, for us, a good engagement and good practice is folks setting reminders on at least a weekly basis to take vitals, weigh themselves—something that would help them track their health over time—and if they're taking medications, to set daily reminders for the medications that they take. And so, we currently have far more people enrolled in OtisHealth and that, you know, 5,000, 6000 I mentioned that are active. But they basically bought the umbrella, and they just put it in their closet. They're waiting for that rainy day that they have to pull it out and start using it. VICTORIA: That makes sense. And I'm already in my head going through the people in my family who would benefit from this where, you know, I have family members who have a learning and a physical disability, and tracking everything that they're supposed to be doing to maintain their health is quite difficult. So, I can definitely see the value in that and why people would want to use it. And I think for, you know, healthcare apps, you have to build this high level of trust. You know, people are giving you all this data about their health information. So, how do you go about building a product that people can trust from the beginning? MARC: One of the things we sort early in the life of OtisHealth is an accreditation. An accreditation is not required by law. It's not required by any institution necessarily. It's a third party that reviews our practices and our systems to see if we're actually following good privacy and security standards and practices. And so we went live in November of 2021, and by the end of December of 2021, we already had our full accreditation in what's called a comprehensive level from a national established organization known as The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission. And so, that was the first step of making sure that folks understood that we took their privacy and security seriously. That accreditation means that our practices and our technology meets or exceeds federal regulatory requirements and industry guidelines. And that's just the first step. Then after that, it's really a matter of people gain their trust because an accreditation itself doesn't necessarily mean that we trust that brand. That's just a basic starting point for us. After that, we publish articles about maintaining health. We have launched some videos about different aspects of our advocacy, such as with autism for caregivers. And we participate in community activities at the national level to improve patient access and to talk about how important it is to manage our own health and the health of our loved ones. And so, it's a combination of both basic accreditations that show that we made the investment, and we provided a third party to critique us and to review us. And we actively maintain that accreditation is not a one-time stamp. And then, the second part is continuous outreach, and letting the community know what we're working on, what's important to us, so that, over time, they start to look at what we do and start to trust it and invite other people to trust it as well. VICTORIA: That makes a lot of sense. And I'm curious if there were experiences from your corporate career that informed how you acted as a founder and what you prioritized. MARC: I've had an odd corporate career. [laughs] So, I started my career as an engineer in manufacturing operations and in product development and then went down to as a consultant strategy in ops and market management, and then, later, investment management and private equity, and then, later, for a safety science company where I was managing global capital investments in technology and new operations. And so, I've been fortunate that I've had a breadth of experience, from marketing to sales, to product and technology development, and infrastructure management. So, I had some basic skills that helped me understand what...well, the endeavor before I jumped into it because I spent a couple of years thinking about whether or not I even wanted to do something like this. And then, I would say probably the most important part of my previous experience that I apply every day at OtisHealth is developing teams and developing collaboration with different organizations. You know, aside from the team that I have, our own staff, we also work very closely with other organizations, even competitors, to make sure that we're all successful. And so, that collaboration across organizations that don't even have a necessarily contractual relationship is something that I brought over from my previous work and seeing how working across the industry, we can help each other and serve the mission. So, I think that was probably the most important part of my previous work experience that I apply today is this: building a team and building a coalition of organizations that want to move forward together. VICTORIA: That's great. And I'm wondering if there was anything that surprised you in that early phase of building collaboration with other companies and understanding your users that changed the strategic direction you were going with in the app. MARC: So, one of the things that I was really just in awe of was how willing people in the healthcare industry were to jump in and help out when we started talking. And so, many of the organizations that we work with, the founders or the senior staff within the nonprofits we work with, all have a story of why they're doing what they're doing. Many are brilliant people who could have taken their careers in many different directions, not in healthcare. And they chose to move forward in healthcare because of some personal experience in their life. And so, as I learned about the people I was working with, I was surprised how quickly they just took me under their wing and said, "Hey, let's get you started marketing. Let's move OtisHealth forward." And so, we have organizations like Onyx and Invitae [SP] that are giving us support in data access. There's another organization that I can't mention yet; that's another private entity that has offered their support, and we hope to launch with them in the next couple of weeks. And so, we're forming these data access bridges to help get patients more access to their data, their loved ones' data. And then, there's the nonprofits in the advocacy and standards organizations we work with, such as HL7, which is an international health technology standards organization, and DirectTrust, which is an organization that establishes trust networks in ecosystems, as well as the technology infrastructure behind how those systems communicate. And we work also with EHNAC, the accreditation commission. So, we not only are using the accreditation from EHNAC, we're on committees to advise them on future criteria for accreditation. VICTORIA: That's really cool. I love that there's that collaboration and just openness and willingness to try to make things better and to invest in solutions together. Mid-Roll Ad: VICTORIA: Introducing thoughtbot's ongoing maintenance service. Need reliable support and maintenance for your software? Look no further. Our expert team handles upgrades, bug fixes, UI adjustments, and new feature development. And the best part? Our maintenance packages start at just 5K per month for companies of all sizes. From Ruby on Rails to Node, React, and, yes, even PHP, we've got you covered. Trust thoughtbot for top-notch support and optimized performance. To receive a custom quote, contact sales@thoughtbot.com. VICTORIA: And with me here, I have Richard Newman, who is the Development Director on our Boost Team, to talk to me a little bit more about what maintenance actually looks like once you've built your software application, right? RICHARD: Hi, Victoria. VICTORIA: Hi, Richard. You have experience building applications. I wonder if you could describe to a founder who's considering to build an application, like, what should they consider for their long-term maintenance? RICHARD: Well, like you said earlier, part of what you're going for with that long-term maintenance is making sure the health of your project, of your application, is always there. And you don't want to be surprised as you're continuing to work with your users and so forth. And so, a number of things that we pay attention to in maintenance are, we're paying attention to keeping the application secure, providing security updates. We want to make sure that the ecosystem, basically, all of the tools and third-party services that are tied to your application that, we're responding to those sorts of changes as we go along. And then part of it is, occasionally, you're going to find some smaller issues or bugs or so forth as your user group continues to grow or as needs continue to change. You want to be able to respond to those quickly as well. And so, a lot of what goes into maintenance is making sure that you're paying attention and you're ahead of those things before they surprise you. VICTORIA: Because what can happen? Like, what are the consequences if you don't do that ongoing maintenance? RICHARD: Well, the security updates those happen across gems and in the platform sort of tools that are there. And so, if you're not keeping those up to date, your exposure, your vulnerability to being hacked, or having a bad actor come into your application start growing on you if you're not doing the maintenance. The other ones that can come up is there's new interfaces that these third-party services...they may be updating their APIs. They may be updating how you're supposed to work with their tool. And so, those can occasionally break if you're not paying attention to what's going on or you're suddenly surprised by an upgrade that you have to make. And then, finally, there's this long-term sort of code change that just builds up over time if you're not keeping it refactored for the changes that are upcoming in a language or the gems that you work with. And then, suddenly, after a while, it suddenly gets to the point where you have a lot of work that you might have to do to rehabilitate the application to take on some of the newer features that are being released. And so, that makes it that much more difficult, that much more friction about being able to deliver updates for your users or to be able to respond to changes that are happening out there in your application. VICTORIA: Right. So, if you don't have that ongoing maintenance, you could run into a situation where, suddenly, you need to make a very large investment and fixing whatever is broken. RICHARD: Absolutely. It's going to be very tough to plan for if you weren't keeping up all the way along and, yes, absolutely ends up being much slower if you have to remediate it. VICTORIA: That makes sense. I wonder if you have any examples of a project you've walked into and said, "Wow, I wish we had been doing a little bit more maintenance." [laughs] And maybe you can share some details. RICHARD: Yeah. We had a fairly large application that involved a number of clinic services. So, we had an application that users were going in every day and counting on our fast response. And, over time, we've got surprised by a database upgrade that had to happen. Basically, the database was going to be changed by our third-party hosting service, and that hadn't been tested. There hadn't been procedures in place when we discovered this need. And there was a very hard date that that change had to be done or else the entire application was going to go down. And it came at a very inconvenient time, at the end of the year around Christmas, that we had to respond to all of that. And had we been in front of it and just updated it every quarter and staying current with it, it wouldn't have been nearly the lift that it turned out to be. We were facing a pretty hard deadline [laughs] there to keep things going. It was very, very stressful and disruptive for the team and potentially for the clinics. VICTORIA: Right. And it always happens around a big holiday or something like that, right? When it all comes to a head. So... [laughter] RICHARD: Absolutely. You want to be in control of the timeframe and not have the timeframe be in control of you. VICTORIA: Right. And if you have a team like thoughtbot supporting you, you can go on your vacation with a little bit more knowledge that if something breaks, there's someone there who can respond and fix things, and you don't have to interrupt your very valuable time off. So... RICHARD: [chuckles] Absolutely. VICTORIA: Yeah. Well, thank you so much, Richard, for joining me today. I appreciate you coming here to talk with us. And we'll talk to you again soon. RICHARD: Yeah, it was a pleasure. Thank you. VICTORIA: You mentioned advocacy. And I'm curious if you could say more about what advocacy are you doing or how does that blend into your business model and what you're doing with OtisHealth? MARC: I'll give you an example. One of the organizations we belong to and I participate in personally is the Health Information Management System Society. And so, this is a professional society of healthcare IT professionals. And in Northern California, there's an advocacy committee that works directly with the state legislature to promote legislation that will improve the quality of healthcare for people in California. We actively talk to members of the legislature to tell them what bills we think are important. The ones we focus on and the ones I personally focus on are the ones that improve access to our data and also improve our privacy. So, there's a legislation in California, as an example, that will prohibit access to people's healthcare data without proper legal warrant. So, it's basically extending HIPAA protections across any health app launched in California. And we, of course, are already HIPAA-compliant, so that's very easy for us. There's also advocacy specific to certain health conditions. So, my daughter had autism. I work with the Autism Society here in California and also Achieve Tahoe, which is an organization that teaches skiing and other skills to people with disabilities in particular. This past season was my first season. I work primarily with children and young adults with autism and other developmental disorders. And then we also partner with organizations when we think that they're aligned with some of our mission. And so we work with the Caregiver Action Network. We also will work with AARP and other organizations regarding caregiver rights and also teaching caregivers how to access the healthcare data of their loved ones and how to take care of themselves personally. VICTORIA: That's wonderful. And I guess it's not really a question, but I saw that autism service dogs are a thing, and I just thought that was really cool. [laughs] MARC: Yeah, OtisHealth is named after Constance's autism service dog, Otis. And so, service dogs are extraordinary animals. They're highly trained. Otis had been trained for two years before we received him. He was trained specifically for Constance's needs, and he kept her safe. And that was the primary interest in Otis is observing things that she...because of her cognitive limitations, wasn't always aware of her surroundings and wasn't always safe. And so, the dog maintained her safety and her boundaries and kept her focused, as well as just basically blocked her if she was going to do something that was unsafe. So, there are many different kinds of service dogs, and I'm talking specifically about ADA, the Americans with Disability Act type service dogs. These aren't, like, companion dogs or therapy dogs. These are truly highly trained animals that are focused on specific tasks to help an individual be safer, more free, or have more abilities than their disabilities may allow. VICTORIA: Well, I love that. And I like that the app is named after her dog as well. That's just very sweet. And I love that that's how that worked. And I'm curious, what's on the horizon? What are you most excited about for OtisHealth in the next year? MARC: Like all startups, we have [laughs] a lot of plans. And we've been invited to speak at some conferences. I spoke at two already this year. And I have another one coming up in Washington, D.C., where we're going to advocate, again, for patient access. And this is primarily talking to the health systems themselves in adopting technology that makes it easier for patients to securely access their health records. And so, we're excited about that movement in the industry to recognize and start to act on that need for patients to be able to access their health records. And we work with our partners to promote that and also with the federal government. We work with the health and human services to promote this access. And we were published in a report earlier this year because of our technology demonstration with health and human services. And it sounds like it's finally getting some real traction in hospital systems. And members of the Federal Congress are also saying that this is something we need to move forward with in a more aggressive manner. On a more direct path, we're excited our membership's growing. We've had tens of thousands of people register to use the app, with thousands actively using it today. We're working on some new programs right now for payers and for providers that will improve health outcomes and within their populations, as well as bring on hundreds of thousands of other people on the app. We're really excited to know that we're getting both recognized for the work that we're doing and that people are starting to understand the importance of managing everyday health, whether it's with OtisHealth or another application. VICTORIA: Well, I love being excited for these opportunities to advocate for your product and for the mission behind the product. I'm not going to recommend being excited about going to D.C. during the summer. [laughs] Last time I was there when I landed at 9:00 p.m., it was 90 degrees outside [chuckles] and humid, like, 90% humidity. But it's great to have access to people who care and are trying to make things better and have that voice. I'm excited to see you grow. And then, it's been two years since you started the app. I wonder, if you could go back in time to when you first were getting started, what advice would you give yourself? MARC: So, this is a really hard thing for anybody to look back and say that they'd like to change a few things. There are things I would change. I have a lot of experience managing large, sophisticated programs. Because in the past I had large budgets, it was really easy to maintain strict discipline around the implementation. And I think I was too loose in the implementation process at the onset of OtisHealth. I would have been more disciplined around my program management and the accountability that I had to developers I was using. As a startup, I didn't have a large development team in-house. I needed to use external parties. And I should have been a little more closely on top of that process. The other things that we experienced were primarily a result of pivots. We were constantly pivoting as we were learning. I think having a team to review our process and pivot more quickly is really critical. You don't want to pivot 20 times a week. You need to stay focused for a while, but also having friends or advisors or members of your team that can help you assess when a pivot is necessary, or a new opportunity presents itself, I think, is critical. And so, we all know, as founders, the team is key. And I think the earlier you engage a team and not be bashful by asking for advice, the better. VICTORIA: I love that. And I'm curious if you have any advice from your program or from your startup career now on choosing the right development teams. And how do you find those right partners to actually build the app and have that accountability? MARC: So, I would say the number one thing that I've learned, that I knew previously, but I really appreciate it more now as a founder of a small company, is you need mission alignment, not just company to company, but person to person. And I took my time picking advisors to join us, and I took my time getting people on board to OtisHealth. We pick folks that we believe understand what we're doing, and we take our time and make sure that they appreciate it and that we're comfortable with them. Our startup is too small to make a bad hire or to have the wrong perspective because somebody has other motives, such as just making money. If I was providing advice in terms of picking teams or picking vendors to work with, I would say take it slow. Don't rush, even though you may be in a rush, or we may be in a rush to get moving, either for financial reasons or personal reasons. It's important just to feel comfortable. Get to know folks. Meet them in person if you can and spend a few hours with them at a time [laughs], just to make sure that they believe in you, and you believe in them, and that you have a common vision. Because when things get rough or tough, financially or otherwise, you need people that are going to be able to stick through it and work with you. VICTORIA: That makes a lot of sense. There's a lot of pivots happening. You want everyone to be on the same page. And you don't want to have to be corralling everyone all the time if they have competing priorities, so that makes a lot of sense. MARC: Absolutely. Just to be clearer on that, we all run into challenges. So, in some cases, we had to make some financial sacrifices, and everyone did it together. You really need people that are that committed that say, "Okay, I understand where we are, and so, I'm willing to take a pay cut for a while or not get paid for a while until we can get this spec started again." Even vendors I work with today that are strategic vendors understand that and have helped us financially when we need some time to get more revenue in. VICTORIA: Great. And so, when you were building a healthcare app, was there people you needed to have on your team who had that exact specialty in either patient care, or medical records, or something like that? MARC: Yes, yeah, you need experts. So, I'm a quick read. I mean, I spent a couple of years learning the industry and understanding the technology. But the person that's our IT director he has over 25 years of experience in healthcare IT systems, so he is the expert in-house. We also have advisors on our team that are experts in payer services and payer systems, launching healthcare apps, managing standards, and managing SaaS services. We have a data and an AI expert, and a clinical research specialist. We also have physicians we refer to. [laughs] So, we have a pretty big entourage of individuals that we go to for very specific advice and work. VICTORIA: That makes a lot of sense. Let's see, what question should I be asking that I haven't asked yet? MARC: You know, I think most of the people listening to this podcast are technical founders. And it was surprising to me, and I had some founders contact me, asked for some free advice, which I'm happy to do, but they didn't seem sincere in their interest in being in healthcare. And one thing I told them, and I would say to anybody that's interested in being a healthcare technology developer, is you have to have a reason to do it besides the money. It will be a really hard battle to move forward with a technology if the only motivation is a financial opportunity. That isn't going to sustain the pivots or the development. You'll run into a lot of walls, primarily because everyone will see it. Everyone in the industry sees those players come in that just have a financial interest, and the consumers see it, and they don't like it. So, my advice to anybody that wants to develop technology in healthcare is you have to be a little sincere about it and have a real reason to do it beyond just making money, and I think you'll find it more rewarding. There's so much need for healthcare technology and better technology out there. So, I welcome folks to join the fight, the battle, or the opportunities. But I would say that just come in with the idea that you're helping people, not just making money. VICTORIA: I think that rings true for any business you're in, right? But especially in healthcare because it is this big target. Even in consulting, if you're doing business development and you're thinking of working on health IT projects, there's just a huge market that you have to narrow down and figure out where you're going to be. So, if you don't have that intrinsic motivation, it can be overwhelming and scattered, and then people won't connect with you, right? Because everybody is going after the same thing. MARC: That's exactly right. One of the conferences I went to earlier this year, a speaker got up and said, "People invest in people, or people make deals with other people." We talk about companies signing a deal with another company, but it's really one person trusting another person. Whether it's in healthcare or another industry, obviously, that trust needs to happen. At some point, if I don't trust the individual I'm talking to, I'm less likely to have a deal with that company. VICTORIA: Right. It's like; I don't know how, you know, it doesn't really matter how impressive your credentials are. If there's not a basic level of trust, you might not move forward with it, so that makes a lot of sense to me. MARC: Yeah, that's absolutely right, Victoria. VICTORIA: Absolutely. Is there anything else that you'd like to promote at the end of this podcast? MARC: I'd love for folks to try OtisHealth. If you have family that have chronic medical needs or need help managing their medical information, please download OtisHealth, help them join. There are videos on YouTube that explain how to use it if you need some guidance, but we believe most of it is self-explanatory. We are continuously adding data access points. We're going to be launching this week new versions of OtisHealth that have access privileges for people in New York and Nevada and parts of California and Colorado. And so that means that with the app, once you're ID-proofed on the app, you can use it to get your medical records from different sources without having to log into all these different patient portals. So please try it. Use it for yourself but especially use it for your family or anybody who you care for. We'd love to get your feedback as you use the app too. VICTORIA: That's great. And I'm actually already thinking about...next week; I'm going to be going to The San Diego Annual Veterans Stand Down, where anyone who is experiencing homelessness can come in and get access to all the services that they might need, whether it's legal, or healthcare, or dentistry, showers, food, all of these things. And I'm curious if that organization might benefit from having a tool like that for their users. So, I'll be talking about it. [laughs] MARC: Oh, thank you so much. That'd be wonderful. Thank you. VICTORIA: That's great. Well, thank you so much, Marc, for joining us. MARC: My pleasure. Thank you, Victoria, for having me on the show. VICTORIA: Excellent. You can subscribe to the show and find notes along with a complete transcript for this episode at giantrobots.fm. If you have questions or comments, email us at hosts@giantrobots.fm. And you can find me on Twitter @victori_ousg. This podcast is brought to you by thoughtbot and produced and edited by Mandy Moore. 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Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang is joined by special guest Dr. Gail Gazelle, Master Coach, certified mindfulness teacher, faculty at Harvard, and author of her new book Mindful MD. We discuss the synergistic relationship of coaching with mindfulness and how she considers coaching as mindfulness in action. She highlights the importance that we are not our thoughts and that our thoughts are not necessarily true. We discuss the impermanence of thoughts, emotions, and body sensations, and how important it is to recognize this, using mindfulness, as a key to our autonomy as healers.    Download a free chapter of her book here: https://gailgazelle.com/mindfulmd Get additional resources for physician well-being on her website at https://gailgazelle.com   Come practice all of the wisdom and insights shared in this episode in the great outdoors with me and Dr. Jessie Mahoney at our second Mindful Healers Connect in Nature retreat at magical Muir Beach and Muir Woods in July 2023.  We still have some openings, but hotel rooms in the area are more limited now, so please decide soon! We would love to have you join us! www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreat-connect-in-nature If you want to find calm, contentment, and a clear and meaningful path forward, coach  with Dr. Mahoney www.jessiemahoneymd.com If you want to develop a mindfulness practice, reach out to Dr. Liang www.awakenbreath.org *Nothing in this episode should be considered medical advice.  

Gratitude increases happiness, well-being, and a positive mood. Awe and wonder provoke self-diminishment and increased connectedness with other people that may decrease markers of chronic inflammation, increase kindness and generosity. This episode seeks to inspire you to reflect upon, perhaps even seek out experiences internally and externally that can evoke gratitude, awe, and wonder. Using mindfulness, we can choose to pay attention and evoke gratitude, awe, and wonder in various environments.   Join us at the Mindful Healers Connect in Nature Retreat which will have ample opportunities to practice gratitude and experience awe and wonder, especially amongst the Giant Redwoods of Muir Woods. Limited spots remain! www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreat-connect-in-nature If you want to find calm, contentment, and a clear and meaningful path forward in areas of your life beyond relationships, I invite you to explore private mindful coaching with Dr. Mahoney www.jessiemahoneymd.com If you want to develop a mindfulness practice, reach out to Dr. Liang www.awakenbreath.org *Nothing in this episode should be considered medical advice.  

When was the last time you saw both the sunrise and sunset? What might happen if your kids spent the same amount of time in nature as they did on a screen each day? What might happen if you spent as much time outside in nature as you do on recreational screens? Prescribing nature for our patients and ourselves is good medicine.  The restorative power of a simple dose of nature is tremendous.  Nature prescriptions began as a movement in Pediatrics about 10 years ago. They have more recently spread to many other specialties too. Growing numbers of physicians are now prescribing doses of time outdoors in an attempt to address the high burden of chronic disease and our increasingly sedentary and screen-based lifestyles. As a coach, I also prescribe nature. Nature activates our parasympathetic nervous system and makes neuroplasticity more accessible and easeful.  This is why ALL my retreats are intentionally located in spectacular natural settings.  Nature works synergistically with coaching, mindfulness, coaching, and community.  Nature activates positive emotions such as gratitude, wonder, awe, and reverence. There are tons of studies about the impact of nature on health and well-being. A few relevant pearls of wisdom: Nature reduces stress, promotes healing, and optimizes rest and recovery.  Even a window with a view of nature optimizes healing in hospitalized patients Walking in natural environments reduces negative emotions, increases positive emotions, and improves work performance Spending time in a forest "lowers cortisol, heart rate, and blood pressure, suppresses our sympathetic nervous system, and activates our parasympathetic nerves" Activities in nature improve self-esteem and reduce negativity  Time in nature "relieves stress, reduces depression and negative emotions, and increases positive emotions" Nature has a "cognitive recovery effect."  It improves concentration and daily problem-solving abilities   What nature prescription do you need right now? How might you incorporate the idea of “prescribing nature” into your own practice of medicine? How might you add more nature to your day and/or your family's life? How might you use nature to help you recover, heal or transform more easefully and effectively? What is preventing you from filling your nature prescription with us at the Mindful Healers Connect in Nature Retreat?   In honor of Eart Day, we invite you to give out nature prescriptions to those that you heal AND to yourself. We also invite you to take us up on our nature prescription offering. Join us at the Mindful Healers Connect in Nature Retreat. Loved ones, colleagues, and special friends are also welcome to join. Nature heals and helps everyone. If July 14-16th, 2023  doesn't work for you to enjoy awe and wonder in Muir Woods, join Jessie at Sagrada or Pie Ranch. All of Jessie's retreats happen amidst nature with intention. Nature is a key part of the healing and transformation recipe.  https://www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreats If you want to learn more about the synergistic effects of nature and mindfulness, we invite you to listen to Episdoe 57. Nature Heals and Inspires https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/57-nature-heals-and-inspires/id1542538851?i=1000548730414 *Nothing in this podcast is medical advice.    

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Text Hawk to 66866 to become part of "Mindful Monday." Join 10's of thousands of your fellow learning leaders and receive a carefully curated email from me each Monday morning to help you start your week off right... Full show notes at www.LearningLeader.com Twitter/IG: @RyanHawk12   https://twitter.com/RyanHawk12 Dan Lyons is the New York Times bestselling author of "Disrupted," "Lab Rats," and "STFU: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut in an Endlessly Noisy World." Dan was a writer for HBO's hit comedy, "Silicon Valley," and before that was a journalist at Newsweek, Forbes, and Fortune. The best sales reps spend 54 percent of the call listening and 46 percent talking. The worst reps talked 72 percent of the time. They made calls feel like conversations.  A company called Gong uses machine learning software that analyzes sales calls to find out what works and what doesn't. Its software vacuums up millions of hours of audio data and then analyzes it to figure out how the best sales reps operate. Gong's customers use this information to train new sales reps and help underperformers improve. In 2017 Gong analyzed more than five hundred thousand calls and found that sales calls with the best close rates were ones in which reps knew how to be quiet and ask questions instead of making a sales pitch. To be precise, the most successful reps asked eleven to fourteen questions. Fewer than that, and you're not digging deep enough. More than that, the call starts to feel like an interrogation. Eavesdropping on happiness: The research showed that people who spent more time having substantive conversations were happier than those who spent more time having small talk, and weather conversations. Always Say Less Than Necessary – "When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike. Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish.” -- Robert Greene Researcher, Mehl joined a team that made a third big discovery: that people who suffer from anxiety and depression use the first-person singular pronouns I, me, and my more than other people. Go OUTSIDE – Harvard biologist Edward O. Wilson, who hypothesized that our affinity for the outdoors and love of living things have been hardwired into our DNA by evolution and exist as innate parts of our psychological and physiological makeup. Wilson calls this “biophilia,” a name derived from the ancient Greek words for “life” and “love.” It's the reason people watch birds, melt at the sight of baby bunnies, travel to Yellowstone National Park to marvel at the bison, and rush to the window when a deer wanders into their yard. It's why walking through Muir Woods among giant thousand-year-old redwood trees takes your breath away. The Talkaholic Scale Test – Prior to writing the book, Dan scored a 50 (the highest possible score)… Meaning he is a talkaholic. AFTER writing the book, he scored a 40, and Dan's wife scored him at 38. Life/Career Advice: Earn attention by doing great work, not by being loud and outlandish. It's more lasting and will help you build better relationships and a great career.

Good morning, RVA! It's 47 °F, and today looks sunny and wonderful with highs in the 70s. NBC12's Andrew Freiden says it's his Verified Best Weather Day of the Week™ and that it caps off the “third warmest Meteorological Winter in Richmond's history.” If I weren't headed to VCU's final home game of the season, I'd spend the evening out getting lost in the woods. I hope you find the time today to get out there and enjoy it! Water cooler This past Sunday, Henrico County Supervisor Tyrone Nelson hit a person riding their bike with his car. From NBC12's report: “The Henrico Police Department says Tyrone Nelson failed to give a three-foot distance when trying to pass the cyclist in the 6500 block of Osborne Turnpike around 11:45 a.m.” This block of Osborne Turnpike is just 1.5 miles from where a driver hit and killed Jonah Holland while she was riding her bike this past August. There's no doubt that this stretch of road is dangerous, but how many people need to get hurt or killed before the County does anything about it? If an elected official, someone who has the actual power to make this street safer, can hit someone with their car and just move on with life...I don't know. Depressing. Michael Martz at the Richmond Times-Dispatch has some electoral next steps now that we've got this past weekend's firehouse primaries behind us. First up, the special election on March 28th, and then the Democratic primary on June 20th (which gears up for the big November election). Also this is the first reporting I've read that confirms soon-to-be Senator Bagby (from the now-old 9th Senate District) will run in the new 14th Senate District in that June 20th primary. Speaking of the General Assembly, Bob Lewis at the Virginia Mercury pulls the numbers on the part-timedness of our commonwealth's legislative body. Given the ridiculously short amount of time our legislators spend actually legislating (just 46 days this year), to get through all of the bills submitted they'd need to “average final action on 45 bills per day.” Impossible! What's also impossible is changing the system to something that makes a little more sense. I think a lot folks like how the General Assembly works because it's weird, brutal, and inaccessible—sort of like an unnecessarily painful badge of civic honor. Today is the very last day that you can weigh in on the City's plan to bring bike lanes to Westover Hills Boulevard from the Nickel Bridge to points south. I encourage you to fill out the quick survey if you haven't already, asking for physical protection along the lanes and (kindly) reminding the City's Department of Public Works that sharrows are not real infrastructure. Additionally, the folks at Bike Walk RVA point out that extending the bike lane down 49th Street to a residential dead end doesn't connect anything to anywhere at the moment, and the proposal should, instead, continue the lanes down Westover Hills Boulevard south to Crutchfield. If, like me, you have to see it on a map, I crayoned Bike Walk RVA's preferred alignment here. So, to recap: 1) Add protection the the bike lanes, 2) Don't use sharrows, and 3) Extend the bike lanes on Westover Hills Boulevard to Crutchfield. Take four minutes and fill out the survey this morning (it's your last day to do so!). This morning's longread Let Lily Kwong—and a Mountainful of Orchids—Resensitize Your Cold, Dead Heart First, orchids! Second, I thought this was an incredibly thoughtful answer to the nihilistic question (which I see pop up in internet discourse constantly) of “why do anything at all, isn't everything terrible?” Before I go, I'm curious how Kwong, whose work in horticulture and urban design has also sought to address issues of native gardening and food insecurity, sees how these flashy, large-scale stunners, often brought to life at the behest of corporate brand partnerships, exist in conversation with her overall mission to connect people with the natural world. In response, Kwong eagerly asks me if I've ever been to Muir Woods. “They're the tallest trees in the world—literally these ancient giants that are hundreds of years old,” she says, thinking back to her childhood again. “It's a spiritual experience walking through them,” Kwong explains. “It feels almost like a cathedral…that is my framework of how I first connected with nature. So, when I do a piece like this, or Grand Central, I'm trying to channel that frequency of awe. Because in my experience, from awe came the curiosity. Then came education, knowledge, understanding, and stewardship.” If you'd like to suggest a longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol' Patreon. Picture of the Day Getting lost in the forest.

"Loving amusement" is a "feeling" that can help you create ease in challenging relationships. Listen to find out how to use this fun tool to create connection and more ease in your life. There is also much to be learned from loving yourself enough to engage in amusement. How might choosing amusement for yourself help you and the others around you? Join us at the Mindful Healthcare Collective if you haven't already. We will be starting monthly Tea and Be sessions to hold space for whatever is present, an opportunity to practice mindfulness in community.  Sign-up for the email list at mindfulhealthcarecollective.com for the Zoom link.  Looking ahead, we invite you to choose amusement for yourself at our Mindful Healers Connect in Nature Retreat in July 2023- spots are filling already! There will be plenty of opportunities to enjoy amusement on the water, on the beach, and in Muir Woods. If you want to find calm, contentment, and a clear and meaningful path forward in areas of your life beyond relationships, I invite you to explore private mindful coaching with Dr. Mahoney www.jessiemahoneymd.com If you want to develop a mindfulness practice, reach out to Dr. Liang www.awakenbreath.org *Nothing in this episode should be considered medical advice.

In this episode the angels bring forward beautiful waves of energy to help clear and balance your energy field and help you come into a deep state of restfulness. Then Laurel shares with you her memories of meeting the mountains of Los Angeles for the first time, her love of Muir Woods and also reads to you from John Muir's The Mountains of California. Lots of beautiful meandering conversation about mountains, trees and so much more. The story begins at  20:17You can learn more about Laurel and the angels at illuminatingsouls.comReceive an inspirational message from Laurel + Illuminating Souls each day via email. Join our Daily Inspiration Blast for a sweet little morsel of goodness delivered to your mailbox Monday thru Friday. Find daily inspirational messages on the Illuminating Souls Facebook page

Leah Cornish (@Leah617) makes her TNO debut, possibly as our first Greek guest, to discuss more Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse! Topics include: Grëék stuff, Thanos' knife, Flight of the Conchords, Bessie's name, RPGs, Bay Area weather, zippers, sacrifice rules, Hunkules, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Bionicles, stepparents, Muir Woods, pancake hikes, Let Me Blow Ya Mind, Zooboomafoo, Schoolhouse Rock, dragon spaghetti, Mars 2112, paint smells, Glade Plug-Ins, Delair's (spelling?) Book of Greek Myths, and more!MIKE'S D&D STREAM: www.20tomidnight.com— Find The Newest Olympian Online — • Website: www.thenewestolympian.com• Patreon: www.thenewestolympian.com/patreon• Twitter: www.twitter.com/newestolympian• Instagram: www.instagram.com/newestolympian• Facebook: www.facebook.com/newestolympian• Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/thenewestolympian• Merch: www.thenewestolympian.com/merch— Production — • Creator, Host, Producer, Social Media, Web Design: Mike Schubert (https://schub.es)• Editor: Sherry Guo• Music: Bettina Campomanes and Brandon Grugle• Art: Jessica E. Boyd— About The Show — Is Percy Jackson the book series we should've been reading all along? Join Mike Schubert as he reads through the books for the first time with the help of longtime PJO fans to cover the plot, take stabs at what happens next, and nerd out over Greek mythology. Whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read these books, or want to re-read an old favorite with a digital book club, grab your blue chocolate chip cookies and listen along. New episodes release on Mondays wherever you get your podcasts!

If you are thinking about it, try it. Mindfulness and coaching are synergistic. They are better together. Today's special guest shares her story as a real-life example of the power and magic of blending mindfulness and coaching. The tools today's guest has found most powerful: the pause, naming emotions, noticing her “shoulds” and reframing her stories about medicine.   Her favorite Jessie-isms: What If? Of Course. What would love do? What is her secret weapon for practicing mindfulness and coaching consistently? A question she learned through coaching “What would make me feel good?” April also shares the effective ingredient in group mindfulness and coaching– recognizing we are not alone and common humanity. What could change for you if you invested in yourself in this way?  What might be the cost of not investing in yourself?  Join us at mindfulhealthcarecollective.com or our FB group of over 2500 healthcare professionals from around the world. Practice mindfulness and coaching with us in person at our next Mindful Healers Connect in Nature Retreat amongst the trees of Muir Woods and the Pacific Ocean. July 14-16th 2023, early-bird registration is now open! In the meantime, retreat with Jessie at Sagrada Wellness or Pie Ranch, and/or coach with her. www.jessiemahoneymd.com If you want to develop a mindfulness practice, reach out to Dr. Liang www.awakenbreath.org *Nothing in this episode should be considered medical advice.

Dance in the trees, listen to chocolate, and experience mindfulness, yoga, and coaching -- in a garden, at the beach, in a yurt, and amidst the redwoods of Muir Woods. In this episode, we share the why of the mindful practices we explored at the Mindful Healers Retreat last month.  Understand the body scan, and appreciate the release and freedom offered in mindful and restorative yoga. Learn about attentive listening and how coaching can help you feel better.  Explore ways to bring fun into mindfulness. Most importantly, sign up to join us next year July 14-16th 2023, at Muir Woods, Muir Beach, and Green Gulch. By request, the retreat will be 1 day longer and will include optional opportunities for mindful cooking and a cliffside dining experience with our resident private chef and culinary wizard, Mark (Jessie's husband).  By request, there will also be an opportunity to add on in-person 1:1 coaching.  Attendees ask and we listen. Registration for 2023 is OPEN ALREADY: www.jessiemahoneymd.com/mindful-healers-retreat-connect-in-nature-registration. You can save $149 by signing up before October 31st. What did those who attended this year have to say? “The retreat provided safe connection, sharing, and nourishment for the mind, body and soul. I left the retreat with probably the lowest cortisol levels and muscle tension than I've had in years. I'm deeply grateful for the experiences and connection and tools to continue in my journey of personal wellness". “I felt so recharged after taking time to take care of myself.” “It was incredible!“ “Nature, yoga, mindfulness focus, great mini-coaching, intention setting, sharing with others, playful attitudes, impressive colleagues, the chance to encourage each other and be inspired, and great snacks and meals.” “I have tremendous gratitude for the opportunity and I'm so glad to have done this for myself, my personal relationships, and patients.” Until next year: Join us in the Mindful Healthcare Collective on Facebook.   Join Ni-Cheng at www.awakenbreath.org, and at www.mindful.org. Join Jessie for the Nourish and Transform Retreat at Sagrada or to Honor Diastole at Pie Ranch. All of Jessie's retreats are different. Choose one or come to all. Nourish & Transform at Sagrada is focused on coaching and nourishment. It is an all-inclusive experience with twice daily yoga, 8 hours of group coaching, and an opportunity for 1:1 coaching. Honoring Diastole at Pie Ranch is a 1-day retreat that is about sustainability for you and the Earth. It includes a farm tour, reflective writing, and a luxuriously presented seed-to-table chef-made lunch on the farm. Honoring Diastole at Pie Ranch can also be created “to order” for your local groups or team. Several local practices have taken us up on this and Gail and I would love to support, heal and nourish your team too. *Nothing in this episode is medical advice.

Sarah went to Muir Woods and saw an otter or beaver, people want to come on the Secret Show, Vinnie went on a mission yesterday and his daughter's birthday is tomorrow, and we are better prepared for another pandemic!

North of San Francisco stands a glorious redwood forest. Listen to this episode to hear about this adventure.   www.MbBizwell.com IG: Melissa.Botello

Those who lived on Muir Woods Road in Perris California could have never guessed what was going on behind the closed door of the house sitting at 160 Muir Woods. 13 children were rescued from that home; 7 of which were legally adults. The 1-year-old was the only one to not appear malnourished or abused. To understand how something like this could happen we have to go back and start at the beginning... Be sure to head over to Patreon where you can listen to this episode ad-free... www.patreon.com/thetruecrimelibrarian www.thetruecrimelibrarian.com www.scottbuckley.com.au/library Book Recommendation: The Family Next Door by John Glatt Amazon link: The Family Next Door: The Heartbreaking Imprisonment of the Thirteen Turpin Siblings and Their Extraordinary Rescue: Glatt, John: 9781250202130: Books: Amazon.com A big THANK YOU to Scott Buckley and his beautiful craft of TTCL's episodes, be sure to head over and see what he's been mixing up... Research By: Ashlee O'Rourke Music: Scott Buckley --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/truecrimelibrarian/support

When life happens you get to choose how to respond.  It's ok not to know what to do and feel stuck. It's ok not to feel wise. Connection, conversation, and reaching out for help helps.  Sometimes life happens TO YOU, sometimes FOR YOU, and sometimes WITH YOU. Today's episode is an open and honest conversation about "storms" in our own lives. You can be in the eye of the storm while it swirls all around you.  No matter how many tools you have in your toolbox sometimes you get swept up in the swirl. Mindfulness and coaching can bring you back to centeredness. When a storm hits, could you ask yourself if life is happening to you, with you, or for you? Can you check in with yourself A LOT when the going gets rough? What works best to be able to listen to your body?  How can you give yourself permission to do what you need to do in the midst of the storm?   We hope that you'll join us for our first ever Mindful Healers Retreat where we'll literally ground you and ground with you, in magical places like Muir Woods, Muir Beach and at the Green Gulch Zen Center 7/23-7/24, 2022 with CME! As of today, we have less than 10 spots left.   Find out more and sign up here https://www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreat-connect-in-nature If you cant make July work, join Jessie for a Mindful Coaching, Yoga and Culinary Medicine retreat at Sagrada Wellness near San Luis Obispo in the Fall.  ​​https://www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreat-nourish-and-transform If you want to find calm, contentment, and a clear and meaningful path forward in areas of your life beyond relationships, I invite you to explore private mindful coaching with Dr. Mahoney www.jessiemahoneymd.com If you want to develop a mindfulness practice, reach out to Dr. Liang www.awakenbreath.org *Nothing in this episode should be considered medical advice.

Nature is healing and as such can be viewed as a form of medicine. Nature and mindfulness are synergistic.  So many of us lack exposure to nature in our lives.  Disconnection from nature has become the norm.  Almost all our children also enjoy much less time in nature than we did as children.  Lack of time spent in nature has a negative impact on all our well-being. Nature has both social and physiologic benefits that we are missing out on.   Forest bathing is a magical practice that has many known health benefits. Mother Nature doesn't usually scream but recently it has recently started to make us more aware of its importance by bringing us pandemics, tsunamis, storms, wildfires, weather craziness, and natural disasters. Listen to the episode to hear some tips for optimizing your personal experiences in nature and to enjoy a Mindful Moment offering that invites you to go outdoors and practice mindfulness. To truly experience the magical synergy of mindfulness and nature - sign up to join us for our the Mindful Healers Retreat: Connect in Nature. All humans in healthcare are welcome. We'll have opportunities to forest bathe in the legendary, magical Muir Woods. For more information: www.jessiemahoneymd.com/retreat-connect-in-nature. If you want to find more calm and contentment, and create a life that includes more exposure to nature -- explore private mindful coaching with Dr. Mahoney www.jessiemahoneymd.com If you want to develop or uplevel your  mindfulness practice, reach out to Dr. Liang www.awakenbreath.org *Nothing in this episode should be considered medical advice.

In the 4th episode of the series we make it to San Francisco for a fun, thigh-destroying day in the city, followed by the beautiful Muir Woods & almost running out of gas on the Pacific Coast Highway before being warmly welcomed to Crescent City by some homeless Doobie Brothers. TTYL, California! Jeff Grant's Evolving Podcast is available on SoundCloud, iTunes, Stitcher & Google Play Music. I need to get it back on Spotify but it's not there at the moment (sorry). Thanks for listening!

(This was recorded before the Roe V. Wade news in Texas.) Andrew and Tawny discuss their trip to Disneyland, Nia DaCosta becoming the first Black female director with a No. 1 movie at the box office, and the Muir Woods park staff adding Post-it notes with historical corrections for racism and misogyny.  Later, they answer listener questions about wearing a Black Lives Matter face mask and saying you're not attracted to certain races.   Leave a voicemail with your questions at 323-389-RACE and subscribe to Tawny and Andrew's bonus podcasts at suboptimalpods.com!   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Container Entrainment (intentional possibility understructure)" - Show #619, from Oct. 24, 2018 [Augmented live today in 2021 List of source samples follows:] Thomas Park - One Minute Vacations Ambrose Pottie - "Petting Zoo" - One-Minute Vacations Stars of the Lid - "Articulate Silences" - And Their Refinement Of The Decline Aaron Ximm - "Tradewinds in Palm" - One-Minute Vacations Simon Hampson - "Walking near Poh's House" - One-Minute Vacations - "Creek Frogs, Panoche Valley CA" - One-Minute Vacations Ken - "I think you have your headphones on (you're taking slow, deep breaths)" - "Maine Shorebreak" - One-Minute Vacations Ken - "You don't do anything anymore (you're not trying, not anymore)" - "Granada Park" - One-Minute Vacations Vlissingen - "Wind Organ" - One-Minute Vacations Ken - "This is our last dance. I don't know who you are" - "Canyon Hawks, Santa Monica CA" - One-Minute Vacations Ken - "We don't remember anymore" Stars of the Lid - "Don't Bother They're Here" - And Their Refinement Of The Decline - "Winchcombe Last Post, Cotswolds UK" - One-Minute Vacations - "Perfect Storm, Muir Woods, CA" - One-Minute Vacations - "Whisby Nightingales, Lincoln UK" - One-Minute Vacations - "No one knows but the pebbles" - One-Minute Vacations Virgilio Oliveira - "Barcade Alva 1" - One-Minute Vacations Virgilio Oliveira - "Barcade Alva binaural" - One-Minute Vacations Bruce Davison, Kevin Conway, Ursula K. Le Guin - "There is a difference between what you dream and what you do" - The Lathe of Heaven Nicky Hopkins / The Rolling Stones - "She's A Rainbow" John Lennon - "Jealous Guy (guitar only)" Nicky Hopkins / John Lennon - "Jealous Guy (piano only)" Suzan Pitt - "Asparagus" [Brief] Bruce Davison, Kevin Conway, Ursula K. Le Guin - "But not for me! It's the same thing!" - The Lathe of Heaven David Clennon - "We all have fields around us" - thirtySomething Clive Wearing - "Part 2a" - Living Without Memory Peter Oldring - "I'm a radio broadcaster" - This is That Random Rab - "Blast Off" - Release Steven Jesse Bernstein - "The Man Upstairs" Dufus - "Feed the Baby" - Eth The Police - "Every Breath You Take (but every other beat is missing)" Toto - "Africa (but every other beat is missing)" Toto - "Africa (but half of every measure is missing)" Talking Heads - "Once in a Lifetime (but it's a waltz)" Blue Oyster Cult - "Don't Fear the Reaper (but every other beat is missing)" Live phone - "Dial tone" - "Field recordings, Stars of the Lid, Random Rab continue" Ken - "Monologue: Engagement containment entrainment" [Containing intention Intending containment for spaces under which possibility unhappens Containment of enstrange combinatorial Creating unintentional entrainment within which possibility space Creating structure for the container, not for the contents Creating understructure around the container One remembers to forget Touching unknowing impossibility Conscious unconsciousness Creating safety for risk-taking Unafraid of endless depths] Clive Wearing - "Living Without Memory (try and be careful not to place demands on his memory, because he then becomes upset)" - Living Without Memory Ken - "Let go of all your memories today. Be awkward, don't know, you don't have to know" Ken - "Identification" Little May - "Boardwalks" [Loops] Clem Leek - "Mystery Moor" Live phone caller - "Are you letting anything go? (I forgot time, and instead I felt the sun)" [Gravel beneath my feet] Sigur Ros - "Takk" - Takk [Brief] Gavin Bryars - "Titanic Hymn (Autumn) All Strings" Live phone caller - "More than enough (are we allowed to do this?)" Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - "Southern Accents (piano loop)" - Southern Accents [Brief] Ween - "The Mollusk (loop)" - The Mollusk [Brief] Live phone caller - "Anything left to let go of? (I don't know what)" [Live stream echo chamber] The War on Drugs - "In Chains (loops)" - A Deeper Understanding Live phone caller - "I finally see myself" Live stream feedback echo chamber The War on Drugs - "In Chains (loops)" - A Deeper Understanding Ken - "You're bigger than you ever were" Live phone caller - "Drowns out our sounds, all I'm left with" The War on Drugs - "In Chains (loops)" - A Deeper Understanding Kid - "Have you ever had a dream you could do anything?" Morgan Freeman - "Forget about the way it used to be" - Lean On Me movie Fairuza Balk (directed by Walter Murch) - "I'll never forget any of you" - Return to Oz - "It's so easy to forget (in the digital age)" Phone caller (Sequoia) - "There's nothing to prove that history is real" Arturo en el Barco Katie Wood (Sugarlift) - "Site of Maggie Walker's grave at Evergreen Cemetery" [Richmond field recording] Ken - "Someone called in (it's almost over forever) Next time I'll call you" [Testing to see what is sound, finding out by doing, never understanding. Who will find the note?] Orson Welles - "What's wrong with this place is it's another marketplace, always the enemy of the artist" - Interview Paul Spurrier - "The human body has millions of nerve endings" - Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into the Future (pilot movie) [Some particularly slothful subjects simply explode] Anthony Geary - "You know, pal, the constitution wasn't written on an etch a sketch" - My New Car a.k.a. It Takes Two Kid - "I feel, I feel...If you believe in yourself" Richard E. Grant - "Roads represent a fundamental right of man to have access to the good things in life" - How to Get Ahead in Advertising Dennis Hopper - "This used to be a hell of a good country (nature only)" - Easy Rider David Lynch - "The mysteries of darkness and love" - Blue Velvet interview Wallace Shawn - "I get to talk to people who at long last know what's important. The living make such meaningless distinctions" - Critical Care Kid - "I feel happy of myself" Clem Leek - "Mystery Moor" Bruce Davison, Kevin Conway, Ursula K. Le Guin - "George, understand something" - The Lathe of Heaven Live phone caller - "Trying to find a story (slip you a note) A picture of a cow jumping over the moon" [What's the scariest thing you know? (love)] Margarita Levieva - "The genius of a car alarm, you can't talk back to it, it makes you love it, it's safe" - Noise Margarita Levieva - "You love hating the noise, it's your muse" - Noise Ian Brown of Stone Roses - "It takes time to get acquainted, it takes time for people to fall in love with you, but it's inevitable" - Made of Stone documentary Diane Baker - "People lie in the light and make love in the dark" - Mirage Royksopp - "Royksopp Forever (loops)" - Junior Kid - "Just keep practicing! You gonna get the hang of it, I know it!" [If you believe in yourself] Ken - "I will get the hang of it, I know it (a little more trust, a little more fear)" Set: 2021 Lullatone - "Wet Grass" - The Sounds of Spring Ken - "Glad for whatever you were today" https://lastever.org/show/210823

Laura Basha, Ph.D. holds a combined doctorate in clinical and organizational psychology. She's an international consultant in leadership development and a personal coach. And she is a fine artist whose paintings reside in many private collections. She is the author of The Inward Outlook (Xlibris 2014)Interview Date: 4/9/2015   Tags: Laura Basha, creating your response to your experience, choice point, victim, creating our experience, creating our reality, value system, your personal purpose, silence, a quiet mind, Muir Woods, Philosophy, Personal Transformation

 Lisa is joined by Dr. Rita Sherma, the founding Director & Associate Professor at GTU's Center for Dharma Studies and the Co-Chair of the Sustainability 360 Initiative to talk about Greening Spirituality an online learning opportunity from the Graduate Theological Union's GTUx, Drs. Rita Sherma and Devin Zuber examine the connections between spirituality and the natural world, including special consideration of Native American and Dharma traditions in the development of American environmentalism. In Greening Spirituality we will study the often unacknowledged ecological influences of Asian religions and Native American cultures on America's literary, artistic, and architectural heritage, as well as the growing presence – in the United States – of Dharma traditions, and their influence on contemporary meditation methods as they have opened the door to ancient approaches interweaving the elemental potencies of wilderness (and wildness) into the fabric of contemplative practice.  We will reflect, together, on the critical importance of acknowledgement of other cultures and cosmological views that existed before us, and to which—at the very least—we owe a debt of gratitude.  The contemporary greening of spirituality has deep roots in American soil and the sanctification of the wonder and mystery of treasured national spaces, such as the red hills of Sedona, Yosemite, and Muir Woods, has begun to resemble an alternate form of civic religion—one that envisions and embraces a spirituality of place" The course includes 4, modules: Module 1: Roots: What is “spirituality”? What is “sacred” beyond the diversity of varied religions and rituals? How and why is it connected to the verdant natural world around us? Module 2: Turtle Island: The Beat Poets and American Buddhist Ecocriticism Module 3: Decolonizing the Spiritual Module 4: Ecopraxis: Greening Spirituality on a Warming Planet  Visit gtu.edu/x to discover and sign up for learning opportunities on topics like justice, spiritual care, theology, ethics, and more. Dr. Rita Sherma also talks about her upcoming book, Religion & Sustainability: Interreligious Resources, Interdisciplinary Responses---a publication of Springer Publ. United Nations Environmental Program Sustainable Development Goals Series.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

-Chris just got back from San Francisco and tells tales involving: Alcatraz, Chinatown, Little Italy, Golden Gate bridge, Muir Woods red wood trees. -Some original multi-media visual aid for y'all as well! -Gramps Basement for a quick 10 hilarious toks curated by Gramps himself. -Much more random rambles in between all of the main topics as always. -Look out for more consistent episode drops with both of our pods here at the BKL Network! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/brokeknocklife/support

Nathan mulls over the future of the natural landscape of America following his trip to Muir Woods in California. 

This week Kim gives us the download about her West Coast road trip from Seattle to Los Angeles, California. Planning a West Coast Road Trip Driving from Seattle to Southern California takes about three days if you want to take the scenic routes and make stops along the way. Ideally you will take 10-14 days for this trip. However, if you have less time you can drive from Seattle to Southern California and then fly home. The best way to take the trip is from north to south (Seattle to LA) versus south to north because you will have better views and the scenic pullouts will be on your side of the road. Try to plan no more than four hours of driving time a day to leave plenty of time for stops and attractions. There are three main routes that you can take once you are in California. The fastest route is on Interstate 5. Highway 1 is the coastal route which is the slowest but most scenic. Highway 101 will still take you through vineyards and farms with some scenic attractions but it is faster than Highway 1. You can start in Seattle or Portland, Oregon. If you start in Seattle, cut over to the Olympic Peninsula where you can see the Hoh Rainforest, Rialto Beach, Ruby Beach, and the famous tree of life before hitting some of Washington's small beach towns like Long Beach and Ocean Shores. On Kim's trip they drove straight to the Oregon border and stayed the first night in Astoria, which is a neat little town where the Goonies was filmed. You can also visit the Naval Maritime Museum. If you are traveling in the summer of 2021, keep in mind that many restaurants are still understaffed or not fully open so plan accordingly as these small towns get very crowded and overwhelmed with tourists, especially on the weekend. A few other stops in Oregon should include: Cannon Beach with Haystack Rock, Tillamook Creamery, Devil's Punchbowl, and the Oregon Dunes Recreation Area, and Agate Beach. Kim stayed her second night in Klamath on the Oregon/California border (be aware that there is major road construction going on in this area.) On the Oregon coast, check the tide charts to know when the high and low tides are because it can make a big difference in the experience. Try to avoid weekends in the small touristy town as much as possible. Google will also sometimes give predictions on when the busiest times are for attractions, which can help plan your itinerary. In Northern California, Kim stopped at the drive through tree in Klamath, Trees of Mystery, and Avenue of the Giants in the Redwoods. On the third night, Kim stayed in Ukiah, CA. The next day, Kim and the girls stayed in a glamping tent at Safari West and got to do the drive through safari. Kim then spent two nights in Monterey (read all about things to do in Monterey) and did an e-bike tour with Mad Dogs and Englishmen and visited Pacific Grove, staying at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa. In Monterey, Kim recommends eating at Rio Grill, Alta Bakery, and Lucy's on Lighthouse, which is a hot dog stand with a skateboard theme. Keep in mind that highway 1 is often closed by Big Sur because of landslides so always check ahead to see what is open and take Highway 101 as an alternate. You can drive as far south as Bixby Bridge, but be careful and stay within the boundaries when taking a picture. Lily Valley is another great stop where wild calla lillies grow. If you are going to hike to the Hollywood sign, look for options for a four-mile hike, versus the six-mile hike from the Griffith Observatory, and go mid-week if you can. There is then so much more to do in Southern California but what Kim did would be at least a 7-8 day trip. Read Kim's Olympic National Park itinerary Read all about Kim's West Coast Road Trip itinerary and tips Read Tamara's tips for driving from San Francisco to Cambria on Highway 1 [00:00:00.060] - Kim Tate Today, we're winding down the West Coast.   [00:00:14.880] - Announcer Welcome to Vacation Mavens, a family travel podcast with ideas for your next vacation and tips to get you out the door. Here are your hosts, Kim from Stuffed Suitcase and Tamara from We3Travel.   [00:00:29.820] - Tamara Gruber Today's episode is brought to us by Safe Travels Kit, which does exactly what it sounds like and it helps keep you safe when you're traveling, whether it's on an airplane, a train or even in the car, it is all in one little pouch that includes a seat cover and a pillowcase and sanitizing wipes and a face mask. What I love about it is that it's super soft. So, Kim, the material, you know how sensitive my skin is, but if I'm going to put my face on a pillow case, I want it to be like super soft and comfortable.   [00:00:57.660] - Kim Tate And I love that part. And if there's anything that we've learned in this last years that there's a lot of germs out there and now I'm even more like not wanting them to touch me, definitely.   [00:01:07.950] - Kim Tate I can't even imagine using one of those airplane pillows at this point where you're never quite sure if they actually changed that white little non soft cover that they put over them.   [00:01:18.450] - Tamara Gruber Definitely. So this is very easy to pack in your carry on. It's actually sold on Amazon as well as you'll find it in many of the Brookstone airport stores or in Bloomingdale's. But you can find it on Safe Travels, Kit.Com, and we thank them for their support.   [00:01:35.360] - Tamara Gruber So, Kim, I know that your West Coast road trip feels like probably ancient history by now, but I know that we wanted to come back to it and really do a deep dive because so many of our listeners have planned on doing some type of California or West Coast road trip.   [00:01:52.010] - Tamara Gruber So I thought it'd be really helpful if we could, you know, talk about what you've done. And I know that you've done this trip quite a few times. You have a lot of knowledge to share. But can you fill us in, I know you did, what, two weeks down back in April from Washington down to California. But give us an idea of what was your overall itinerary like?   [00:02:14.890] - Kim Tate So in this trip, yeah, we had two weeks, but part of that was because we were going to hang out with friends at the end of our trip and then spent three days getting home. So I would say for this trip, we just focused on mainly driving along the Oregon coast and California coast a bit and then headed over and near Santa Barbara where we stopped, which is kind of the southern central. It maybe is considered like the northern tip of, I consider central California.   [00:02:44.140] - Kim Tate But some people might think it's kind of So Cal because it's near L.A. But I think of L.A. is kind of the northern part of SoCal. So anyways, that was a long ramble. So I would say we spent 14 days, but of that, we took about a five day, five to seven days to drive down. That's the timeline. I think that there's a few options. Like you said, we've done this trip quite a bit.   [00:03:07.850] - Kim Tate When we were going to Disneyland and spent a few days in Disneyland and we actually did a one way car rental and we drove from Seattle down and just did kind of the California coast and then stayed in Disneyland for a couple of days and then flew home to help save as much time as possible. So I definitely think that's an option for people. This trip, we actually did some of the Oregon coast and then California coast, which again is adds time and all of these things.   [00:03:34.360] - Kim Tate You just have to think about how much time you have. And then another option, if we had a lot of extra time and didn't want to spend as much time like in California being a tourist in California, if that makes sense, if you're just in it for the road trip, then adding the or The Washington Post, which is basically Olympic National Park, the Olympic Peninsula and a few of the Washington Southern Washington coastal beach towns, that's another option as well.   [00:03:59.020] - Kim Tate So I think if people are looking at a timeline, then it's going to depend on how much time you have on how much you can do.   [00:04:07.120] - Tamara Gruber Yeah, like what things you need to skip or whether you're taking the highway or the coastal route. And I mean, obviously the point of this is to see as much of the scenic parts as you can. So nobody wants to spend all of their time on the interstate. And I definitely think if people are from not from that area. So if you're coming from the East Coast, like us you would want to fly in and then just do it one way.   [00:04:29.530] - Tamara Gruber And if you did that, do you think which do you like better? Do you like the north to south or the south to north?   [00:04:34.510] - Kim Tate This is a huge, huge tip I have. And this I actually wrote this in my West Coast road trip post. I think north to south is the only way to go. Absolutely. And the reason I say that is for two reasons. One, the driver's most always going to be focused on the road and for safety reasons. I think that's good. So I think it's good that the passenger gets to look out and can have a phone and take pictures if they want.   [00:04:56.260] - Kim Tate But the bigger point that I think north to South works is because all the turnouts are on the, you know, far west side of the highway. And so if you're headed on the right side of the road, you are easily you have easy access to enter and exit the pull out into the lane of traffic as opposed to trying to cross traffic, which on busy you know, travel day is not a busy route like that. It actually can make a huge difference and kind of be a safety hindrance.   [00:05:22.780] - Kim Tate So I think north to south is the way to go.   [00:05:25.990] - Tamara Gruber Absolutely. I've only done, you know, a piece of it, you know, from basically San Francisco down to Central Coast. And I would totally agree. Definitely the better option, you know, from a driver and a passenger standpoint.   [00:05:41.200] - Kim Tate Yeah. And I think a few other tips for just planning when people are thinking about this is this is the kind of route where you really need to allow a lot of spontaneity and stopping time. And so our first time we did this and I mentioned this before, we way over packed our drive times and we were looking at, you know, five hour days and stuff and then with stops and getting started and going in the morning and then traffic and winding roads.   [00:06:08.080] - Kim Tate We we were getting into our next stop like at 7:00 or 8:00 at night sometimes. And it was just brutal. And so this trip, I tried to make sure that no day was longer than four hours and my target time for drive time each day was around three hours. So that's something to keep in mind that really, I think makes a difference in planning. It's not your typical, you know, open highway type road trip planning. It's a very I mean, you want to take it slow and easy.   [00:06:35.080] - Kim Tate I'm sure some people would even want to do, you know, a couple of days in one place and then an hour and another day and, you know, take it really slow. But for us, I found the three hour mark, kind of the sweet spot.   [00:06:46.270] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. I mean, if you have the ability to do slow travel and you can take, you know, the summer. Yeah. And that's wonderful. But otherwise, yeah, you have to have some trade offs. But it's good that you gave yourself that extra time this time, especially since you were the only driver to. But it well I guess Lizzy could have driven, but it gives you, you know, a nice little break and it makes it much more relaxed.   [00:07:07.720] - Tamara Gruber I hate that feeling of like I'm usually the one that wants to stop so the other people don't like mind skipping as much, but I hate that. Feeling of like missing out, you know, is something I really want to do, like how many times am I doing this trip? And so I hate like having to skip things that I wanted to do. But I also hate that feeling of like stress, like, are we going to get they're going to get there is going to be too late.   [00:07:29.530] - Tamara Gruber Everyone's going to be so hungry, you know.   [00:07:31.990] - Kim Tate Yeah, it can be horrible. And I'll just mention, like for people planning who are and pretend that people that maybe are not aware at all, even with all the extra time I had and trying to allow all this time, I still made some choices to shorten the trip. And so this is I'll give this little tip and information. I think people need to know that there's three main north south routes along, mainly along the California section. But this sort of applies to the Oregon and Washington, a little Oregon and Washington, the one and one on one, are kind of the same through a lot of it.   [00:08:04.780] - Kim Tate So it's not as noticeable. But once you get past the redwood forests of Northern California, you kind of start having this choice of Highway one is what hugs the coast. That is the one that, you know, is right there on the coast. And it's extremely slow going, but it's extremely beautiful. And then you have the 101 that kind of juts over. And that's when you start to get into like wine country and some of the agriculture area.   [00:08:31.180] - Kim Tate And you'll notice that the 1 and the 101 kind of travel together until you hit San Francisco and they kind of merge in a little bit together again. And then they split off again. And you're you're left with that same choice of the coastal routes versus the a little more. It's still coastal and not coastal, but it's still close to the coast in a way. But anyways, that's two things to know, that there are those two routes and they do separate.   [00:08:54.040] - Kim Tate And it's a very different driving experience over time as well as visual like what you're going to see. And then, of course, Interstate five is the main interstate that runs north and south all the way up to the California border, to the I mean, the Canada border to the Mexico border. So for us, we went down along, you know, the one and then we actually cut over to the 101 because between like Santa Rosa and San Francisco, the one, it's beautiful.   [00:09:20.410] - Kim Tate And there's some cool things to see. And like just north of San Francisco, you have Muir Woods, which is, you know, I've still never spent a lot of time on that side of the route. But it does add, you know, probably a couple of hours to what you would plan if you just went the 101, which is a little bit faster and more heavily trafficked. And then on our way home, we just drove by five the whole way because at that point we were just hurrying to get home.   [00:09:48.850] - Kim Tate So when people. Yeah. So I just wanted to give you a heads up that there's three main routes that people need to think of. One's going to be your slowest. So if you want to do the one the whole way, you really need to allow a lot of time.   [00:10:00.700] - Tamara Gruber Yeah, we've done part of the one. And I know what when we moved back up to San Francisco, we did the five and it was like, how did we just do that? And what, like an hour or two while the other took all day. And even that was kind of scenic because you go through so many like agricultural, like giant farms. And we realized like we're so much produce comes from. But yeah. So let's dig into your trip a little bit.   [00:10:23.650] - Tamara Gruber So what like what was your first day like, where did you stop along the way. Like if you can walk us through some of your itinerary would be great.   [00:10:31.240] - Kim Tate Yeah. So I think that like I said, if people are wanting to do this and they're not they don't live on the West Coast, Seattle is a great starting point. You could also do Portland, Oregon. That would be if you don't care about the Washington section of it. If you do want to do Seattle, you can do Seattle and then cross over onto the Olympic Peninsula and do your Washington side of the road trip, which is where you're going to see like the HOH Rain Forest.   [00:10:54.130] - Kim Tate You're going to see some of the beautiful, like beaches like Rialto Beach, Ruby Beach, a few things on the Olympic Peninsula. You'll see that famous tree of life that some people maybe have seen. And then you'll come into a few of the popular little Washington State beach cities. I think Long Beach and Ocean Shores are two of the main ones right there, the the border. And then you can also cross there's a really cool bridge that you can cross into.   [00:11:19.300] - Kim Tate But our first day we just drove I5 straight down to the Oregon border and then crossed over. And we stayed overnight in Astoria, Oregon, which we've been to before. It's kind of a neat little town. People may be familiar with it because of its famous for being the place where they filmed a lot of The Goonies.   [00:11:37.690] - Tamara Gruber That's what I thought.   [00:11:38.860] - Kim Tate Yeah, exactly. And they definitely have a kind of a seaside. They have a beautiful naval, kind of a fun Naval Maritime Museum. That's cool. So if you have a kid that is really into ships or even an adult that's really in the ships, that's a neat place. And the actual it's really neat to think because Astoria sits at the mouth of the Columbia River, which is a major, major, you know, like through route. And they have these pilot boat captains.   [00:12:05.410] - Kim Tate And it's one of the most rigorous piloting, I don't know what you would call it, like waters. There's a lot of sandbars and a lot of heavy. Tides and currents, and so it's a very you know, it's you have to have a lot of skill and experience to be able to pilot a boat and help get the barges in and out of that that little Columbia River mouth. So it's kind of cool to learn about that history. So I think a story is that is cool that way.   [00:12:31.440] - Kim Tate It's definitely a little bit of a grungy, you know, small northwest town. It's got some limited dining experiences, especially, you know, like we've talked about on our episodes. We hit there on a Saturday night and our dining experience was a headache. So just a heads up, if you are planning summertime trips around some of these smaller coastal towns, you really need to think ahead of your dinner time planning shows early. No, it's mostly just because there's only a few restaurants and then they have all these tourists that come in.   [00:13:05.490] - Kim Tate And so you have, you know, to wait for an hour to order or they're a small little restaurant and so they have five tables. And so people are waiting to just get takeout, even if there's just a long line, because you only have if you don't want fast food, you only have like three restaurants to choose from to find food. So it's just kind of a tricky situation with that. So just a heads up on some of those.   [00:13:27.360] - Kim Tate You know, the weekends, summer weekends we were traveling during spring break can just be a bit of a headache. We waited about an hour, just under an hour to order our food. And then it was another 40 minutes to actually get the food to take back to our hotel room. So, yeah.   [00:13:43.250] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. So some angry people at that point.   [00:13:46.440] - Kim Tate Yeah. And we had that same experience in Port Angeles on the Olympic Peninsula when we did our Olympic National Park trip in August of 2020, we had the same thing where those smaller coastal towns are just not used to it. And so on the weekends when you have a bunch of tourists that come in, they just really flood the few restaurants that are available and they just are so small they don't have a lot of seating area. And then their take out program gets really bogged down.   [00:14:11.460] - Tamara Gruber So, yeah, and we should mention that we did do an episode on your Olympic National Park, a trip last year, so people can look that up. And I'm sure you have a post on your website about it too. I do too.   [00:14:22.170] - Kim Tate Yeah, definitely. Yeah. So our first night was in Astoria, but we just basically got in there at night and that was probably the longest little stretch of our our drive, you know, of our trip. And then the next morning we set out and I had all these great. This is where you have to be, you know, fluid with a road trip. I had all these great plans. And of course, we're on the Oregon coast.   [00:14:42.270] - Kim Tate It's going to be awesome. We were going to go to Cannon Beach and see the famous Haystack Rock, which, you know, we had never really seen. And it was disgusting whether it was blowing blowing winds like, you know, you're holding white knuckling the steering wheel. So when the you know, the winds, the rain is blowing sideways and it's just gross. So my day for that day was a little ruined because I had all these plans.   [00:15:04.380] - Kim Tate So we were going to see Haystack Rock. We skipped we drove over there and kind of looked at it. But no, we didn't get out and hang out on the beach at all. And then we also were planning to go to the Tillamook Creamery, which is we've been to before. And it's really it's so funny because we went to years and years ago, it was actually when me we were headed down to California on this road trip for Mia's fifth birthday.   [00:15:25.080] - Kim Tate So that gives you an idea. It's almost, you know, ten years, nine years and it's gone through. Evidently, everyone figured out that it's an awesome destination because they have fully made a whole tourist attraction museum tour system. And on a Sunday, it was jam packed with wall to wall, people waiting outside to get in because they had limited entrance. So we skipped the Tillamook Creamery because we didn't want to stand in line for hours outside.   [00:15:55.170] - Kim Tate There's also a famous stop along the way called Devil's Punchbowl, which we skipped because of the weather. And then we finally we're going to end right around the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. And again, because of the weather, we skipped that. So we got in really early to our, you know, best Western basic hotel in Reidsport. Oregon was where I kind of picked because it was near those dunes. And I thought it would be a fun a fun stopover, but it did not happen.   [00:16:22.380] - Tamara Gruber So, yeah, I it's so hard. Like we talked about, like, you know, letting go of things. I think, you know, you're a photographer. Like we both, you know, do this for work. It's it's sometimes it's not even just about missing seeing something, but it's like, oh, we had these dreams of like the pictures that you're going to get and, you know, how are you going to use them and you know all of that.   [00:16:41.340] - Tamara Gruber And then you're like, yeah, now this does not cooperate at all. I've had so many of those experiences where it's like, oh, I'm going to get these epic photos. And you're like, yep, nope, that's not happening. Yeah, but I think I find it interesting, like what you're saying about Tillamook, because I feel like in general, like agritourism has become so much more popular. You know, it's just something that is, you know, of a lot more interest.   [00:17:02.670] - Tamara Gruber And I really I think it's smart the way a lot of these farms and, you know, other makers have turned it into, you know, another revenue stream for them. You know, so it's interesting, I remember one time we were staying for a week on Cape Cod and it was pouring rain, so it's like opening the summer, like what are you going to do? You look like indoor stuff. And we're like, oh, let's go to the Cape Cod potato chip factory.   [00:17:25.940] - Tamara Gruber And we stood outside in line, you know, with an umbrella overhead for like an hour. Yes. Get into like this potato chip factory where basically all we did was like shuffle down a hallway and like, look at the machines working. Yes, we know. Yeah, they went to the gift shop. But I'm like, you could have gone to the grocery store and bought like five different flavors, like, why did we do this?   [00:17:44.070] - Kim Tate Yeah, yeah. That's what I was thinking. That's why we skipped Tillamook, because we kind of know already. I mean, it had been improved. So we thought, oh, it'll be neat to see it. And but you do you kind of just walk and you get to see the factory and, you know, the machines working. But it you know, it was a Sunday, too. So I was like, well, it's probably not really in operation right now because most of those factories also are just, you know, the the next day.   [00:18:06.740] - Kim Tate Yeah. So anyways, we skipped it and. Yeah. Just kept going. But yeah, I think that's, that was our, that was our idea is like, oh it'll be nice, go inside and have those inside things since it's such a gross day. But everyone had that same idea here. But the next the fun thing was this was where I talked about once we got to our hotel, since we're there early, I kind of started looking the next day to see if there were any, you know, like dunes on that stretch on our next day out.   [00:18:31.490] - Kim Tate And that was where I found that one random all trails where it was like some weird trailhead that held ten cars. And we went and it turned out to be this awesome, cool sand dune that we spent an hour at. So I think that, you know, it is fun when you can have those kind of things.   [00:18:47.120] - Tamara Gruber Yeah, it's nice. You can find, you know, find something that you didn't plan on that makes up for the things that you missed.   [00:18:53.690] - Kim Tate Yeah, exactly. And I think that's cool. You know, that would be something for people to know about, like the Oregon coast that I know California has it as well. There's you know, Pismo Beach is known and famous for their dunes. But that is something to just be known that Oregon is known for. And then as we made our way sort of south, we did, like I said, that scenic. It was like this scenic corridor that I saw from road trippers.   [00:19:14.930] - Kim Tate And again, it's just on the road, basically. And you just turned off. We just turned off and parked and did a little hike. And it's where you start getting that feel a little more of the California, you know, rocky coastal feel of stuff. But it's cool because in Oregon, it was still very Pacific Northwest with lots of, you know, evergreen trees. And so it was kind of a neat feeling as you move south and just see a little bit how things start different, differing, a little.   [00:19:42.650] - Kim Tate It's cool.   [00:19:44.000] - Tamara Gruber It makes me kind of want to see that landscape. But, yeah, one of the things about the summer is like, Glen, no matter what we do, like, I need a different landscape. I'm super excited about the trips that I have coming up around New England. And, you know, really, I can't wait for it, but I really want just a different landscape. And I remember years ago when Hannah and I were driving through central Oregon and we landed in Portland, we did a little bit of the Columbia River Gorge.   [00:20:07.130] - Tamara Gruber And then we started driving down to Bend and just driving through those forests, the pine forests of those towering trees. It's like we just don't have that here. And so, yeah, I'm picturing that as you're talking. Yeah. Like the redwoods and everything. Just kind of it's exciting to be in one of those types of forest. They're just so. Like magnificent.   [00:20:25.910] - Kim Tate You know, it is it's a really it's a cool part of nature and it's fun.   [00:20:30.170] - Kim Tate And when you do the whole coast, like, you know, Washington, Oregon, and then you make your way down into California, it's neat just to see, you know, when you're doing it on one trip like that, it's fun to go, wow, you know, things really start changing and feeling different. And it's cool. It's neat and fun. So, yeah, but then we so we kind of stayed overnight, right at the.   [00:20:51.140] - Kim Tate It's kind of funny how this happened too, because we ended up staying overnight in Northern California, a place called Klamath, California. And the cool thing about that, that you know, how you everyone's mind you get lucky on something is there was major road construction. And this is something to keep in mind, you know, on these smaller routes. And it's where it's, you know, the piloted car allowance. Do you know where they it's only one lane open.   [00:21:15.470] - Kim Tate And so they'll have like a truck that guides the, you know, northbound through and then the truck running right around three.   [00:21:21.530] - Tamara Gruber So I've experienced that before.   [00:21:22.930] - Kim Tate Yeah. So you know what I'm talking about. Well, we were crossing and it was right along the Oregon to California border and we were crossing and we didn't have any weight at all. We were like the fifth car and we got picked up on the next pilot and it was fine and didn't think anything of it. And then the next morning, like where we we're when we were getting out of the we were checking out of our hotel that we stayed at, they had notices all about like Oregon border, you know, construction and two hour delays.   [00:21:51.470] - Kim Tate And so I was like, oh, my goodness. So that's something to keep in mind also is that when you're on those two lane highway routes, you have to really be mindful of construction and stuff because they that route, Highway One is so susceptible to landslides and, you know, erosion where they have to close the road down because they're doing major repairs. So it's just something to keep in mind and. We lucked out being, you know, kind of at the end of the day and doing that crossover.   [00:22:18.210] - Tamara Gruber Yeah, well, it's funny, we were just talking, you know, on a recent episode about how bad the roads are and how much they need them fixed. I was thinking that today as I was driving Hannah home from school and there was road construction, two places that I had to, like, detour around. And I was like, you know, our roads are terrible, but why do they have to fix these?   [00:22:37.360] - Kim Tate We get all mad. Really, right? Can it just happen magically? Yeah. Yeah.   [00:22:43.380] - Tamara Gruber Well it sounds like that good that you avoided that. At least you got a good start.   [00:22:47.730] - Kim Tate Yeah. So I do think that, you know, something to keep in mind is like weekends right now in this season of local road trip travel that I feel like people are doing weekends. If you can avoid weekends as much as possible, it's definitely the thing to know, especially on those small, like touristy coastal towns. It seems like a lot of locals are going to them as well and are doing things on the weekends so that you're getting tourists as well as locals that are just getting out of their house and trying to do something.   [00:23:16.020] - Kim Tate And so just a heads up to people if you're planning a vacation at all, that's involving like smaller towns are road tripping, trying to avoid the weekends because that's something I noticed, not the most surprising.   [00:23:27.720] - Tamara Gruber Everyone is so excited to do anything and everything. Yeah. I mean, I found any little thing that we try to do is, you know, it's busy. Everyone is excited to be out of the house.   [00:23:38.680] - Kim Tate Exactly. Yeah. We have that experience. A couple places that I can mention, but definitely something I noticed. So as I said, we moved into Northern California and we were susceptible to billboard advertising, which how many people can actually say that? I didn't even know they worked anymore. But evidently when you have a 14 year old kid in your car, they can still work because my daughter saw this trees of mystery mentioned on the billboard as we were getting ready to cross into California.   [00:24:06.160] - Kim Tate And she's like, I really want to do that. You know, I always see that. And I you know, I never let them stop because I've always got the schedule planned. I'm like, no, we don't have time. And so this time, since I did try and allow more flexibility, I called them and they the last entrance was like four or something. And they said we probably wouldn't make it in time. And so I told me I was like, well, let's go do we'll do the drive thru tree, which I had planned for in the morning, and then we'll do the trees of mystery thing in the morning.   [00:24:32.310] - Kim Tate We'll just drive back up because it was about a ten minute is about ten minutes away from the hotel. So we backtracked a little, but it wasn't a big deal at all and that worked out perfect. So I would say try and have some flexibility with your planning, if you can at all. But it actually paid off because and here's another tip for people. We if you do like Google, if you do a search for Google, like for the destination.   [00:24:56.310] - Kim Tate So, for instance, I did the tour through Tree in Klamath, California, and I had navigated to it or something. And sometimes you'll see Google will give you like it's busier than normal or they'll have you seen that where they give you a little line graphs and tell you how busy it is? Well, I noticed that on the daytime, like in the mornings, it's very busy, but in the evenings it's not busy at all. And I was like, well, this will actually work perfect.   [00:25:21.870] - Kim Tate We'll go in on that Monday evening, get the pictures and do it because it's still fairly light out, you know, until 7:00 p.m. or so and do that. And then the next morning, it gave us time to go to Trees of Mystery. And we drove up and had no wait. And while we were there taking pictures, only one other car showed up. So that's the other thing to think about are some of these things. If you can actually, you know, eat somehow and then really use that, I would say it's the final two minutes, kind of it's like the five p.m. to seven, eight, especially in the summers.   [00:25:50.610] - Kim Tate You can really push it to eight or nine with the longer daylight. I think that's a sweet spot of like avoiding a lot of crowds if you if the places are operational and open.   [00:26:01.320] - Tamara Gruber So. Yeah, yeah. Well, it's like typical dinnertime. Yeah, no. So if you can either eat earlier or eat late, but just make sure that places are open, especially in small places like that. But that's good.   [00:26:12.780] - Kim Tate Well it's funny, the road trip routes, people kind of get to their hotels by four or five p.m. and they're kind of done for the day they go eat. And I mean, that's sort of what we would do. So then if you add something in during that time or go back out from your hotel, which is what you know, we did it, it really can pay off.   [00:26:28.590] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. It's funny that you mention, though, the the roadside like advertising, because I actually like that part of road trips where it's advertising a an attraction, you know, and not just, you know, whatever business or lawyer, you know, fill up at Shell. Yeah. Yeah. So when we were driving to Steamboat Springs, I was probably about two hours on this like smaller road. And I can't even tell you how many signs it had to be like one hundred signs, just like every, you know, whatever number of feet advertising this one, like cowboy hat and cowboy boots off.   [00:27:06.450] - Tamara Gruber So when we were in Steamboat Springs, we we had lunch there and then we walked around a little bit before we went to the ranch. I'm like, we have to go into this. Or I mean, they put so much effort into it, like not and we walked in and Glenn was like I'll be next door, I was like, OK, but I had to at least check it out. Yeah, exactly. Kind of like the wall drugs or, you know, of those sort of tourist attraction kind of places.   [00:27:29.170] - Tamara Gruber I don't know. Yeah. It kind of makes me happy to see those kind of things.   [00:27:32.050] - Kim Tate Yeah. There was another one in like southern Oregon that we kept passing signs for. That was like a wildlife drive through park thing. And the girls were like, oh, that's cool. And, you know, so, you know, it seems like that's the thing to do for some of those those attractions is probably how they get a lot of people. But again, that's where I say having some flexibility and not over scheduling your drive times allow you those a little bit of ability to be a little more spontaneous, which I think makes a road trip because and we've talked about this on our road trip thing where you needed to decide if the road trip is going to be just about getting to a destination or if the road trip is going to be a the the trip of itself.   [00:28:11.770] - Kim Tate Right.   [00:28:12.370] - Tamara Gruber Yeah. So so I'm getting from you, though, that the trees of mystery is worth skipping, whatever that mystery is.   [00:28:20.290] - Kim Tate I think it depends. It was definitely like it's a little pricey. It's like 20 dollars a person. So but if you we had fun. It's like rope walks and then you take like a little gondola way high on a hill. And the look from the hill isn't anything fun. But the girls had fun riding in the gondola and I mean, walking through the bridges, through the trees is fun.   [00:28:44.530] - Kim Tate And the girls liked that. But it's short. And I mean, I think I'd be more comfortable at the ten dollars per person mark. However, you know, I don't regret going. And the girls enjoyed it. And it was a good way to stretch your legs and stuff. And it's kind of a fun way to it's a quirky roadside attraction. It was the one thing where we saw it definitely was attract a lot of out-of-state tourists. We saw a lot of out-of-state plates in the parking lot.   [00:29:09.550] - Kim Tate We did see a lower mask compliance, just like passing people because it's outdoors and stuff. And this is where the outdoor like if you're vaccinated. So it I think it just attracts like it's an outdoorsy type place. So I could see that it could get really crowded on a weekend. Yeah. We definitely by the time we left, so it was good because we got up early because we are and like I say, we were only ten minutes away from our hotel.   [00:29:31.990] - Kim Tate We got up early, went there and it was it was great. I mean, we weren't like maybe it seemed like there was five other people there same night we were. But when we came out, it was just packed. And so we probably were leaving around eleven ish and we got there around nine thirty and. Yeah. Yeah. So that gives you an idea of just earlier the better for that thing. Right. Yeah. So then we entered into the redwoods as always that we've been to before.   [00:30:00.190] - Kim Tate We did notice something weird, like the main exit I normally take because I wanted to drive along like the Prairie Creek Road. They had that closed for some reason. So I went south and I could have come back in from the north route. But I don't know why they had it closed for any reason. But we decided to skip that little leg of it and just kept going. But here's something to think about. If you are doing a coastal trip and this is something that I mentioned in my Olympic National Park Post, and it also matters.   [00:30:28.360] - Kim Tate On the Oregon coast you really need to become familiar with tide charts when you're on the West Coast. And I'm sure the East Coast is the same thing. But it it makes a difference when you're expecting these great like things. One of the things we looked at that I wanted to do is called Agate Beach, and it's supposed to be a really popular place where you go and you can walk along a pretty beach and find these really cool Agate rocks and kind of collect some if you want.   [00:30:54.370] - Kim Tate And we found out, though, as we were coming through and looked at the tide schedule, that we are going to be there basically smack dab at high tide. It seems like it's not finding any rocks. Yeah. So we wouldn't and so I pulled in and it was a ten dollar. I thought, well, we'll still go look and see, but it was ten dollar, you know, park admission. And so I asked the they had a actually they had a park ranger on site there.   [00:31:17.560] - Kim Tate And so I asked if they had a you know, if it was even worth going down there. And he was like not really, not during high tide. So just something to keep in mind that if you're doing any like beach visits and things like that, that it can really make a difference depending on the tide charts.   [00:31:31.810] - Tamara Gruber Yeah, I feel like I saw that recently. Someone had posted something somewhere about the sea glass beach that you had gone to in the past, much in the past.   [00:31:40.270] - Tamara Gruber And they were super disappointed with it. And I was like, oh, that's interesting because someone else, you know, really liked it. So clearly it's a different experience, depending on if you're there, you can actually collect sea glass or not.   [00:31:51.430] - Kim Tate Yeah, exactly. Yeah. And that makes a difference. You know, we had the same thing, like with tide pools, like when the tide pool, when things are really high, the tide pools aren't as cool, you know, because sure, you can't walk out and see all the pools. And so you want to visit during low tide. And then something to keep in mind is it's always good when you look at the charts, you always kind of want the tide to be leaving as opposed to the tide come.   [00:32:13.520] - Kim Tate And because if you happen to go around like a jut that seems like it's dry at the time, but the tides coming in, suddenly you turn around to go back to where you parked or whatever, and it used to be a beach and now it's, you know, two feet underwater. And so that's just something to keep in mind when you're doing an app for that or just just the weather app that shows you the the tides as well. I just do Google searches and I click on one of the websites that does the tides.   [00:32:39.530] - Kim Tate I don't use just a general weather one. I definitely do like a specific, but I don't have an app. I'm sure you could install an app. I just do a Google search for it and I just search for the destination. So if I'm like I beach or it was called some park, you know, tide schedule and you can normally find a few different ones and I'll show you. And there's, you know, it'll show you like low tide times.   [00:32:59.030] - Kim Tate And based on the chart they give you, you can easily figure out if the tides leaving or the tides coming in. And then we kind of the big thing we did was the Avenue of the Giants, which is one of my favorite parts of the Redwood Forest. And so we still did that. And even though we've done the redwoods a lot in, the girls are just kind of like your mom. I don't need to do any hikes. And I accepted that.   [00:33:20.330] - Kim Tate I was like, yeah, we've done a lot of like walking in the redwoods. We still pulled over. There's a lot of little turnouts and we still pulled over and tried to get kind of some fun, you know, like tree road drive shots, like tree road pictures. That's a tip is you know, that would be another thing that if you're there at night, like between five to seven, it would look so much better because with the sunlight dappling through the trees, it looks pretty.   [00:33:42.170] - Kim Tate And it seems like it would be really pretty on like in photos. But it's not it doesn't look right at all. You definitely want the darker, moodier shot for those kind of shots. But sorry, that's a little photography talk. But we did have one little stop where we went and kind of explored a little. And there is this awesome big tree that the girls climbed on. And I got a fun picture on that, that you guys might have seen.   [00:34:02.120] - Kim Tate Those of you who follow me on Instagram. Yeah.   [00:34:04.340] - Tamara Gruber And reminded me of a shot that you and I had when we were in Santa Rosa.   [00:34:08.450] - Kim Tate Yeah, exactly. Yeah. It was even bigger than that tree at the Armstrong Woods in Santa Rosa. So it was kind of cool, but it was pretty epic. It was funny because I was taking these pictures with Lizzy and all of a sudden I'm like, Mia, where are you? And then she's like, I'm up here like thirty feet in the sky. It was crazy. But yeah. So we did the Avenue, the Giants, and then we went and stayed at a hotel just for the night to prepare for our two little kind of partnership things.   [00:34:35.120] - Kim Tate So we the next day we headed into Santa Rosa. This was a funny I'll just share with people our little tip, because this is something fun that I want to share. We so the weather in Seattle is normally pretty moderate. I mean, we don't even have an air conditioner at our house that I think, you know. You know, that summer we hadn't had major harsh hot weather yet from this road trip. Mm. Especially being on the coast.   [00:34:59.450] - Kim Tate Well, we stayed overnight in a place called Ukiah, and that was where we had kind of moved away from the redwoods in the coast. And we started moving inland at that point. And we woke up the next morning and we slept in it was asleep and day and got in the car and started driving. And it was boiling hot. I think by the I think when we left just before noon, the it was about seventy two or seventy three and then the temperature was going to hit like 81 or 82 that day.   [00:35:26.780] - Kim Tate And we started driving and we're all like sweating and the air conditioner is not working. Like I'm literally like my shirt sticking to my back and we're like, oh my goodness. And I'm trying to get a hold of Paul. I'm driving or trying to call Paul. And he's in meetings all day. And he's normally my I'll be I'll admit, like he's definitely the car guy for us and the fix it guy. And we then decided, like, what am I going to do?   [00:35:50.060] - Kim Tate And so I asked me to help look up a Honda dealership because thankfully this was a really short drive into Santa Rosa and there was a Honda dealership there. So I called them and said, here's the situation. We have a busy road trip. Like, I don't have any time, do you have any time to get in and look at it and maybe be able to fix it if it's something easy and they're like, yeah, go ahead, bring it on in.   [00:36:09.410] - Kim Tate And I said, OK, we'll be there in forty minutes. We're on the road. And so then we pull into this Honda dealership and they tell us that it's a five hundred dollar diagnosis fee, like just to diagnose. I'm not even to fix it. And Lizzie jumps on because she's learned from her dad, she jumps on YouTube and she types in like a Honda Odyssey air conditioner not working. And she finds this YouTube video that she starts to watch.   [00:36:34.850] - Kim Tate And in it, the guy talks about a Fuse, you know, they call it a Fuse. It's actually called a relay, I guess, or something. But she learned she's like, Mom, I watched this video. And there's just you take the you open the hood and you take off this lid on this thing and you use some pliers and pull out this thing. And I'm going, oh, great. You know, OK. And so we've sure enough find an auto autozone.   [00:36:54.860] - Kim Tate I get a hold of Paul. Finally, he has a short break and he's like, yeah, just go ahead and try it. And, you know, I've got another Mini I can't talk. And so I'm like, OK, great. So I'm going to the AutoZone and Lizzy and I just are watching this YouTube video. And so we talk to the AutoZone. They don't have any pliers or anything we can use. They try and sell us a fuse puller, because of that point, Lizzy keeps calling it a Fuse, and so we buy this Fuse puller, we go out there and open it all up and are like, this doesn't fit. This is not what it is. And so we go back in and return that and ask the guy like, can we just borrow some pliers? Because Lizzie said that's what the guy used on YouTube. And we buy the had to buy pliers for ten dollars.   [00:37:30.710] - Kim Tate And sure enough, we pull the piece, the part out that the guy recommended and take it into AutoZone. Do you guys sell this part? Nope, they don't sell it. So then we call Lizzy actually gets on the phone calls the Honda dealership that just told us they'd charge us five hundred dollars to diagnose it and asks if they have this part. Sure enough, they have the part for thirty four dollars. So we all hop in the car and drive back over to the Honda dealership, going to the parts department, buy the part in the parking lot.   [00:37:56.240] - Kim Tate We swap out this little Fuse relay and put it all back together, turn on the car. We have air conditioning. So instead of spending five hundred dollars plus, you know, they probably would have charged us seventy dollars for the part and another hundred dollars for to install it. We came out of there having Lizzy empowered about fixing her own car, our own car problem, and then also only spending thirty four dollars.   [00:38:20.780] - Tamara Gruber Yeah I think that's amazing. When you shared that story I even told Glenn and Hannah and we were all like, wow, we were so impressed with, with Lizzy and you guys are figuring that out. So awesome job. So Paul should be very proud of you.   [00:38:33.740] - Kim Tate He was, he was so excited. He thought it was the coolest thing ever. And he was a little, you know, worried, like, did you keep the did you put it all back together? You sure? You know, like a little a little concern, but we're like, no. And so it Lizzy is very proud of herself to which I think was was a lot of fun. But just a heads up for you guys. YouTube can teach a lot.   [00:38:52.910] - Kim Tate I feel bad sometimes for the parts departments, but my goodness. Or I mean not part the service departments of car places.   [00:38:59.360] - Tamara Gruber But it's helped me with my washing machine when I've had.   [00:39:02.010] - Kim Tate Yes, yeah. We fix so many things on YouTube. And I was so happy that Lizzy, you know, learn from her dad to look it up. And yeah, that was her thinking.   [00:39:09.230] - Tamara Gruber So empowering.   [00:39:10.340] - Kim Tate Yeah. So sorry guys. That was a little side note, but we did make it to Santa Rosa finally. And then, you know, we had air conditioning and we headed over to Safari West, which you and I have been to. And I think we talked about it on the podcast whenever we talked about our little getaway to Santa Rosa. But Safari West is a it's an accredited zoo association. It's part of the ACA and it's a wildlife park that, you know, is works towards conservation and education about primarily African animals.   [00:39:41.360] - Kim Tate And it's pretty cool because you can camp there overnight and they have these amazing, you know, like really luxury Botswana camping tents. And Tamara, you and I have stayed in one and we got to stay with the girls and had a great time.   [00:39:56.270] - Tamara Gruber Yeah, they're really nice tents, too. It's gorgeous. Yeah. I was always I was very impressed. I mean, I've now done a few different glamping tents and I would say that they were the best. I was. Yeah, probably. Yeah. Better than under canvas even which I would put maybe second. Yeah. Yeah. Really. Like although I did do a really nice one at KOA that had electricity and he and a bathroom with like a rain shower kind of thing, but not a super, super nice because where else in the U.S. can you stay in that tent and then step out onto your porch and look at giraffes.   [00:40:29.600] - Kim Tate Yeah. And that's where, you know, you you and I, we had a different they were like fully booked when they hooked us up for our stay. And so we were in a different location. We were up on a hillside. And I definitely like you and I had the better cabin and it's worth it. I think they cost probably about fifty more dollars to stay at that lower location. But for reasons of sound and just accessibility to the main lobby areas and then the view of the giraffes, I think the Antelope Valley is what those ones were called and it was well worth a little bit of extra, but they're definitely the premium.   [00:41:00.380] - Kim Tate I love all the linens they have, like you said, like the heating blankets. And it's you don't and they've got the space heater, whereas, you know, under canvas you're kind of dumping you have to manage your own fire to make heat. And then I also like that it's got two plugs in the bathroom. So you do have some electricity and then you can also turn on the shower like a normal shower with under canvas. It's a pull chain shower.   [00:41:22.160] - Kim Tate So. Yeah, yeah. But yeah, it was it was so nice. And I love it there because you can truly do, you know, like a getaway where they've got the restaurant, they serve you breakfast and then you can have dinner there as well. You can even arrange lunch if you want it. And then you get to do this, you can do this wildlife tour, which is about two and a half to three hours, and they drive you around and you get to see see all the different animals.   [00:41:44.540] - Kim Tate So it's really fun.   [00:41:46.460] - Tamara Gruber Do the girls really love it? I mean, they haven't been before, so now they haven't.   [00:41:50.630] - Kim Tate They loved it. Yeah, they thought it was cool. And they're excited about the they of course, really loved the giraffes and then they just had fun. Once we moved to the top, we weren't on the top in the giraffe section, but once we moved up to the top later on, they had a lot of fun. And when we were lower on, the ostriches came over in like we're really close to me.   [00:42:06.860] - Kim Tate And she thought it was so fun. And we just sat there and kind of looked at them up close and personal and it was pretty cool. So I think it's great and the food there is really good I mean, we had a great time and with it being covered right now, they've got it where you get to order your breakfast in advance and they have, like kind of your tent. You have a section you can set out for dinner and everything is just spaced well and you're eating outdoors.   [00:42:28.380] - Kim Tate And it just felt really nice. And relaxing, I think is the big thing is it's just a really relaxing type of trip, I will say, which you and I experienced. Mara, you do have to look at the temperature, especially the overnight temps, because when you go to bed at night, it can get cold fast. And then when you wake up in the morning to go into that bathroom, you keep the door to the bathroom close because they keep it kind of airflow for smells, I think, or something.   [00:42:51.540] - Kim Tate But it's really cold. So when you if you choose to take a shower in the morning, it's icy, the water's warm, but the room is just really cold.   [00:43:00.600] - Tamara Gruber Yeah, I had that when I did my glamping stay in New Hampshire and I think it was early October, but I was freezing, absolutely freezing. And I had like a little space heater in the bathroom and the warm shower. But it's still like it was harsh stepping out of it. Yeah, well, it sounds like a neat and fun, very different thing for California. So, yeah. So now you're like, you know, heading like out of Northern California to central California.   [00:43:27.810] - Tamara Gruber What was your next, you know, day?   [00:43:29.340] - Kim Tate So the next stop after Santa Rosa is passing through San Francisco and we almost always have driven across the Golden Gate Bridge. But on this trip, this was where we wanted to go swing by and just see the UC Berkeley campus. And so we actually went across the other bridge, which I don't know if it's the Oakland Bridge or if it's just some other bridge. I'm not sure which bridge it's called, but it was a pretty nice bridge as well.   [00:43:50.490] - Kim Tate And it just passed is kind of a little more east than the Golden Gate Bridge. And we drove through the Berkeley campus and then got back on the road and we were going to go to Santa Cruz near Santa Cruz place called Watsonville. There's the Martinelli's cider. And we've done that cider tasting there and we were so excited to do it again. But before we left, I made sure to check and I realized they're not even doing the tastings because of covid.   [00:44:16.620] - Kim Tate And so we didn't stop, you know, because it's all closed down. So thankfully, we figured that out before. We actually because it was a little out of the way, but not too bad. But we determined that. And we just made our way to Monterey, where we spent two nights in Monterey, and that was kind of the last part of our trip. So I think you've done more of the central coast, like from Monterey down you go through Big Sur and all of that.   [00:44:39.690] - Kim Tate Cambria, there's a lot of beautiful stuff that as you get ready to come in, like Ventura and Santa Barbara and stay along the coast there, the highway one was closed at Big Sur. So Monterey was kind of sort of the most the main the southernmost, most section that was still open. And so we headed over after Monterey, back over to the 101 and then headed down to stay with our friends.   [00:45:05.700] - Tamara Gruber So what do you do in Monterey? Did you go to the aquarium?   [00:45:08.160] - Kim Tate We did not. The aquarium was still closed, so they had not opened yet. But we actually did a couple of things. So we did a bike tour. So we kind of did an E bike tour, which was fun with a company called Mad Dogs and Englishmen. And so we headed out in the morning, met them, and they actually have a new little spot right there in Monterey on Cannery Row. And so you can park at the hotel.   [00:45:32.910] - Kim Tate They do free valet parking for the tour guests, which was a huge perk. And you can then get on your little E bikes. And they took us around like part of seventeen mile, seventeen mile, you know, Pebble Beach. Yeah. And only part of it though. And then we headed back around and came through some of the town and they just would stop occasionally. And of course Pacific Grove where they had the beautiful purple flowers just along the coast and just gave us some little tips and had some pretty stops along the way.   [00:46:00.930] - Kim Tate And it was E bikes, which is yeah, it's gorgeous. And it was kind of a cold morning. So I actually ended up buying like seventy dollar hoodies for the girls because both of them somehow managed to not get the message to wear coat because I guess it had been so hot, you know, at their other things. So we stayed at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa, which is just kind of remodeled, I think, not remodeled.   [00:46:24.240] - Kim Tate The the rooms have been upgraded. So more of a soft linens upgrade and kind of refashion. And it looked really nice. And so we we stayed there. They are like fully open and have a couple pools open and then they also have a golf course there. So they at night they do these fire pits, kind of communal fire pits. But if one group's already there, you're not you're not supposed to go into it, if that makes sense.   [00:46:46.660] - Kim Tate So it was kind of a central it was a good jumping off point because we stayed there and then went around and did a few things. So that was good. We did drive down to the famous Bixby Bridge, which we just wanted to take a look at that.   [00:46:59.550] - Tamara Gruber Yeah, but I saw you guys there.   [00:47:01.920] - Kim Tate Yeah. And they're really they're trying to, like, not encourage travel there. People are just insane. So it's really limited parking, of course, but then they have these big, big rocks to try and. Encourage people to stay in, like right along the parking area and just look at the bridge and the coast, but I mean, these people are insane. They're like climbing over the rocks and climbing, like off the ledge, a little bit of the you know, because it's a it goes to the ocean and people have gotten hurt there and people are not caring.   [00:47:32.630] - Kim Tate So they're not necessarily encouraging that. But I just encourage you, if you're going to go to Bixby Bridge, make sure you stay safe on the ground. That's next. The parking area. And don't try and go get that perfect Instagram shot, which is what I saw. All the crazy people that were doing it were kind of going past that section. But sorry, I'm doing a so it's really a shame. Like how many things have turned into that?   [00:47:54.980] - Kim Tate Like, because of Instagram, I was going to get like this shot and it's it's definitely not worth taking your life in your hands.   [00:48:04.280] - Kim Tate So right near that is a place called Garrapata State Park.   [00:48:09.920] - Tamara Gruber I stopped there. That's beautiful.   [00:48:13.310] - Kim Tate It's beautiful. Beautiful. And they actually have a beautiful you can go, they have a white sandy beach area that you can hike down to and they also have not too far from there are really famous spot called Lily Valley which is where all these wild calla lilies grow. Wow. And it's kind of along a stream that empties over into the ocean and along this little streamy valley is this calla lilly Valley. It's just insane of all these wild calla lilies. So it's kind of a popular little tourist spot.   [00:48:41.030] - Kim Tate And we hiked around there and all the wildflowers and just kind of the it's like a cliff beach of a sort. So you're you're up a little higher and then you kind of look down on the white sand beach and the waves, it just seemed like a really nice place to hang out. And I think the parking lot is very the parking is limited. And you could see that it's probably really popular and can get busy.   [00:49:03.440] - Tamara Gruber So, yeah, when we stayed in Carmel, we we stopped there like on our way down towards Big Sur. But then we had also done like a day hike or, you know, like a spent part of a day at Point Lobos State Park, which is another gorgeous spot right now.   [00:49:19.130] - Kim Tate Yeah, that's that's a really popular spot. We didn't go there, but yeah, I could tell that was popular. There was people like hiking out to the highway from the from the park entrance. They marked it closed because there was no parking. I mean the park was open but you couldn't drive in there.   [00:49:32.460] - Tamara Gruber Yeah, I was full. I love that part of the coast. It's really beautiful. And it's so especially if you can if you can. I know some other people do like kayaking tours are where you can see otters and things like that. So there is definitely a lot to do if you, you know, for people that want to spend. Yeah. A couple or a few days in that area.   [00:49:49.040] - Kim Tate Well, in the Monterey Bay Aquarium is amazing and really cool. But like I said, that was it was closed, but it was opening. It was opening in May. So it will be reopen soon. And I have to say, I'll give a couple shout outs to food places in Monterey just because this is one place I know we're getting a little long, but one place that I really had some good experiences, one place we ate at was called Rio Grill, which it's kind of cool.   [00:50:09.530] - Kim Tate You can tell that they have kind of made their sidewalk and outdoor seating area and it was quaint. They had, you know, heating the heaters going and they had created kind of a wall of sorts from the parking lot with plants and. Yeah, fence. And it just looked great. So they did a good job at that. And the food was delicious and they were so helpful. Mia had ordered something and felt like she was like she started eating it.   [00:50:34.490] - Kim Tate They thought it was safe. But she's like, no, and it's normally eggs will do this. It wasn't nothing. But she's like, no, it doesn't seem right. And so they were like, oh, no problem, let's get you something. And so she took a Benadryl and then they got her something different. And it was so awesome. And the food was delicious and they were so friendly and so helpful. And then there's also a really famous bakery in Monterey called Alta Bakery.   [00:50:58.280] - Kim Tate And we stop there for breakfast the next morning before our bike ride. And I have to say they had some amazing things. There's a huge line normally waiting outside to place your order and stuff. So you do have to allow a little bit of time. And finding parking can be a little tricky, but it was an awesome little spot. And then lastly, I want to give a shout out to a place called Lucie's on Lighthouse, which was a hot dog joint that's got like kind of a skateboard theme.   [00:51:22.460] - Kim Tate And basically they have all these crazy hot dogs that you can get all these different, whatever it's called, you know, like toppings and stuff. So a little bit about that. It was really awesome. Sound fun. Yeah. And so for Monterey, we went, like I said, to our friend's house and that was kind of it, and that was in Ojai. And so we didn't really do much else. We did some day trips.   [00:51:45.950] - Kim Tate We hiked the Hollywood sign, which was a pretty epic fun thing to do. And that was about a I think it was just over four mile hike, round trip and, you know, some great views of L.A. It was not t

Eoin O'Shea shares a poor life decision from his days in Muir Woods (where they filmed Return of Jedi!) Don't let the thumbnail photo fool you, it's hilarious! With host Steve Roney, and panelists Jessie Preisendorfer, Kevin Regan, and guest panelists Dave Jadico.

Olivia joins forces with her cousin Joe to talk about Muir Woods National Monument, Ewoks, and Teddy Roosevelt.

Autumn in the outdoors is refreshing and recharging. Let's turn over a new leaf on 2020. Weekend Sherpa's podcast came about as a result of the early quarantine days of the Covid-19 pandemic and 9 months later many of us have never been more thankful and grateful for the great outdoors. In this episode, Brad and Holly discuss getting outside as the weather turns colder, and share top recommendations for hikes and bike rides, plus unique and classic autumn explorations in both Northern and Southern California. Learn about how to "hike Muir Woods through the backdoor." Get some ideas for how to spend your holiday weekend getting some fresh air and keeping perspective during a year that's been a real turkey.

Wrote this after hiking in Muir Woods. There is something both peaceful and sinister feeling about this piece - I feel calm and alert. Something stressful is ahead of me - but I'll be okay.

During this period of sheltering in place and with limited park access and on-site interpretation, Park Postcards Podcast is meant to provide audio snapshots or “postcards” that visitors can enjoy from afar. Episode 1 features the voices of Ranger Fatima Colindres , Ranger Giessell Aguilar, and community group leader Manuel Raneda from Curry Senior Center, as he shares his memories of visiting Muir Woods, and encourages new park visitors to visit in the future.

It's not until the end of the day when the Blissful Hiker enters a magical forest preserve of towering Cathedral-sized Kauri does she realize here is precisely where she needs to be in this moment.  In this episode: The Blissful Hiker awakens to a cacophonous symphony of birdsong, puts on her muddy socks and shoes and walks right back into soul-sucking mud. A walk across a farm and road walk take her to a hamburger.A rainy night at Apple Dam teaches her how to pack up a damp campsite.Trail angels and curious sites keep her company on an easy walk. A sidetrip to see magnificent Kauri remind her that she is exactly where she needs to be – walking the Te Araroa. MUSIC: Poema del Pastor Coya by Angel Lasala as played by Alison Young, flute and Vicki Seldon, pianoavailable on iTunesA symphony of birdsong awakens me in the Raetea Forest, a cushion of grass my mattress and just enough water left for breakfast. My shoes and socks are caked with the stuff and I'm putting off placing my feet in them for as long as possible. Out of the forest, through a farm, then onto road. This is one of the major complaints about the Te Araroa. It's really not that bad as the road slowly climbs up, the Mangamuka Dairy right at the top of this hill. Apple Dam Camp is another wide grassy spot in the bush and it rained all night long. Waking up in rain is absolutely depleting. Ask any thru-hiker and they will likely tell you that it's not the rain itself that's the problem – it's packing in rain. I pass pastel colored bee boxes in uneven stacks, buzzing workers swarming the white flowered manuka nearby. A slow moving vehicle crawls closer and two hunters lean out to ensure I take the right turn at the next fork. Even though it's midday, I pose my standard question, “Do you have a beer you could sell me?” Only moments to the end, I break off from the rest and take a detour to Manginangina. This moment here, right now is magic, holy, like walking into a cathedral. Muir Woods of Australasia. Aside from needing to find water and places to camp, the “getting there” aspect was pretty much absent. My walking became an act for its own sake. The continuous, rhythmic perambulation, and my own company and observations, brought me to the present moment of my feet very simply walking on this earth. And you know what? That's precisely why I came here.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/blissfulhiker)

Happy International Masturbation Month! To honor the power of self-pleasure as a practice of self-reflection, today I shared my story of self-love amidst the trees of Muir Woods. Join me for the rest of the month as we talk about the importance and depth of self-pleasure through the lessons of "All of Me - Immersive rituals for self-pleasure" (available now!) May you savor your body's expression of joy! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pleasurerevolution/support

Mill Valley Public Library interviews NPS Park Ranger Giessell Aguilar

Books: Vasistha Yoga   

En este programa de Comida en Serie, nos vamos a San Francisco en California , de la mano de Javi y Sebas, porque en este programa Julio va a demostrar su papel en el programa , es decir que sobra, durante el mismo nos hablaran de sitios para conocer como el Golden Gate, Alcatraz ,Chinatown ,Lomband Street ,Torre Coit ,Pier 39 en Fisherman's Wharf,Twin Peaks ,Muir Woods ,Sausalito … y por supuesto sitio para comer como: -In and out Burger – Franquicia pero el emblematico esta en 333 Jefferson St, San Francisco. -Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. – 39 Piers Box M-211, San Francisco. -Golden Gate Tap Room  – 449 Powell St, San Francisco. -Pinecrest Diner – 401 Geary St, San Francisco. -Marsahalls – 760 Market St, San Francisco , para ir de tiendas. Para finalizar nuestra comentarios y la Promo de Versos a Voces de la red de AV Podcast. El tema de nuestro programa es We are the One de Vexento con licencia CC. Nos puedes oir en AV Podcast https://avpodcast.net/comidaenserie/ , Radio Viajera https://www.radioviajera.com/ y en Radio Sapiens XXI https://www.radiosapiens.es/ Ademas de suscribirte a Comida en Serie en iVoox / Apple Podcast /Google Podcast / RSS para no perderte ningún episodio y puedes ver todos los programas web: https://comidaenserie.wordpress.com/ o mandarnos correo a comidaenserie@gmail.com y/o seguirnos en twitter en @comidaenserie. Te invito a escuchar el resto de podcast de la red AVpodcast La entrada CeS – 31 – San Francisco aparece primero en AVpodcast.

En este programa de Comida en Serie, nos vamos a San Francisco en California , de la mano de Javi y Sebas, porque en este programa Julio va a demostrar su papel en el programa , es decir que sobra, durante el mismo nos hablaran de sitios para conocer como el Golden Gate, Alcatraz ,Chinatown ,Lomband Street ,Torre Coit ,Pier 39 en Fisherman’s Wharf,Twin Peaks ,Muir Woods ,Sausalito … y por supuesto sitio para comer como: -In and out Burger – Franquicia pero el emblematico esta en 333 Jefferson St, San Francisco. -Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. – 39 Piers Box M-211, San Francisco. -Golden Gate Tap Room  – 449 Powell St, San Francisco. -Pinecrest Diner – 401 Geary St, San Francisco. -Marsahalls – 760 Market St, San Francisco , para ir de tiendas. Para finalizar nuestra comentarios y la Promo de Versos a Voces de la red de AV Podcast. El tema de nuestro programa es We are the One de Vexento con licencia CC. Nos puedes oir en AV Podcast https://avpodcast.net/comidaenserie/ , Radio Viajera https://www.radioviajera.com/ y en Radio Sapiens XXI https://www.radiosapiens.es/ Ademas de suscribirte a Comida en Serie en iVoox / Apple Podcast /Google Podcast / RSS para no perderte ningún episodio y puedes ver todos los programas web: https://comidaenserie.wordpress.com/ o mandarnos correo a comidaenserie@gmail.com y/o seguirnos en twitter en @comidaenserie. Te invito a escuchar el resto de podcast de la red AVpodcast La entrada CeS – 31 – San Francisco aparece primero en AVpodcast.

A man was killed after being struck by a tree in Marin County's Muir Woods, mother nature puts on an extraordinary show in the Bay Area this morning and California's ban on non-medical exemptions for childhood vaccines is working. Local stories. From the KCBS Radio Newsroom, this is "The All Local" for the afternoon of Wednesday, December 25, 2019.

If you’ve spent much time in Christian women’s circles, you may have noticed that we have devoted many gatherings to exploring our identity.Retreats, conferences, and topical Bible studies rush to assure us that we are redeemed and treasured, that our lives have purpose, that our actions carry eternal significance. If we just understood who we are — the message goes — we would turn from our sin patterns and our spiritual low self-esteem and experience the abundant life of which Jesus spoke.Recently I attended a women’s conference at which this message predictably took center stage. One after another, all three keynote speakers took us to Psalm 139:14, urging us to see ourselves the way God sees us, as fearfully and wonderfully made. It could have been just about any women’s event, with just about any typical speaker. Christian women ask Psalm 139:14 to soothe us when our body image falters, or when we just don’t feel that smart, valuable, or capable. We ask it to bolster us when our limits weigh us down. But based on how frequently I hear it offered, I suspect the message may not be “sticking to our ribs” very well.Why is that?I believe it is because we have misdiagnosed our primary problem. As long as we keep the emphasis on us instead of on a higher vision, we will take small comfort from discussions of identity — and we will see little lasting change. Our primary problem as Christian women is not that we lack self-worth, not that we lack a sense of significance or purpose. It’s that we lack awe.Awe and WonderOn a recent visit to San Francisco, my husband and I had the chance to hike Muir Woods. Walking its paths, we halted, slack-jawed, to gaze up at 250-foot redwoods that had stood since the signing of the Magna Carta. Towering and ancient, they reminded us of our smallness.Muir Woods was a place to be awestruck. But not necessarily for everyone. I can still see the eight-year-old playing a video game while his parents took in the view. I’m not judging mom and dad — I’ve been on vacation with young children myself — but the irony of the image was compelling.“Our primary problem as Christian women is not that we lack self-worth. It’s that we lack awe.”TweetShare on FacebookResearch shows that when humans experience awe — wonderment at redwoods or rainbows, Rembrandt or Rachmaninoff — we become less individualistic, less self-focused, less materialistic, more connected to those around us. In marveling at something greater than ourselves, we become more able to reach out to others.At first, this seems counterintuitive, but on closer examination, it begins to sound a lot like the greatest commandments: Love God with heart, soul, mind, and strength (marvel at Someone greater than yourself), and love your neighbor (reach out to others).Awe helps us worry less about self-worth by turning our eyes first toward God, then toward others. It also helps establish our self-worth in the best possible way: we understand both our insignificance within creation and our significance to our Creator. But just like a child on an iPad at the foot of an 800-year-old redwood, we can miss majesty when it is right in front of us.True Self-AwarenessWe have done it habitually with Psalm 139:14. It’s easy to hear it as a “pink verse” when a woman is reading it aloud to a room full of women. It is harder to hear it that way when we consider who wrote it. Imagine King David writing it to give himself a pep talk about his appearance or his self-worth. No, Psalm 139:14 is not written to help us feel significant. We have only to zoom out and consider the entire psalm to see this. Without question, the subject of Psalm 139 is not us. Rather than a reflection on me, fearfully and wonderfully made, it is an extended and exquisite celebration of God, fearful and wonderful.Awe yields self-forgetfulness. When we emphasize self-awareness to the omission of self-forgetfulness, we have missed the mark. You can tell me that I am a royal daughter of the King. You can assure me that I am God’s poem or his masterpiece. You can tell me that I stir the heart of God, that I am sung over and delighted in, that I am beautiful in his eyes, that I am set apart for a sacred purpose. You can tell me these things, and you should. But I beg you: Don’t tell me who I am until you have caused me to gaze in awe at “I Am.” Though all of these statements are precious truths, their preciousness cannot be properly perceived until framed in the brilliance of his utter holiness. There can be no true self-awareness apart from right, reverent awe of God.Lift Up Our EyesSo I implore you, women teachers, lift my eyes from myself to him. Teach me the fear of the Lord (Proverbs 31:30). Finding our identity in the wrong places is a symptom of succumbing to the fear of man. We measure ourselves by a human standard instead of a divine one. But the solution to the fear of man is not repeated assurances that we are loved and accepted by God. It is fear of God.When I ask, “Does he delight in me?” Teach me, “He delights in those who fear him.” (Psalm 147:11)When I ask, “Does he call me friend?” Teach me, “His friendship is for those who fear him.” (Psalm 25:14)When I ask, “Is he for my good?” Teach me, “His goodness is stored up for those who fear him.” (Psalm 31:19)When I ask, “Will he grant me wisdom?” Teach me, “It begins with the fear of the Lord.” (Psalm 111:10)When I ask, “Can I turn from my sin?” Teach me, “Yes, by the fear of the Lord.” (Proverbs 16:6)When I ask, “Does he see the way I take?” Teach me, “The eye of the Lord is on those who fear him.” (Psalm 33:18)When I ask, “Does he love me?” Teach me, “His steadfast love is for those who fear him.” (Psalm 103:11, 17)The fear of the Lord is linked to contentment (Proverbs 15:16; 19:23), to confidence (Proverbs 14:26), to blessing (Proverbs 28:14), to spiritual safety (Proverbs 29:25), and to praise and adoration (Psalm 22:23). It is no wonder, then, that the much-referenced Proverbs 31 woman is called praiseworthy because she fears the Lord.Teach Us AweAs Ed Welch has rightly diagnosed, we must fight fear with fear. We cease offering reverence and awe to a human standard by instead offering it to its true object: God himself. This is worship. And when we “worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness” (Psalm 96:9) an interesting thing happens: we do rediscover our true identity — as sinners redeemed by grace, in a manner that defies human understanding.In that moment, the one in which we tremble and stammer, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful woman,” our hearts are ready to drink in the good news that we are daughters of the King. The priceless pearl of his love for us can at last be properly valued. The miracle of our acceptance through Christ can at last be properly savored.It’s time for women teachers and authors to abandon the thin gruel of self-reflection for a message that sticks to our ribs. Women desperately need to be discipled into the joyful practice of self-forgetful worship. Help us lift our eyes to towering majesty. Help us learn awe. Teach us the fear of the Lord.

Awake 2 Oneness Radio with author and spiritual teacher Peter Mt. Shasta on Friday, October 11, 2019 at 7:00 PM EDT. This program was pre-recorded. Peter Mt. Shasta was given his name by the Ascended Master Saint Germain, who appeared before him in physical form in Muir Woods, California, in 1973. He was offered the opportunity to ascend, but after Saint Germain showed him the suffering of humanity, he chose to stay in embodiment to be of service. As a result of that decision he was sent to Mount Shasta, where he was trained for several years by Pearl Dorris, former director of the I AM Sanctuary of San Francisco, and assistant to Godfre Ray King, founder of the Saint Germain Foundation and author of Unveiled Mysteries. Except for various travels and retreats, he has continued to live in Mount Shasta.  He is the author of many book, some autobiographical, which teach how to use I AM Affirmations to bring the teachings of the Ascended Masters into fruition in daily life. You can find all his books on Amazon. Recently his focus has been to bring the meditative teachings of the Far East into union with the I AM consciousness. To learn more about Peter visit his website: https://www.i-am-teachings.com/

TRAVEL ITCH RADIO welcomes long-time author and travel writer Linda Ballou on Thursday, September 12, at 8p EDT. Listen live at 8p EDT on iTunes or BlogTalkRadio.com as Dan Schlossberg and Annita Stokes Thomas talk to Linda about her books, her teenaged years in Southeastern Alaska, her search for solitude, and her brushes with wildlife, not to mention her numerous adventures on the road as author and travel journalist. Hear her tales from Hawaii, New Zealand, the Muir Woods, and more. Listen as it happens or check out the archived show on Facebook or BlogTalkRadio.com at your convenience.                  

“Part of the experience of Muir Woods [National Monument] is that you are in a primeval forest-- that you’re really in a place where time takes a different pace.” Did you know that not many bugs enjoy eating the wood of a coastal redwood? What is the impact of climate change on our ancient, glorious coastal redwood trees? I had the chance to learn so much about the giant coastal redwood trees of Muir Woods National Monument with ranger Cassie Anderson. Cassie Anderson is currently serving as a supervisory park ranger at Muir Woods National Monument, and has devoted much of her life to our national parks. Cassie helps reiterate why these redwood trees are so phenomenal-- what makes them so resilient and beautiful, and how their many stewards throughout the centuries, from the natives of Mexico to William and Elizabeth Kent and Teddy Roosevelt, helped to protect them. Cassie also helps us to understand improvements made to Muir Woods to help its million visitors per year enjoy the park without destroying the fragile ecosystem. It is interesting to explore this ecosystem, from the scarcity of birds to the thriving banana slug population. Banana slugs love our redwoods! We explore different hikes to take, including those on the main trail and on others, such as the Canopy View Loop and the Hillside Trail. Also, be sure to check the website and ask at the visitor center for various ranger-led programs for the family such as a guided sunrise hike. Cassie and I discuss not only what makes these redwoods absolutely stunning to see in person,  but also the significance of protecting these marvelous trees, especially in light of the Earth’s changing climate.   Our Discussion Journey: Cassie describes the background of Muir Woods (2:29) Cassie’s journey into the National Park Service through volunteerism (4:29) An overview of Muir Woods National Monument (5:31) What constitutes an “old growth forest?” (7:21) Where can I find old growth coastal redwoods? (8:57) What makes coastal redwoods special? (9:36) What is the biggest threat to the redwood? (12:03) Where are the trees specifically located presently? (14:36) Where can I find the tallest redwood tree? (15:07) Cassie describes just how tall the tallest tree is (15:41) How did Muir Woods National Monument come about (16:43) How did Muir Woods survive the California Gold Rush and the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906? (17:53) Why this area was named Muir Woods. (19:44) What improvements have been made in the park to help conserve the redwoods? (21:19) What is the ecosystem in Muir Woods? (23:39) Why aren’t there many birds in Muir Woods? (26:24) When is salmon spawning season in Muir Woods? (28:53) Cassie’s tips for visitors (30:05) Recommended hikes for visitors (34:50) Photography tips for capturing the beauty of redwoods (38:00) Programs to attend while at Muir Woods (39:18) Cassie’s special memory involving the rescue of the salmon of Redwood Creek (42:00) Tips for your Travels: You need to make a reservation for Muir Woods in advance. You can either reserve a parking spot in 30 minute increments or reserve a seat on a shuttle online. Learn about the salmon of Redwood Creek and the NPS efforts to conserve them. Follow Muir Woods National Monument on Facebook! Come visit Muir Woods either at the beginning or end of the day for a more personal experience. More ranger programs are available around midday. Get lost in the quiet atmosphere and be mindful of volume to fully experience the majesty of Muir Woods. Check the Muir Woods website for special tours that you need to plan ahead for. Use panorama function on your camera to get photos of the entire tree. Resources from the Show: Adventure in Muir Woods National Park, but make a reservation first! Mount Tamalpais State Park Point Reyes National Seashore Become a Patreon to continue our great journey through these beautiful parks. Explore more adventures through beautiful parks. Contact us to tell us about your family adventures or ask a question.

SHOW NOTESWhen I was in California, I had the great fortune to visit Muir Woods. I found a small cave-like structure that was naturally hollowed out from one of the Redwood tree trunks and I began channeling in there.As I spoke, the words of the trees came gushing out of me, in a pleading, desperate kind of way. Here is their message.

Summary: What if the solution to death was not to escape it, but to face and defeat it? The claim of Christianity is that someone has done just that, and done so for us. Many of us grew up imagining we would spend eternity as disembodied souls, but the true hope of Scriptures is something far deeper and more satisfying. This weekend we will conclude our series “Prodigal Church” by looking at 1 Corinthians 15 where Paul lays out a vision of Christian hope for the future, that fills us with courage and strength for today.Transcript:This media has been made available by Mosaic Boston Church. If you'd like to check out more resources, learn about Mosaic Boston and our neighborhood churches, or donate to this ministry, please visit mosaicboston.comRight now, before we begin with the sermon, would you please join me in prayer? Jesus, we thank you for being our Lord and our Savior. That you are both merciful and powerful. You have the desire to save, and you have the ability to save, and to save completely. And if there are any here today who are lacking purpose or meaning in their life, if there are any lacking hope, if there are any finding it hard to persevere, tempted to give up, I pray that you would show us today, that your gospel changes everything. It gives us a sure and certain and unshakeable hope for tomorrow, that manifests into strength for today, so that we know that nothing we walk through in this life will be in vain. So long as it is done by your spirit, motivated by your love, it will be eternal. So we pray that you'd speak to us now through the preaching of your word. Amen.The author of Ecclesiastes famously wrote that, "God has placed eternity in the hearts of men." And if you've read the book of Ecclesiastes, you know that he's wrote far more often, "Vanity, vanity, everything is vanity. Life is absurd and meaningless." There's this tension where on the one hand he sees this reality, we're all gonna die, and all of our accomplishments, everything we lived for, it seems as if in one moment, death is going to swallow it all up. We're born, we live, we die. Time marches on, and we're slowly forgotten. Now, on the other hand, as we live these seemingly meaningless lives, we do so with this aching in our souls. It's as if we are homesick for some place that we've never been, and deep down we know that there has to be more to life than what we see with our eyes.A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to go back to the Midwest and spend some time with my family. And I've been... It's been interesting, the last few times I've been home, I have two younger sisters. And you know, you get together with family and you start to reminisce about the past. And what's been interesting to me though is that, at times they'll say something like, "Hey, remember that time?" And they'll go on to share a story. I'm like, "Yeah, I remember that. "And yet other times, and this has been happening, it's happened several times. So like, "Hey, remember that time?" And they'll go on to describe something in vivid detail that I have absolutely no memory of. Like they could just be totally making it up. I don't know. But if you think about your own memory, it's interesting, we have these very vivid memories at different points throughout our lives, and then we have these others that are kind of dim. And then we talk to other people and realize that it seems as if there's even some, we've just totally forgotten, as if they've just been deleted.And one of the most vivid memories I have from my childhood was, it happened in third grade. Like I can see myself, I can see the room, I can see the people around me vividly. And it was at my grandfather's funeral. I remember sitting there and just feeling that, it just didn't seem real. Like we just saw grandpa not too long ago, and he's there, but that's not him. Like this doesn't seem real. It doesn't seem right. And I remember sitting there with this growing frustration that kind of turned into almost an anger. And then I very vividly remember when my grandmother walked into the ceremony, she was just weeping. And as soon as I saw her, I started weeping. And this is one of the only memories I have from my childhood where I, as a child, I just wept.And if death is totally natural, and if life is totally meaningless, then why does it bother us the way that it does? Why do we rage against death? It's not enough to say that we desire immortality. It's deeper than that. There's a sense of injustice in its absence, as if we had it, but it's been taken or lost. And so the author, he looks and he sees death's gonna win. All of our accomplishments will be lost. Our names will be forgotten. Time is going to make fools of us all, so what have I to do but just drink, eat, and for tomorrow, we die. The life is just a vapor, vanishing in the wind.We're looking at 1 Corinthians 15 today, and you know, before we all get too utterly depressed, this is actually not the focus or the point of the text. Paul's not going to focus on the bleak absurdity of death, but that is going to be the background. Death is going to be the black canvas upon which Paul paints this bright and glorious vision of Christian hope. But as we begin this, we need to understand, that if this is not true, then none of it really matters. But if it is, then that changes everything.What we're about to read today is really at the crux of our faith. If this is true, as Christians, we have a blessed assurance and hope that begins right now, and reaches into eternity. And if it's not, if this is false, then our lives are really just absurdly meaningless, and we might as well stop right now. Like class dismissed. Everybody go home. Let's stop wasting our time.And that's what Paul says in 1 Corinthians 15, starting in verse 16, he says, "Listen, if the dead are not raised, if death is the end of it, not even Christ has been raised, and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is feudal and you're still in your sins. Then those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in Christ, we have hope in this life only, we are of all people, most to be pitied." See, Paul understood. I didn't come to Jesus because I thought he was gonna make my life easier or more comfortable. In fact, following Jesus has made things a lot more difficult for me, and that's going to be true of us as well. Following Jesus means you will face greater temptation. Nobody knows the strength of a temptation until they have tried to stand against it.That's why Jesus knew temptation better than anyone else, because he never gave into it. He experienced its full strength. Following Jesus means that you're going to have to deny yourself earthly pleasures, and it's the idea of delayed gratification for eternal rewards. And following Jesus may even mean facing persecution for your faith. It meant that for Paul, and it meant that for many of the people that he was writing to. He kind of alludes to this in verse 32, where he says, "What do I gain, if death is all there is? What do I gain humanly speaking, if I fought with beasts at Ephesus. If the dead are not raised." And then he quotes the Ecclesiastes, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die." Then he says this, "Do not be deceived. Bad company ruins good morals. Wake up from your drunken stupor as is right, and do not go on sinning."Paul's saying the life of following Jesus Christ is absolutely, utterly absurd. Unless it's true. If it's true, then the whole world is stumbling around in a drunken stupor and needs to be woke up. If this is true, and Paul says that it is.That's why he begins in the very beginning of the chapter. He says, "Listen, I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance, what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the 12, then to more than 500 brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive. You can go talk to them, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me."Paul saying this is impossible, but it happened, and we saw it with our own eyes, and this changes everything. This is what caused CS Lewis to write that, "If Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true of infinite importance. The only thing that it cannot be is moderately important."Now the goal of today's sermon is not to argue for the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, as important as that is, but I actually preached that sermon a year ago, the first sermon in our Jesus among other gods series. We looked at the first half of 1 Corinthians 15. And what we did there was, we looked at the evidence, historical evidence, scriptural evidence. We looked at it all in order to show that it really is reasonable to believe that Jesus Christ rose from the dead. In fact, that's the most probable explanation for what happened in the first three centuries after the birth of Christ.But the goal today is not to convince you that Jesus rose from the dead. The goal today is to ask, why does it even matter? And that's what Paul focuses on in the second half of the chapter. That's what we're going to be looking at this morning.So three big ideas, three points that we're going to be looking at today is, first of all in Christ, we as Christians, we have hope and a life after life after death. And Paul is going to show us that this life after life after death, is immaculately immortal. And thirdly, it is also presently significant. So if you have your Bibles open up to 1 Corinthians chapter 15. I'd love to have you follow along. There's a lot of text today. And we're going to be looking at verse 35 through 58. If you don't have a Bible, the words will be up here on the screen.1 Corinthians 15, starting at verse 35. But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?" You foolish person. What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain. But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body. For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another. There's one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.So it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable. What is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonor. It is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness. It is raised in power. It is sown a natural body. It is raised a spiritual body. If there's a natural body, there's also a spiritual body. Thus it is written. The first man, Adam became a living being. The last Adam became a life giving spirit. But it is not the spiritual that is first, but the natural, and then the spiritual. The first man was from the earth, a man of dust. The second man is from heaven. As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.I tell you this, brothers, flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, when the mortal puts on immortality, then she'll come to pass, the saying that is written, "Death is swallowed up in victory. Oh, death, where is your victory? Oh, death, where is your sting?" The sting of death is sin and the power of sin is the law, but thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord, your labor is not in vain.And this is the reading of God's Holy word for us this morning. Point number one: Life after life after death. What if I told you that not all Christians go to heaven? What if I told you that you and I will not be spending eternity in heaven? Obviously I'm trying to be provocative here. It is true that Christians go to heaven when they die, but it's not true to say that that's where scripture leaves it. It has more to say.Paul told the Philippians, "For me to live as Christ, then to die is gain." Because if I die, I go to be with Jesus in heaven. But the full hope of scripture is not merely in life after death. The full hope of scripture is not that we would escape from these physical bodies and that our souls would fly away to some ethereal existence for the rest of eternity. The full hope of scripture is in full redemption, which means bodily resurrection, and new creation. There's a life after life after death that we look forward to. And so Paul says, "When Christ returns, the dead will be raised." And those Christians who are still alive, they will be transformed, and the broader scope of scripture shows us, to inherit the new earth, the new creation.This is important because this is a very common misconception that people have about Christianity. Myself included, most of us, what we grew up.... When we think about eternity, when we think about heaven, most of our ideas come more from like Renaissance paintings or even episodes of the Simpsons than they do from scripture. Like we picture ourselves floating around on clouds, playing harps with like angels wings, and that's not what we see.This is important. If the gospel is an evacuation plan, where our bodies die and our souls escape this mortal coil to spend eternity in some ethereal existence, that presents a few problems.First of all, if that's the truth, why does anything I do right now in my body, in this life, matter. It results in this dualism that was present in Paul's day, and that's why he's writing this. But this dualism that, well, the spiritual is good, and that's what matters, and the physical is bad, and it's inconsequential. But that's not Christianity. God's creation is good.Second, if this is true, then wouldn't that mean that death kind of won, and that God kind of lost. The gospel's not an evacuation plan. It's about redemption. It's about victory. Jesus came, he took on flesh, he lived and he died, not so that he could cut his losses and go home. He didn't come just to deflect death. He came to face it head on, experience, and defeat death, to turn it back upon itself and destroy it. Total victory. That's what Paul is writing about. He's trying to correct this dualism that was influencing that culture.Because at the time, the idea of a bodily resurrection from the dead was just utter nonsense in the pagan world. But for Paul, it was absolutely essential to the gospel. And so what would happen is, people would scoff at Christians, they would ridicule, they would mock Christians for their belief in a resurrection of the dead because they would say things like, "Well, hold on, hold on, first of all, dead people don't come back to life. I've never met a dead person who's come back to life." Of course, the Christians could say, "Well, yeah, but I kind of know a guy. You should meet him." But more so, what they would say is like, "We know, we know what happens. It doesn't take very long before a body begins to decompose. It rots away and given enough time, it turns to dust. How are you gonna raise that up?"And then if they were, you know, more cruel, they'd say, "What of your Christians that we've burned at the stake, whose bodies have become ash and floated away in the wind? What of those that we fed to our beasts? There is no body left to raise. So how is your God going to do that?"And Paul says, "Don't be so foolish." Jesus isn't going to come back just to resuscitate our corpses into some kind of zombie apocalypse. That's not what we're talking about. He's coming back to recreate, new creation. He's not just going to resuscitate us, he's going to resurrect us and those are very different things.And so to help us wrap our minds around this, Paul gives us an illustration, and this is what he says in verse 35, he says, "Some are going to ask, how are the dead raised? With what kind of bodies do they come?" And his answer, "You foolish person, what you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or some other grain."A few years ago, I was visiting San Francisco, and while I was there, I got the opportunity to spend an afternoon in the Muir Woods, one of the famous redwood forests in the area. And if you've ever been there, it's just, it's a very surreal experience. Like as soon as you get out of your car, the first thing you notice is the air just has... just the smell of it smells like life, and it's just hard to explain there's this sweetness in the air.But then as you begin to walk into the woods, you're just awestruck by how massively impressive these trees are. And you go there, and I remember, I took so many pictures that day, and just none of them could do justice to what I saw with my eyes. And while I was there, I learned that the largest redwoods today, are as tall as a 37 story building, and that in the past they've been known to get as tall as 400 feet. But just to put that into perspective, if you look at the pinnacle of the dome, we're talking about something four times higher than that. And not only that, these trees are extremely old. Like some of these trees are up to 2500 years old, meaning that they started their life and they started growing before Jesus was even born. And they're still alive growing to this day. It's just, a very surreal experience.And as I was walking through these woods, if you've been there, you probably saw this, but you come to this place called the Cathedral Grove. And there's a sign that says, "Everyone who enters, remain silent as you walk through this section of the forest." And there's kind of this semi-circle of trees that reach up, and they kind of resemble like a Gothic cathedral. And I said, "Well, if God planted a cathedral here, this is as good a place as any to just kind of like camp out for a while and spend some time." I spent some time praying. And so that's what I did.And after a while, I'm looking down, and I realized just everywhere I look, the ground is just absolutely covered with thousands and thousands of these. I don't often use visual aids, but when I do, they're too small for you to even see what they are, so. But what this is, it's a pine cone. It's like barely larger than a penny, and it had fallen from one of these trees. Inside this tiny little pine cone, are 50 to 60 redwood seeds. Like theoretically I'm holding a redwood forest right here in the tips of my fingers. And you put a seed in the ground and then it comes back up. But it doesn't come back up as it was. And yet it's still itself. It's still the seed, but it's undergone this glorious transformation, and it's still what it was. It's still itself, but it's now so much more of itself.And Paul's trying to help us. I think in some sense, this is what we're talking about with the resurrection. When Jesus returns, he's not merely going to bring our dead bodies back to life. He's not merely going to put an end to trials and temptations, to the sufferings and the weaknesses that we experience in this life. He's not even merely going to fix things up and make them the way they were before the fall. What scripture shows us is actually far bigger and better than that. The hope of scripture is that he's actually going to redeem and recreate creation in such a way, that what is found, is now more valuable for having once been lost. That what is restored, is now more precious and beautiful for having once been broken, better than it was before.You think about the Bible, Genesis to Revelation. The book of Genesis opens with the creation account, and we see two people in paradise with God. But when you get to the end of the book of revelation, it's not just a return to Eden. It's not just two people in paradise with God. Now Eden is surrounded by this radiant, glorious city, filled with a multitude of people greater than anyone can count from every tribe, tongue, and nation, from all the corners of the earth, brought together, redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ, worshiping God. It says that heaven and earth have become one, and we're told that God is going to dwell with his people forever.As Christians, we have a hope in life after death, but we need to understand that even more significantly, we have a hope in a resurrected life after life after death. And as Paul goes on, he goes into more detail to give us a glimpse of just how immaculately immortal these resurrected bodies will be. Immaculate in the sense that they're pure, they're clean, they're holy. They are completely without sin. And immortal in the sense that they're eternal, imperishable, powerful, glorious. This is what he says in verse 42, "So it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable. What is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonor. It is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness. It's raised in power. It is sown a natural body. It is raised a spiritual body. And if there is a natural body, there's also a spiritual body."Thus it is written. The first man, Adam, became a living being, the last Adam, referring to Jesus Christ became a life giving spirit. But it is not the spiritual that is first, but the natural, and then the spiritual. The first man was from the earth, a man of dust. The second man is from heaven. As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven. Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.When you read the gospel accounts of Jesus' resurrection, there's like all this weird like trippy stuff that happens to him, right, in his resurrected body. Like sometimes people see him, and they recognize him right away. Other times he'll spend a few hours with someone, and it's as if his identity is being concealed. There's times where it seems like he's teleporting from place to place. He walks through locked doors, through walls, and then as soon as everyone starts freaking out and saying, "Oh, it's a ghost." He says, "Hold on, I'm not a ghost. Come here." Said, "Put your finger in my hand. Put your hand in my wounded side. I'm real. I'm here. I have a body. But it's one full of surprises."And this section, it can be a little bit confusing, because if Paul is trying to argue for a bodily physical resurrection, then why all of a sudden is he talking about us being raised in spiritual bodies? It almost seems like he's contradicting himself. Well, he's not. What he's doing is he's expanding on this idea that he hinted that with the seed and the plant, and he's trying to reveal some of the specific ways in which these bodies are going to be transformed, in which they're going to be different.And so the first thing we need to understand is what he means by natural and spiritual. He's not saying that right now we have a body, but then we're going to be spending eternity as disembodied spirits. There's still a body. The focus is on what kind of body, and the distinction is between the natural and the spiritual. And so right now we have what he calls natural bodies. We have bodies that are born with a sinful nature, inherited from the fall. And because of this, our bodies are perishable, they are weak, they are corrupted, and Paul says, "They bear the image of Adam, the man of dust."Now, when Christ returns, it's not that we're not going to have a body, or use for a body any longer. It's that we're going to have what he calls a spiritual body, and the emphasis is on this. It's that it's going to be a body that is so perfectly filled, and energized with the Holy Spirit of God, that we will be bearing the image of Jesus, the man of heaven. Just try to imagine what this means. Like for those in Christ, in eternity, you will be so filled with the Holy Spirit, so filled with the love and the presence and the joy and the power of God, that not only will you never sin again, but your immediate constant internal inclination in every circumstance will be to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength, and love your neighbor as yourself. And the same is going to be true for everyone else there. Shame replaced with glory, weakness, replaced with power, sickness and death, replaced with eternal vitality in life, sin and temptation replaced with holiness and with a deep unshakable abiding satisfaction in Jesus Christ.This is amazing. I'd encourage you, just seriously, just carve some time out this week, and just think about that. Try to wrap your mind around that. As you do though, realize that that's not where Paul ends. He doesn't stop there. In fact, the big idea is not just that this is how things are going to be some time in the future, and so we might as well just kill some time now until we get there. The goal, the big idea, is that when Jesus saves us right now, that same Holy Spirit begins to dwell in us right now, and we are empowered and gifted in that spirit right now, so that we can begin living in alignment with that glorious future right now.Now, do we do that perfectly? No, obviously, of course not. We still have that sinful nature alive in us, and it is at war against the spirit within us. But what this means is we get up every day and we fight. We repent. We rely on God's grace, and we strive. We strive to put sin to death in our body. We strive to walk in the Holy Spirit. We strive to keep our eyes fixed on Christ, fixed on this hope, knowing that everything we do right now is presently and eternally significant. And that brings us to point three.At the beginning of chapter 15, near the beginning, Paul says this, in verse 10, says, "By the grace of God, I am what I am. And his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me." And then at end of the chapter, after laying out this rich theology of the resurrection, he concludes with this in verse 58, "Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor, your labor is not in vain."Life in Christ is an inverted Ecclesiastes, where nothing is vanity, everything is meaningful. And compare this to what pastor Jan preached on a few weeks ago, when we looked at 1 Corinthians, chapter 13, because in chapter 13 Paul said this, said, "Listen, if I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I'm a noisy gong or a clanging symbol. And if I have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. And if I give away all I have, and I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Apart from Christ, everything is nothing."In Christ, nothing is meaningless, nothing is vanity, everything will be accounted for. And there's this... And he's trying to help us see. Everything that we do in the flesh. Everything done without faith. Everything that is not done in the spirit, motivated by God's love is vanity, and yet everything we do in faith, hope, love, by the spirit of God, is eternal. None of our work, none of our labor, none of our suffering will be in vain. Why? Because Christ's work toward us was not in vain, and he is actually the one working in us right now, empowering us. Every good thing in us is him alive, his life in us.So your pursuit of holiness, every time you wake up and open your Bible, every time you call out to God in prayer, every time you say yes to the Holy Spirit and no to temptation, every time you lay down your life, pick up your cross, and follow Jesus, it will not go unnoticed. It will never be in vain. Your brotherly love for one another, every time you sacrificially give, every time you selflessly serve to build others up in the church, it will not go unnoticed. It will never be in vain. You're faithful perseverance, as you joyfully and patiently endure the trials and sufferings of this life, as you are insulted and slandered and mocked for your faith, and as you choose to love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, it will not go unnoticed, it will never be in vain. Your bold, faithful, witness, every time you testify to what Jesus Christ has done in your life before others, every time you share the gospel, even if it seems as if it's falling on deaf ears, it will not go unnoticed. It will never be in vain.Paul says, "Even if you lay down your life, give up your body to be burned." Listen, countless Christians in the first century, including Paul, and all the apostles, except for the apostle John, died as martyrs for their faith, because they refused to deny that Jesus Christ had risen from the dead, and their deaths were not in vain. They did not go unnoticed. They did not die meaningless deaths. Jesus said, "If you lose yourself, if you die to yourself, and if you pick up your cross, and follow me, that's when I actually, for the first time in your life, you're going to see what it means to truly live, and I promise you that in the next life you will be eternally rewarded, because I have come to give life. I've come to give abundant life, eternal life, and it's a life that begins right now.In Paul's second letter to the Corinthians. In 2 Corinthians, chapter 5:17, Paul said this, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he will become a new creation." No, that's not what he said. He said, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold the new has come. It starts right now."Ah, this is the last sermon in our Prodigal Church series. We've been going through the book of 1 Corinthians all summer long. And we called this series Prodigal Church, because like the infamous prodigal son, this was a church that had a lot of problems, and we've seen that every week. There's a new issue that the church is needing to deal with. That this church was young, it was arrogant, it was immature, they were short sighted and foolish. They were presuming on God's kindness and his patience and his grace. And this was a church full of sexual immorality, it was a church full of division and pride.And Paul says, "All of that is just because at the base of it there's this overall lack of love for God and for one another." And like the prodigal son, it seems as if this church was squandering it's inheritance in Christ, and yet also like the prodigal son, this is a church that was loved by the Father and unlike the prodigal son, this was a church with an older brother who hadn't given up on them yet, who had begun a good work in them, and was going to carry it out to completion.And so Paul comes to them and it says, if he's coming to the prodigal son in the far off country, when he's there hitting rock bottom, he says, "Listen, wake up from you're drunken stupor." Like it's time to get up. It's time to walk back home to the father. It's time to stop following Jesus half-heartedly and get all in. Every single moment of this life is significant, and every single moment will be accounted for when Jesus Christ returns. So wake up. Remember who you are. You were not saved for sin, you were saved from sin. You are saints. You are the church, the bride of Jesus Christ. You have been purchased, redeemed by his blood. You are the children of the living God. You're treasured, loved, filled, and powered by the Holy spirit and you are destined for unfathomable glory.So you need to live a life worthy of that good news right now. Some of us, some of you, your lives are like leaves, spinning, flying, being tossed about in the wind, ungrounded, unstable, unpredictable, because you're not sure of who you are, haven't placed your identity firmly in Jesus Christ. And for some of you, this is because you've been running away from God your whole life. For some of you it's because you've been living in the world, and just trying to kind of dabble and Christianity. You're afraid to go all in because you know what it's gonna cost you to do so. And some of you have been trying to live the Christian life while continuing to dabble in the world, and you've been quenching the spirit, trying to follow Jesus in the flesh, and it's time to wake up. Jesus died for you so that through faith you could have a life in him and be filled with his spirit.2000 years ago, God became a man that really happened. Paul saying, "Gun to my head, go ahead, I'm not going to deny it. I've seen him with my own eyes." Jesus lived a perfect life. He died for our sins. He rose in victory over Satan, sin, and death, and now he invites us to repent, to stop trying to live life in our flesh, and to trust that we can share in this victory of his, not because of something we've done to achieve it, but because of what he has done for us completely by grace, through faith in him, and his work.If you are here this morning and you have not experienced that life, you've not given your life to Christ, you've not been filled with his Holy Spirit, I pray that you would do that today. Repent and put your faith in Jesus. And I pray right now that you just join me in prayer as we conclude this message.Jesus, to you be all glory and power and dominion and authority and praise. In your death, you have given us life and in your resurrection you have given us eternal hope. God, I pray that you would give grace to your children, that we would be able to love you and trust you. That we would be steadfast, immovable, abounding in your work, walking in holiness. Patiently waiting, and eagerly hastening the day of Christ's return. What for those here who have not yet been reconciled to you, I pray that you would reveal yourself to them now, that you'd show them their need for a savior, that your kindness and patience would lead them to repentance, and that they would put their faith in Jesus Christ. They would experience your love today, and even now, be filled with your Holy Spirit. I ask this in the name of your son, our Lord, our Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen.

There are more than 30 National Park Service sites around the San Francisco Bay area. In this Trip Report, Bryan, Danielle and the girls discuss their visits to Muir Woods, the Presidio and Fort Point, and Rosie the Riveter WWII Homefront National Historic Park. Our Discussion Journey: Bryan and Danielle discuss Muir Woods and the sights of San Francisco (2:03) Reservation requirements for visiting Muir Woods (4:55) Who founded Muir Woods? (6:21) What are you going to see as you approach the Muir Woods National Monument (7:54) Bryan and Danielle discuss the experience of Muir Woods and how they interacted with the natural space (8:57) We talk “Tree Talk” adventures and sunrise walks (12:30) Why the redwoods are so captivating (14:15) Exploring the panoramic views and the history of Hawk Hill (16:42) About Fort Point and the Presidio (18:55) The perspective our girls had on Rosie the Riveter WWII Homefront National Historic Site (23:17) Bryan’s take on a valuable lesson Rosie has for all of us (26:44) What the Homefront National Park has to offer beyond Rosie (27:42) Danielle’s eldest daughter shares her Muir Woods experience (29:57) The tallest, the biggest, the oldest of the trees  (31:05) How do redwoods get their water & how climate change impacts this (32:56) Daughter’s joke of the day (33:51) Why daughter loves Rosie the Riveter & other takeaways from Fort Point  (34:28) Insights from Danielle’s youngest daughter (37:01) Tips for your Travels: You need to make a reservation for Muir Woods in advance. You can either reserve a parking spot in 30 minute increments or reserve a shuttle online. Get lost in the quiet atmosphere and be mindful of volume to fully experience the majesty of Muir Woods. Check the Muir Woods website for special tours that you need to plan ahead for. Don’t forget your camera. Always check the weather! Carry more water than you think you need! Resources from the Show: Adventure in Muir Woods National Park Explore Hawk Hill The Presidio of San Francisco Journey in Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Park Fort Point and the Immigrant Yarn Project! Become a Patron to continue our great journey through these beautiful parks. Explore more adventures through beautiful parks. Contact us to tell us about your family adventures or ask a question.

Steve Savage, founder and former CEO of Eco-Products Inc, formed 1908 Brands Inc. with the goal of growing it into one of the largest manufacturers of natural and sustainable products in the nation. 1908 marks the year in which Steve’s family donated the land that is now the Muir Woods to the US government, the foundation of the family to their ongoing passion for conservation and natural solutions. Under his leadership, Eco-Products won numerous environmental awards. From 2008 to 2011, Eco-Products was named one of INC Magazine’s fastest growing businesses.  Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn: [0:44] Steve Savage joins the podcast to talk about Thrive Tribe. [3:00] The most popular Thrive Tribe products. [4:30] Why does Thrive Tribe create palo-friendly foods? [6:10] Steve talks about taking his brand to the international marketplace. [7:30] What are some of the challenges that Steve and his brand has faced? [10:00] Proud moments from the journey. In this episode… When given a choice are you more or less likely to chose the healthy option? The truth is, most people would take a healthy option if it were easy and affordable! On this episode of Inspired Insider, you’ll hear from business leader and innovator, Steve Savage. In his conversation with Jeremy, Steve opens up about Thrive Tribe, what some of their most popular products are, how they’ve taken the brand to the international marketplace, challenges they’ve faced along the way, and much more. Don’t miss a minute of this fascinating episode featuring Steve’s story! Do you find yourself drawn to food and diet fads or do you remain sceptical? Let’s face it; the food trends and diet fads are a huge market! There seems to be no shortage of people who are concerned about their health or want to improve it - that makes for good business! Thankfully, brands like Thrive Tribe are out there putting in the time and resources needed to give people healthy options when it comes to snacks and meal staples. If you are ready to take a hard look at your health and what you can do to add better products, make sure to check out the link Thrive Tribe! As you’ve built your business, have you ever considered that fact that it could, one day, have a global reach? Most business leaders are so focused on getting their business off of the ground that they never really give the idea of taking their business globally a ton of thought. In today’s economic environment, leaders are expected to have a plan in place to take their product or service to international markets. Are you listening to the right voices in the business world? Is it time to start planning for your businesses next move? Take this time to learn from Steve Savage’s expert perspective! 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The National Sierra Club was founded in San Francisco in 1892 by legendary naturalist John Muir, who helped create Yosemite National Park and helped save Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Glacier Bay, Kings Canyon, Muir Woods, and many other natural wonders as national parks. The Sierra Club is the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer-based environmental organization, with over 2 million members and supporters in 64 Chapters around the country. It has four primary environmental advocacy campaigns — Beyond Coal, Beyond Natural Gas, Beyond Oil, and Our Wild America — and sponsors more than 20,000 outings to our natural world in the U.S. and internationally. The Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sierra Club was founded in 1972 and comprises 26,000 members in 10 regional groups. It is governed by an Executive Committee of leaders from each group. Don Miles is the current chair of the Sierra Club Lehigh Valley Group.

Peter Mt. Shasta lived with Neem Karoli Baba in India on and off from 1971–1972, also spending time with American teacher Baba Ram Dass. He also met and studied with other yogis and saints: Anandamayi Ma, Shivabalayogi and Sathya Sai Baba, as well as being a guest of The Theosophical Society in Adyar, India. On returning to the US the Ascended Master Saint Germain materialized before him in Muir Woods in a physical form and sent him to Mount Shasta, California to study with Pearl Dorris, former assistant to Guy Ballard.[1] The account of this meeting with Saint Germain is recorded in Apprentice to the Masters: Adventures of a Western Mystic, Book II. He also claims to have met El Morya and Koot Hoomi in physical form, as well as meeting with Saint Germain in physical form on numerous occasions. Some of his earliest writing is referenced in Mount Shasta: An Annotated Bibliography by William C. Miesse. He was interviewed by Emilie Frank in her book Mount Shasta: California's Mystic Mountain; however, his comments about a "City of Light" were taken out of context. He is further mentioned by Madeline Duntley in her article Spiritual Tourism and Frontier Esotericism at Mount Shasta. He is currently working under the Masters guidance to incorporate the ancient eastern teachings on meditation and self-analysis into the western teachings on mastery through the invocation of the I AM consciousness.

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Container Entrainment (intentional possibility understructure)" - Show #619, new! Thomas Park - One Minute Vacations Ambrose Pottie - "Petting Zoo" - One-Minute Vacations Stars of the Lid - "Articulate Silences" - And Their Refinement Of The Decline Aaron Ximm - "Tradewinds in Palm" - One-Minute Vacations Simon Hampson - "Walking near Poh's House" - One-Minute Vacations - "Creek Frogs, Panoche Valley CA" - One-Minute Vacations Ken - "I think you have your headphones on (you're taking slow, deep breaths)" - "Maine Shorebreak" - One-Minute Vacations Ken - "You don't do anything anymore (you're not trying, not anymore)" - "Granada Park" - One-Minute Vacations Vlissingen - "Wind Organ" - One-Minute Vacations Ken - "This is our last dance. I don't know who you are" - "Canyon Hawks, Santa Monica CA" - One-Minute Vacations Ken - "We don't remember anymore" Stars of the Lid - "Don't Bother They're Here" - And Their Refinement Of The Decline - "Winchcombe Last Post, Cotswolds UK" - One-Minute Vacations - "Perfect Storm, Muir Woods, CA" - One-Minute Vacations - "Whisby Nightingales, Lincoln UK" - One-Minute Vacations - "No one knows but the pebbles" - One-Minute Vacations Virgilio Oliveira - "Barcade Alva 1" - One-Minute Vacations Virgilio Oliveira - "Barcade Alva binaural" - One-Minute Vacations Bruce Davison, Kevin Conway, Ursula K. Le Guin - "There is a difference between what you dream and what you do" - The Lathe of Heaven Nicky Hopkins / The Rolling Stones - "She's A Rainbow" John Lennon - "Jealous Guy (guitar only)" Nicky Hopkins / John Lennon - "Jealous Guy (piano only)" Suzan Pitt - "Asparagus" [Brief] Bruce Davison, Kevin Conway, Ursula K. Le Guin - "But not for me! It's the same thing!" - The Lathe of Heaven David Clennon - "We all have fields around us" Clive Wearing - "Part 2a" - Living Without Memory Peter Oldring - "I'm a radio broadcaster" - This is That Random Rab - "Blast Off" Steven Jesse Bernstein - "The Man Upstairs" Dufus - "Feed the Baby" - Eth The Police - "Every Breath You Take (but every other beat is missing)" Toto - "Africa (but every other beat is missing)" Toto - "Africa (but half of every measure is missing)" Talking Heads - "Once in a Lifetime (but it's a waltz)" Blue Oyster Cult - "Don't Fear the Reaper (but every other beat is missing)" Live phone - "Dial tone" - "Field recordings, Stars of the Lid, Random Rab continue" Ken - "Monologue: Engagement containment entrainment" [Containing intention Intending containment for spaces under which possibility unhappens Containment of enstrange combinatorial Creating unintentional entrainment within which possibility space Creating structure for the container, not for the contents Creating understructure around the container One remembers to forget Touching unknowing impossibility Conscious unconsciousness Creating safety for risk-taking Unafraid of endless depths] Clive Wearing - "Living Without Memory (try and be careful not to place demands on his memory, because he then becomes upset)" - Living Without Memory Ken - "Let go of all your memories today. Be awkward, don't know, you don't have to know" Ken - "Identification" Little May - "Boardwalks" [Loops] Clem Leek - "Mystery Moor" Live phone caller - "Are you letting anything go? (I forgot time, and instead I felt the sun)" [Gravel beneath my feet] Sigur Ros - "Takk" [Brief] Gavin Bryars - "Titanic Hymn (Autumn) All Strings" Live phone caller - "More than enough (are we allowed to do this?)" Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - "Southern Accents (piano loop)" [Brief] Ween - "The Mollusk (loop)" [Brief] Live phone caller - "Anything left to let go of? (I don't know what)" [Live stream echo chamber] The War On Drugs - "In Chains (loops)" - A Deeper Understanding Live phone caller - "I finally see myself" Live stream feedback echo chamber The War On Drugs - "In Chains (loops)" - A Deeper Understanding Ken - "You're bigger than you ever were" Live phone caller - "Drowns out our sounds, all I'm left with" The War On Drugs - "In Chains (loops)" - A Deeper Understanding Kid - "Have you ever had a dream you could do anything?" Morgan Freeman - "Forget about the way it used to be" Fairuza Balk (directed by Walter Murch) - "I'll never forget any of you" - Return to Oz - "It's so easy to forget (in the digital age)" Phone caller (Sequoia) - "There's nothing to prove that history is real" Arturo en el Barco Katie Wood (Sugarlift) - "Site of Maggie Walker's grave at Evergreen Cemetery" [Richmond field recording] Ken - "Someone called in (it's almost over forever) Next time I'll call you" [Testing to see what is sound, finding out by doing, never understanding. Who will find the note?] Orson Welles - "What's wrong with this place is it's another marketplace, always the enemy of the artist" - Interview Paul Spurrier - "The human body has millions of nerve endings" - Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into the Future (pilot movie) [Some particularly slothful subjects simply explode] - "You know, pal, the constitution wasn't written on an etch a sketch" - My new Car Kid - "I feel, I feel...If you believe in yourself" Richard E. Grant - "Roads represent a fundamental right of man to have access to the good things in life" - How to Get Ahead in Advertising - "This used to be a hell of a good country (nature only)" - Easy Rider David Lynch - "The mysteries of darkness and love" - Blue Velvet interview Wallace Shawn - "I get to talk to people who at long last know what's important. The living make such meaningless distinctions" - Critical Care Kid - "I feel happy of myself" Clem Leek - "Mystery Moor" Bruce Davison, Kevin Conway, Ursula K. Le Guin - "George, understand something" - The Lathe of Heaven Live phone caller - "Trying to find a story (slip you a note) A picture of a cow jumping over the moon" [What's the scariest thing you know? (love)] Margarita Levieva - "The genius of a car alarm, you can't talk back to it, it makes you love it, it's safe" - Noise Margarita Levieva - "You love hating the noise, it's your muse" - Noise Ian Brown of Stone Roses - "It takes time to get acquainted, it takes time for people to fall in love with you, but it's inevitable" - Made of Stone Diane Baker - "People lie in the light and make love in the dark" Royksopp - "Royksopp Forever (loops)" Kid - "Just keep practicing! You gonna get the hang of it, I know it!" [If you believe in yourself] Ken - "I will get the hang of it, I know it (a little more trust, a little more fear)" Hal Hartley - "Trust (loop)" - from Ken's Last Ever: I Want to Step Across http://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/82014

Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza - "Container Entrainment (intentional possibility understructure)" - Show #619, new! Thomas Park - One Minute Vacations Ambrose Pottie - "Petting Zoo" - One-Minute Vacations Stars of the Lid - "Articulate Silences" - And Their Refinement Of The Decline Aaron Ximm - "Tradewinds in Palm" - One-Minute Vacations Simon Hampson - "Walking near Poh's House" - One-Minute Vacations - "Creek Frogs, Panoche Valley CA" - One-Minute Vacations Ken - "I think you have your headphones on (you're taking slow, deep breaths)" - "Maine Shorebreak" - One-Minute Vacations Ken - "You don't do anything anymore (you're not trying, not anymore)" - "Granada Park" - One-Minute Vacations Vlissingen - "Wind Organ" - One-Minute Vacations Ken - "This is our last dance. I don't know who you are" - "Canyon Hawks, Santa Monica CA" - One-Minute Vacations Ken - "We don't remember anymore" Stars of the Lid - "Don't Bother They're Here" - And Their Refinement Of The Decline - "Winchcombe Last Post, Cotswolds UK" - One-Minute Vacations - "Perfect Storm, Muir Woods, CA" - One-Minute Vacations - "Whisby Nightingales, Lincoln UK" - One-Minute Vacations - "No one knows but the pebbles" - One-Minute Vacations Virgilio Oliveira - "Barcade Alva 1" - One-Minute Vacations Virgilio Oliveira - "Barcade Alva binaural" - One-Minute Vacations Bruce Davison, Kevin Conway, Ursula K. Le Guin - "There is a difference between what you dream and what you do" - The Lathe of Heaven Nicky Hopkins / The Rolling Stones - "She's A Rainbow" John Lennon - "Jealous Guy (guitar only)" Nicky Hopkins / John Lennon - "Jealous Guy (piano only)" Suzan Pitt - "Asparagus" [Brief] Bruce Davison, Kevin Conway, Ursula K. Le Guin - "But not for me! It's the same thing!" - The Lathe of Heaven David Clennon - "We all have fields around us" Clive Wearing - "Part 2a" - Living Without Memory Peter Oldring - "I'm a radio broadcaster" - This is That Random Rab - "Blast Off" Steven Jesse Bernstein - "The Man Upstairs" Dufus - "Feed the Baby" - Eth The Police - "Every Breath You Take (but every other beat is missing)" Toto - "Africa (but every other beat is missing)" Toto - "Africa (but half of every measure is missing)" Talking Heads - "Once in a Lifetime (but it's a waltz)" Blue Oyster Cult - "Don't Fear the Reaper (but every other beat is missing)" Live phone - "Dial tone" - "Field recordings, Stars of the Lid, Random Rab continue" Ken - "Monologue: Engagement containment entrainment" [Containing intention Intending containment for spaces under which possibility unhappens Containment of enstrange combinatorial Creating unintentional entrainment within which possibility space Creating structure for the container, not for the contents Creating understructure around the container One remembers to forget Touching unknowing impossibility Conscious unconsciousness Creating safety for risk-taking Unafraid of endless depths] Clive Wearing - "Living Without Memory (try and be careful not to place demands on his memory, because he then becomes upset)" - Living Without Memory Ken - "Let go of all your memories today. Be awkward, don't know, you don't have to know" Ken - "Identification" Little May - "Boardwalks" [Loops] Clem Leek - "Mystery Moor" Live phone caller - "Are you letting anything go? (I forgot time, and instead I felt the sun)" [Gravel beneath my feet] Sigur Ros - "Takk" [Brief] Gavin Bryars - "Titanic Hymn (Autumn) All Strings" Live phone caller - "More than enough (are we allowed to do this?)" Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - "Southern Accents (piano loop)" [Brief] Ween - "The Mollusk (loop)" [Brief] Live phone caller - "Anything left to let go of? (I don't know what)" [Live stream echo chamber] The War On Drugs - "In Chains (loops)" - A Deeper Understanding Live phone caller - "I finally see myself" Live stream feedback echo chamber The War On Drugs - "In Chains (loops)" - A Deeper Understanding Ken - "You're bigger than you ever were" Live phone caller - "Drowns out our sounds, all I'm left with" The War On Drugs - "In Chains (loops)" - A Deeper Understanding Kid - "Have you ever had a dream you could do anything?" Morgan Freeman - "Forget about the way it used to be" Fairuza Balk (directed by Walter Murch) - "I'll never forget any of you" - Return to Oz - "It's so easy to forget (in the digital age)" Phone caller (Sequoia) - "There's nothing to prove that history is real" Arturo en el Barco Katie Wood (Sugarlift) - "Site of Maggie Walker's grave at Evergreen Cemetery" [Richmond field recording] Ken - "Someone called in (it's almost over forever) Next time I'll call you" [Testing to see what is sound, finding out by doing, never understanding. Who will find the note?] Orson Welles - "What's wrong with this place is it's another marketplace, always the enemy of the artist" - Interview Paul Spurrier - "The human body has millions of nerve endings" - Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into the Future (pilot movie) [Some particularly slothful subjects simply explode] - "You know, pal, the constitution wasn't written on an etch a sketch" - My new Car Kid - "I feel, I feel...If you believe in yourself" Richard E. Grant - "Roads represent a fundamental right of man to have access to the good things in life" - How to Get Ahead in Advertising - "This used to be a hell of a good country (nature only)" - Easy Rider David Lynch - "The mysteries of darkness and love" - Blue Velvet interview Wallace Shawn - "I get to talk to people who at long last know what's important. The living make such meaningless distinctions" - Critical Care Kid - "I feel happy of myself" Clem Leek - "Mystery Moor" Bruce Davison, Kevin Conway, Ursula K. Le Guin - "George, understand something" - The Lathe of Heaven Live phone caller - "Trying to find a story (slip you a note) A picture of a cow jumping over the moon" [What's the scariest thing you know? (love)] Margarita Levieva - "The genius of a car alarm, you can't talk back to it, it makes you love it, it's safe" - Noise Margarita Levieva - "You love hating the noise, it's your muse" - Noise Ian Brown of Stone Roses - "It takes time to get acquainted, it takes time for people to fall in love with you, but it's inevitable" - Made of Stone Diane Baker - "People lie in the light and make love in the dark" Royksopp - "Royksopp Forever (loops)" Kid - "Just keep practicing! You gonna get the hang of it, I know it!" [If you believe in yourself] Ken - "I will get the hang of it, I know it (a little more trust, a little more fear)" Hal Hartley - "Trust (loop)" - from Ken's Last Ever: I Want to Step Across https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/82014

The latest production of Macbeth at London's Globe Theatre sees real-life husband and wife, Paul Ready and Michelle Terry play the murderous couple French film The Workshop is about a young people's writer's group where tensions over the plot development spill into the film's own story-line Italian author Elena Ferrante's multi-million selling, globally-successful novels are coming to the TV. My Brilliant Friend has been adapted and directed by Saverio Costanzo: a man! Some avid fans have wondered aloud whether such a female-centric story might be beyond his capabilities. Uwe Johnson's 1800 page meisterwerk Anniversaries was published in 4 parts from 1970 to 1983. It has just been translated into English for the first time - will they delight in its scope? An exhibition at Modern Art Oxford of video work by Penny Woolcock reveals her fascination with the underdog Podcastextra recommendations: Kathryn is a fan of Channel 4's The Secret Life of The Zoo Don was overawed by the majesty of the redwoods in Muir Woods in California Jenny has been reading Kafka's The Unhappiness of Being A Single Man Tom is looking forward to watching The House of Assad on BBC TV Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Don Guttenplan, Kathryn Hughes and Jenny McCartney. The producer is Oliver Jones

**pretty bad** Husband & Wife entrepreneurs Caleb + Ren talk about their first trip together to Sonoma, California. We just got back from California and we photographed 3 weddings in 5 days! We spent some time exploring Muir Woods and in today's episode we share a little recap of our trip!

Muir Woods is nestled at the foot of Mt. Tamalpais, near where it meets the Pacific Ocean. The floor of the valley where this extraordinary redwood forest makes its home is a popular place for tourists and locals alike to visit. It is popular mainly because of its extraordinary beauty but it doesn't hurt that Star Wars: Return of the Jedi located the filming of the Endor scenes (home of the Ewoks) not far from here. Because of this, as beautiful as it is, it lacks the solitude and peace that many crave when they seek out time in the wilderness. A little accessed part of the landscape lies only a couple of miles above the valley floor in a network of mostly empty trails that crisscross some of the most dramatic landscape in Northern California. This audio recording takes you to that place in a soundscape devoted primarily to a little waterfall tucked into one of these upper canyons. With names like BootJack and Spike Buck Creeks, it is a land of grandeur and history. The soundscape is designed for when you are looking for a simple natural background noise to your meditation or falling asleep time. Thanks to the eagerness and volume of the bubbling brook, it is particularly well suited for environments that are a bit noisy. If you are in a busy airport terminal or noisy bus, or perhaps just have neighbors that are being inconsiderate with their noise late at night, you might find this soundscape from California's Redwood forests of some solace. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Muir Woods is nestled at the foot of Mt. Tamalpais, near where it meets the Pacific Ocean. The floor of the valley where this extraordinary redwood forest makes its home is a popular place for tourists and locals alike to visit. Because of this, as beautiful as it is, it lacks the solitude and peace that many crave when they seek out time in the wilderness. A little accessed part of the landscape lies only a couple of miles above the valley floor in a network of mostly empty trails that crisscross some of the most dramatic landscape in Northern California. This audio recording takes you to that place in a soundscape devoted primarily to a little waterfall tucked into one of these upper canyons. With names like BootJack and Spike Buck Creeks, it is a land of grandeur and history. The soundscape is designed for when you are looking for a simple natural background noise to your meditation or falling asleep time. Thanks to the eagerness and volume of the bubbling brook, it is particularly well suited for environments that are a bit noisy. If you are in a busy airport terminal or noisy bus, or perhaps just have neighbors that are being inconsiderate with their noise late at night, you might find this soundscape of some solace. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stories are the ties that bind us together at UUCA. In this last Sunday service as our senior minister, Rev. Fred Muir shared stories from my 34 years of ministry with you, stories that will bind us forever. Included in this podcast is the ceremony commemorating Fred's 34 years of service to our congregation. He is named Minister Emeritus along with the wood behind the church building are now called "Muir Woods." Finally a blessing and laying on hands to send the Muirs off to the next chapter on life's journey.    Music:  "Hush, Somebody's Callin' my Name" - African American Spiritual "Natural Woman" written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King "I've Got You Under My Skin" written by Cole Porter   UUCA does not own any of the rights to music performed during the service. 

Eoin O'Shea shares a Halloween story from his youth growing up near Muir Woods which features haunted houses, carob, and the cunning "Coyote." With the "help" of host, Steve Roney as well as Jessie Preisendorfer, Kevin Regan, and guest Alli Soowal.

The boys engage in some Bikram podcasting during the SF heat wave, discussing the NFL, NBA, the Apostles, the Olympics, Barbara Walters, eSports, cricket, and baseball. AND they welcome in Golf Correspondent Mark Smalls to discuss the FedEx Cup, mini golf etiquette, and to join in a game of "Tiger Woods or Muir Woods?".

You can call it the City by the Bay, Fog City, SF, San Fran...just don't call it Frisco. This week we are chatting with Leslie Harvey from Trips with Tykes to get her best tips for exploring San Francisco with kids. ON THE PODCAST 032: Chatting with Tamara from Nashville 055: Nashville food tour 2:50 Nashville food scene 7:00 Grand Ole Opry 9:41 Union Station Hotel 12:01 Welcoming back Leslie Harvey 13:30 How long to spend in San Francisco 15:12 Must do sites in San Francisco 17:15 Pier 39 and Fisherman's Wharf 18:39 Getting to the city from the airport 20:03 Getting around the city 21:36 Walt Disney Family Museum 22:38 Best time of year to visit 23:25 Day trips from San Francisco 25:50 Distance to Disneyland 30:56 Best hotels for families 35:00 Best restaurants for families 38:38 Budget tips 41:29 Best place to take a family photo 43:55 Final tips 45:28 Leslie's favorite travel gear 47:55 Tip of the week ABOUT LESLIE HARVEY Leslie Harvey publishes Trips With Tykes, a family travel blog that focuses on the joys and challenges of travel with babies, toddlers, and young kids. Her travel passions include all things Disney as well as air travel, even in spite of her constant battles with the TSA over her toddler's juice box. Leslie is a former attorney and mother of two children, ages 8 and 3. She's originally from Alabama but now calls the San Francisco Bay Area home. Follow Leslie on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram, and Google +. TIPS FOR EXPLORING SAN FRANCISCO WITH KIDS You need at least three days to visit San Francisco and you can easily spend up to a week. Must see sites in San Francisco include: Lombard Street, Alcatraz, Ferry Building, Pier 39, Alamo Square (with the Painted Ladies from Full House), Golden Gate Park, Walt Disney Family Museum, and Chinatown You must book tickets for the boat to Alcatraz in advance Pier 39 (where the sea lions are) / Fisherman's Wharf is very touristy so it is worth a visit but don't plan on spending all your time there The Aquarium by the Bay is a great way to learn about the local ecosystem If you drive, get an app to find parking but it would be best to leave the car at home and use public transportation To get from the airport, you can take a BART train to Union Square but if you are staying elsewhere, you may want to take an Uber or Lyft. It is about a 30-minute drive without too much traffic. Use public transportation in the city and if you want to get out of the city, you can rent a car for the day from an office in the system The cable car is used as a tourist attraction and not as much for reliable transportation Summer is the foggiest but September is the sunniest and warmest so fall is the best time to come. Winter is the rainy season. Best day trips from San Francisco include Sonoma or Napa, Muir Woods, Monterey, or the East Bay like Oakland Disneyland is a 5-6 hour drive from San Francisco Hotels are centered in Union Square and Fisherman's Wharf. Union Square is more centrally located. You need to watch the convention schedule because when large conventions come into town hotels sell out and are extremely expensive (check the Moscone Convention Center schedule). The Westin St. Francis is expensive but you can find deals if you travel off peak. The Fairmont on top Nob Hill is also great with a fun tiki bar. If you use Airbnb, be careful about what neighborhood you choose. Check the San Francisco Chronicle's top 100 restaurant list for fine dining options. Good dining options for kids: Yank Sing dim sum Burritos in the Mission District Ethnic food Food trucks (Off the Grid has pop up locations) There are many free things to do in San Francisco Do the math on CityPass or GoCard to see if it will pay for itself Using the sharing economy (Uber, Lyft, etc) to save money Limit how many museums you do as they are expensive Be prepared that you may need to walk a lot of hills and plan your route accordingly BEST PLACE TO TAKE FAMILY PHOTO Take a photo with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background from the scenic overlook across the bridge (if you head north to Sausalito) Another great spot to take a family photo would be at the Chinatown Gate, in Alamo Park, or at the corner of Haight & Ashbury FAVORITE TRAVEL GEAR Leslie wears a pair of black Mary Jane-style Crocs when she visits San Francisco. Just don't wear sneakers or you will look like a tourist. TIP OF THE WEEK The fog in San Francisco makes it feel much colder than you think it will be. Be sure to bring a raincoat but also something thicker and dress in layers. MENTIONED ON THE PODCAST Walk Eat Nashville Food tour Hattie B's Hot Chicken Grand Ole Opry Union Station Hotel Nashville Aquarium by the Bay Walt Disney Family Museum Two Days in San Francisco with Kids Is CityPass San Francisco worth it? Family-friendly wineries in Sonoma Tips for Driving the California Coast Tips for Visiting Hearst Castle with Kids Westin St. Francis  Yank Sing dim sum 25 Free things to do in San Francisco FOLLOW US AND SPREAD THE WORD! If you liked this show, please be sure to subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play and leave us a review! Have a question or comment? Send us an email or leave us a voicemail at +1.641.715.3900, ext. 926035# You can also follow our travels on Stuffed Suitcase and We3Travel, or follow the Vacation Mavens on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Thanks for listening!

The tiny culprit behind the pine tree fatalities fueling California's rash of wildfires.For wildlife, the traffic problem at Muir Woods is life or death.The bookmobile brings public libraries to neighborhoods and schools.

In this Travel Tuesday episode, come with us to spend a month in San Francisco, California as we see the sights and landmarks, find tons of real foodie hot spots and enjoy the surrounding nature from ocean to redwood forests. [player] From this episode: RV Park: Treasure Island, South San Francisco, CA Restaurant: Boudin Bakery, The post RFWH16: Travel Tuesdays, A Month in San Francisco, California; Muir Woods, Berkeley, Sausalito, Half Moon Bay and More appeared first on Real Food Whole Health.

Welcome the newest episode of Dark Discussions, your place for the discussion of horror film, fiction, and all that’s fantastic. In 2011, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a new reboot of the Pierre Boulle novel, appeared on the big screen. After the disappointment of the 2001 Tim Burton film, the Hollywood studio seemed to already write this new version off as a failure even before its release. However, to their surprise, the film not only received great reviews but it also drew in huge crowds and became one of the best films of the year. Now 2014 we have the follow up, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, which itself has received fantastic reviews. Taking place 11 years after the first, where 90% of humanity has died from the ALZ-113 virus (also known as the simian flu), survivors in San Francisco head out towards Muir Woods to see if they can get an electrical dam's turbines running in hope of bringing electricity back. However, they discover an unexpected surprise; the genetically changed apes from the first film have created a society there and now two civilizations are about to collide. And yet the genuine danger may not be each other but instead may come from within. Dark Discussions talks about this new movie. The interesting thing is where each of your co-hosts are coming from. Abe had not seen the first film and is not too familiar with the older franchise. Mike beloves the original film series and comes in with a somewhat biased perspective. And both Phil and Eric are familiar with the other movies but are coming in simply looking to see a good film. Get onboard and listen to what we have to say about the new film. And honestly, there were no lame jokes about: Hey, I saw you multiple times in the film. As always we welcome your comments: darkdiscussions@aol.com (written email or attached mp3 files) WWW.DARKDISCUSSIONS.COM

The San Francisco Episode! Emily and William return from that city by the bay and provide a recap of all things San Fran. No Vagabond Exchange review would be complete without taxicab shenanigans. And the Chancellor Hotel's accommodations are just right for William. Conan O'Brien keeps the Vagabonds wanting more, while the San Francisco Giants disappoint on Bobblehead Day. Emily and William give a thumbs-up to the Cafe Zoetrope, Cliff House, Cafe Mason, White Horse Tavern, Sears Fine Foods, Luques Restaurant, and LOttavo Ristorante. The Vagabond Exchange gets their tourism with a visit to the Painted Ladies, Muir Woods, City Lights Bookstore, and the Crookedest Street. Plus, a movie review of that guilty pleasure, Kick Ass.

The San Francisco Episode! Emily and William return from that city by the bay and provide a recap of all things San Fran. No Vagabond Exchange review would be complete without taxicab shenanigans. And the Chancellor Hotel's accommodations are just right for William. Conan O'Brien keeps the Vagabonds wanting more, while the San Francisco Giants disappoint on Bobblehead Day. Emily and William give a thumbs-up to the Cafe Zoetrope, Cliff House, Cafe Mason, White Horse Tavern, Sears Fine Foods, Luques Restaurant, and LOttavo Ristorante. The Vagabond Exchange gets their tourism with a visit to the Painted Ladies, Muir Woods, City Lights Bookstore, and the Crookedest Street. Plus, a movie review of that guilty pleasure, Kick Ass.

You may not think of salmon when visiting Muir Woods, but it's home to endangered Coho Salmon. Meet the volunteers working to restore Redwood Creek and bring back salmon habitat after decades of human influence.

HMDWL 71! A recap show after Rob’s trip to the Bay Area! We cover a variety of things including BevMo, Smart & Final, Muir Woods and It’s-It ice cream sandwiches. Check out our forums to comment or chat with other listeners! Subscribe in iTunes! Call our listener line at (206) 33-WE-LUV or email us at […]

Muir Woods was described by John Muir as "the best tree-lovers monument that could possibly be found in all the forests of the world." Hike through Muir Woods, viewing the lush plant life, the magnificent redwood trees, and the local wildlife.

Muir Woods was described by John Muir as "the best tree-lovers monument that could possibly be found in all the forests of the world." Hike through Muir Woods, viewing the lush plant life, the magnificent redwood trees, and the local wildlife.