Creator
John Muir
Recipient
Louie [Strentzel Muir]
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2but my picturesque D[rawing?] duties call & I must obey. We will sleep aboard the steamer tonight & be in Vancouver the terminus of the Canadian R.R. tomorrow morning I have after learning what I can of the forests scenery etc of Vurrand Inlet. Will cross over to the Fraser River for a day or two & may go a few hundred miles up the Canadian railroad among the best scenery. Thence returning to Victoria go to Seattle & thence back to Tacoma to get into the woods & among the Glaciers of Mt. Ranier. May then go up the Columbia. & thence home stopping a week on the way to visit the famous Crater Lake. How long all this will take will depend on how well we endure the fatigue & how well our money lasts.#917200207[letterhead]Keith is much better but still far from well & I fear the hardships of camping & tramping will be more than he can bear Only by going alone in silence without baggage can one truly get into the heart of the wilderness all other travel is more dust & hotels & baggage & chatter. Tacoma is finely situated & commands a most [illegible ] view of the great mountain & the sail to Victoria is smooth & pleasant. Were it not for the long journey from S.F. you should all come up & enjoy it but 800 miles of dust or ocean waves are hard to bear.
Location
Victoria, B. C.
Date Original
1888 Jul 23
Source
Original letter dimensions: 23 x 14 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir05_1076-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 1076
Copyright Status
Copyrighted
Copyright Statement
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission to publish or exhibit them, see http://www.pacific.edu/Library/Find/Holt-Atherton-Special-Collections/Fees-and-Forms-.html
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Copyright Holder
Muir-Hanna Trust
Copyright Date
1984
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
