EBH3 #871 – John Muir Memorial Hash
Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 1pm
Hare: Bitch on the Side (BOTS)
Google Map: https://goo.gl/maps/4tFpI
Hash Start: Park on Gilbert Ct. @ Alhambra Valley Road, in Martinez, CA. Park your car on Gilbert Ct., then walk around the corner to John Muir Memorial Park, corner of Alhambra Valley Road and Alhambra Ave. Overflow Parking at John Swett Elementary School.

Please arrive on time and allow extra time to drive here. Carpooling is recommended.

Bring $5 for Hash (Beer, Water, Snacks) and Extra Cash for On-After.

Trail Features:

- Virgin Trails – We’ve never hashed here before!
- Plenty O’Shiggy!
- Visit John Muir’s hidden Gravesite!
- Turkey, Eagle and Walker Trail Options. Not stroller-friendly.
- Dogs Welcome, but must be on leash at all times.
- The is NO Water and NO Bathrooms. Please Bring and Carry Water on Trail.
- Scenic Beer Check.
- Gorgeous Views of Mt. Diablo and the Carquinez Straits and Beyond!
- The Trail is A to A* (it’s about .3 miles from the trail end/circle location back to your cars). There is only room for @ a few cars at circle location, so we’ll transport your gear bags and camp chairs to the end where they will be waiting for you.
- Kilts and St. Patty’s Day attire are optional.
- On-After at Creek Monkey Tap House in Downtown Martinez, with indoor and outdoor creekside seating.

Our John Muir Memorial Hash trail starts about 1 mile away from John Muir’s historic mansion, and will pass through Mt. Wanda, named after John Muir’s oldest daughter, and will go through adjacent open space areas. You will also see John Muir’s Gravesite, which is in a secluded location that most people don’t know about and is not publicized because it is surrounded by private homes. Please be respectful of the neighbors when we are at John Muir’s gravesite. If anyone asks who we are, tell them “We are with the Sierra Club.”

John Muir, born in 1835 in Dunbar, Scotland, emigrated to the United States when he was 11 and is widely known as the “Father of the National Park Service” and the Founder of the Sierra Club. Without John Muir, we wouldn’t have Yosemite or Grand Canyon National Parks. What you might not know is that he lived for 36 years in Martinez, California where he took over his father-in-law’s fruit farming business and became a wealthy man before he became well known as a conservationist. After his father-in-law died, John Muir and his family moved into his father-in-law’s Italianate mansion which is now a National Parks Historic Site at the intersection of Highway 4 and Alhambra Valley Road in Martinez, CA. John Muir’s home and adjacent property are part of the National Park Service’s John Muir Historic Site, which I encourage you all to visit BEFORE you go to our hash run.
They are open from 10-5 pm daily and admission is FREE. http://www.nps.gov/jomu/index.htm
John Muir Home, 4202 Alhambra Avenue, Martinez, CA

On-After:
Creek Monkey Tap House – Downtown Martinez
611 Escobar St, Martinez, CA 94553
19 Local Beers and Ciders on tap!
Indoor and Outdoor (Creekside) seating!
http://www.creekmonkey.com/menu