Mill Valley Travel and Tourism Guide

John and I originally planned to visit a park where we could drive through a Redwood tree until we learned that getting there was 5x longer than visiting John Muir in Mill Valley. We'll save the Eureka/driving through a hollowed Redwood tree and tour along the Oregon coast for another weekend. From Walnut Creek, we took the Richmond Bridge ($4 toll) to cross the bay and to Mill Valley. This was also the same weekend Bay Bridge closed from Friday night through most of Monday (for those who do ...

By Wednesday, conference meetings were over and we had a free day to do more exploring before returning home. Susan's sister was also in San Francisco and joined us. We rented a car and drove again across the Golden Gate Bridge. Passing Sausalito and Mill Valley, our first destination was Muir Woods National Monument. It's named for John Muir, an early environmentalist, responsible for the creation of Yosemite National Park and other natural preserves.  Muir Woods is a preserve...