- In celebration of where I live, and what's in my back yard Nevermore, however weary, should one faint by the way who gains the blessings of one mountain day; whatever his fate, long life, short life, stormy or calm, he is rich forever. ---JOHN MUIR Upper Canyon Creek Lake, Wedding Cake and Thompson Peaks - 9/18/99 A quiet Meadow and wild Azaleas near Stoney Ridge - 6/15/99 6/l2/99 - A favorite ...www.tcoe.trinity.k12.ca.us/~dbrad