Tag: Napa Valley

Mount Saint Helena (Robert Louis Stevenson State Park, CA)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn California, Strenuous Hikes1 Comment

Mount Saint Helena, Robert Louis Stevenson State Park, February 2024 Long before the Napa area became renowned for wine-making, author Robert Louis Stevenson—of Treasure Island fame—spent an extended stay here on the slopes of Mt. St. Helena, one of the highest peaks in northern California’s Mayacamas Mountains. The trip in 1880 inspired The Silverado Squatters …

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Table Rock Trail (Robert Louis Stevenson State Park, CA)

On By Andrew WojtanikIn California, Moderate Hikes, North Bay10 Comments

In his oft-forgotten 1883 travelogue The Silverado Squatters, Robert Louis Stevenson of Treasure Island and Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde lore writes of a “sylvan solitude,” where “the silence was unbroken but by the great, vague voice of the wind.” Far from his native Scotland, the adventure-hungry wordsmith is here describing the quiet, pine-studded mountains …

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