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  • Hiking the Sierras, McGee Creek

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    So much hiking, so few posts published! The hike to McGee Creek took place in late June on a very hot day. When I arrived at the trailhead, a pack train was just returning from the trip up the valley to McGee Creek. The hike was before the recent spate of thunderstorms in the Eastern…

  • Hiking the White Mountains – Marble Canyon

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    Lest you think all of my hikes are in beautiful places, let me introduce you to Marble Canyon. The trail to Marble Canyon was listed as fairly short and since it was such a hot day, I figured I couldn’t get much hotter. I was wrong, it was hotter than the town. Being hot is my fault,…

  • Hiking the Sierras from South Lake

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    This week’s featured hike is a combination of two hikes from two different weeks that started and ended at the same place. South Lake is the trailhead for Bishop Pass which leads to the Pacific Crest Trail (the west’s version of the Appalachian Trail); the PCT travels a total distance of 2,650 miles through California, Oregon and Washington until…

  • Hiking the Sierras – Blue Lake (almost)

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    Since I previously hiked East Coast hills, or rode my mountain bike on ‘pretty big hills’ in Fair Hill, Maryland, hiking the Sierras has been a learning experience. I follow a guide-book: “50 Classic Day Hikes of the Eastern Sierra” by Devon Fredericksen and Reed Harvey, to know what I’m tackling ahead of time, particularly…

  • Rodeos – they start ’em young!

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    During the last month, I’ve had the pleasure of attending two rodeos – both of which involved young people. One was the California High School Rodeo Championships in Bishop and the other was Fish Lake Valley Rodeo in Nevada. The two rodeos were decidedly different. Fish Lake Valley is a sparsely populated desert valley on…

  • Seasonal Scents

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    While riding my bike the other day, I smelled a wonderful scent reminiscent of my childhood, which led me to think about other scents that take me back down memory lane. Like lilacs and wisteria – back all the way to childhood. Or sweet magnolias, reminding me of Longwood Gardens. I remember being at Longwood…

  • Hiking the Sierras, Tyee Lake(s)

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    My grandson joined me recently for what turned out to be a piece of cake hike for him. He will turn six in August and is already an experienced hiker and boulder climber. Of course, when he’s with Mimi, I tend to squelch the bouldering a bit. The hike was to Tyee Lakes (four of them),…

  • Shepherds of the Sierras

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    One day last fall while traveling a back road, out of the corner of my eye I saw boulders rolling down the mountain toward my car. You can imagine how my mind flashed on “it’s an earthquake”. What I saw when I did my double take was sheep being herded down the side of the mountain.…

  • Hiking the White Mountains, Patriarch Grove

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    Last week, taking advantage of the waning moon not rising early in the evening, I traveled to the Patriarch Grove of the Bristlecone Pine Forest. The road twists and turns as it wends its way upward to nearly 12,000′ elevation. After passing the Bristlecone Pine Forest ranger station, it is another 9 miles on washboard…