Tag: Eastern Sierras
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Death Valley and beyond
Open on a big computer with good internet signal, if possible! Please me know if this post was too long (took too long to open all these photos). Three weeks ago and then two weeks ago, I traveled to Death Valley for half-day trips (it’s only 2 hours from me). The intent was to photograph…
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Joshua Tree National Park, California – Day One
Joshua Tree National Park encompasses about 800,000 acres (slightly larger than Yosemite National Park at 742,000 acres) with two distinct desert regions. The Mojave Desert is in the northern part of the park, complete with Joshua Trees and the Colorado Desert in the southern part of the park, has lots of cacti and, like parts of the Great…
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Eastern Sierra Fall Colors, Take Two
When I thought about putting away the fall colors and going on to SNOW, my brain started rebelling. WAIT – there are still cottonwoods hanging on to their leaves even if the aspens have dropped theirs. And, you left some nice aspen photos that deserve a showing. I traveled with some photographer friends VERY early…
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Travel Thoughts in the Northwest United States
I grew up in Pennsylvania and lived in Maryland until two years ago and often wonder why I’m so enamored with the West Coast. Driving for hours and hours across this great land gives a lot of time for thinking or not depending on what book I’m listening to or what is on Sirius radio. 😉 Speaking…
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Hiking the Volcanos and Craters of the Eastern Sierras, Oh my!
This has been a summer of exploring Long Valley Caldera (looking for natural hot springs), and traveling to different craters. In the next post, I continue to visit craters in Oregon and Washington. On the Summer Solstice, I continued my quest for a hot spring. I had found one the week before, see post about…
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Hiking the Sierras from South Lake
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…
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Hiking the Sierras – Blue Lake (almost)
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…
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Hiking the Sierras, Tyee Lake(s)
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),…
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Hiking the Sierras, Paiute Pass
There are so many places to hike in the Eastern Sierras, one hardly knows where to begin. I have several posts worth of photos of recent hikes and thought about lumping them together. But each hike has its own rewards, so I promise not to bore you with too many photos of the ‘same’ thing.…
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