Tag: wildflowers
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Death Valley – Day 1
If you’ve followed my recent posts, you know that this is my third trip to Death Valley in just over a month and the second trip was snow, so it hardly counts since we didn’t actually cross the two mountain ranges to get into the valley. The park is close enough that visits in late fall, winter…
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Hiking the Northern Cascades, Washington, Sauk Mountain
Imagine if you were part of a clock and you were standing at 12 o’clock, the mountain was so steep from the trailhead it was about 10:30 on the clock.
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Hiking the Washington Cascades, Mt. Baker, Skyline Divide
This little ranger station on the approach to MANY trails on Mt. Baker and other mountains in the Cascades had the most beautiful stone-work and woodwork detail. Even though it’s been 80 years since President Roosevelt put young men to work in the Civilian Conservation Corps, you can still see their handiwork throughout the United…
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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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Abundant Wildflowers
Much to my surprise in this dry desert of California, there are a great many beautiful wildflowers. In the hot valley, not so much, but in the higher elevations they are quite amazing. I’ve been spending a few minutes here and there identifying, but not finding everything, so not all the photos are labeled. I…
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