Late Summer Dry Grass
Dry Grass, Late Summer. Calero Hills, California. August 31, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
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August 2006
White Fences, Calero Park
Fences. Calero HIlls, California. August 31, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
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Shoreline Plants
Shoreline Plants. Near Davenport, California. August 24, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
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Wildflowers, Lake Six, Big Pine Creek
Wildflowers, Lake Six, Big Pine Creek. Sierra Nevada. August 11, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
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Cool Sierra Nevada Map
Tom Stienstra of SFGate says this is a Sierra Nevada map worth owning - http://imusgeographics.com/sierra.htm
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It Is Starting!
Seen on the Calphoto email list:
Just got back from a trip up to Lee Vining and then Rock Creek Lake.
As I mentioned before, fall is beginning in the mountains. The signs
are everywhere up there. Brown meadows, willows changing even more
than last week, and then as we get to Rock Creek Lake, there before
our eyes, the [...]
Oak Tree, Broken Limb
Oak Tree, Broken Limb. Calero HIlls. August 23, 2006. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
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It Is Fire Season in the Sierra
Smoke from late-season managed fire in Yosemite National Park. Date unknown. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
Yesterday’s story in SFGate (All 4 trails to top of El Capitan blocked as over 400 acres burn) and the very dry conditions I noticed on yesterday’s short Bay Area hike remind me that fire is a natural part of [...]
My Next Vehicle?
It is time (past time, actually) to replace my gas-hogging Dodge Durango. It seemed like a great vehicle when we purchased it nearly 7 years ago - at the time all three of our kids were living with us, shortly thereafter we used it to move two of them and their stuff to and from [...]
Toe Hell and Back Again
Early this month (August 2006) I joined my Talusdancers friends for our annual Sierra pack trip. (I posted a trip report earlier.)
It was a wonderful trip into the Big Pine Creek drainage, an area that I had not previously visited, located to the east of the Sierra crest below Mt. Winchell, North Palisade, Mt. Sill, [...]