‘It is forbidden to touch the trees in any way…’
A hilarious (or pathetic, perhaps?) sign posted next to a chestnut grove warns of a different kind of “inappropriate touching.”
October 2007
But Even When The Aspens Have Dropped All Their Leaves…
… there is still plenty to see.
Piute Crags and North Lake. Sierra Nevada, California. October 7, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
I spent last weekend in the eastern Sierra, photographing some of the last, best aspen color of the 2007 season. However, is some places the color had already gone by the time I arrived, [...]
Eastern Sierra Fall Color: Going, Going…
… and soon gone, especially if you are looking for aspens.
I follow a bunch of reports on the net (including the Calphoto fall color report) and it is clear from the reports and my own visits over the past few weeks that the aspen show in the eastern Sierra is for the most part over [...]
A Cancelled Trip
By tradition, I join a group of backpacking friends almost every year for an “end of season” pack trip in mid-October. The usual plan is to head to Tuolumne Meadows late on a Friday and hike, either that night or the next morning, to the Fletcher Lake - Vogelsang High Sierra Camp area. However, mid-October [...]
Proof of Aspens
A few photographs of the eastern Sierra Nevada fall color - shot over the past couple of weekends.
Fall Color, Aspendell. Sierra Nevada, California. October 7, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
Cascade, Lee Vining Creek. Sierra Nevada, California. October 7, 2007. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
Snow, Aspens, and Shadows. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell.
Gore “deeply honored” by Nobel Prize win
From SFGate:
“We face a true planetary emergency,” Gore said. “The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity. It is also our greatest opportunity to lift global consciousness to a higher level.- Al Gore, winner of the Nobel Prize (and the 2000 presidential election vote…)
SFGate Report on Sierra Fall Colors (but a bit too late)
From SFGate:
NOTEBOOK / Fall colors arrive early in the Eastern Sierra. A brilliant show of fall color has started early this year across much of California. The best colors so far are at Convict Lake, set at 7,583 feet in the Eastern Sierra near Mammoth Lakes. This gorgeous lake is edged by a sloping mountain [...]
Stupid, Pathetic, or Both?
Just saw an ad for a local auto dealer. I won’t name them here since they might like the links…
The ad goes something like this. Pictures of calving glaciers, polar bears, trees. Warm sincere voice over saying, more or less, “[Stupid Dealer X] shares your concern about global warming. That’s why for every truck or [...]
Night Hiking
Keeper of List of Bay Area Hikes and Hiker of Said Hikes Tom Mangan (Two-Heel Drive) posts several pieces today about Bay Area hikes, including a night hike at Sunol Regional Park:
Guided hikes last approximately 1 and 3/4 hours and become more dark and spooky as the night progresses …
Sounds like fun.
It got me thinking [...]
Fedak: Big Basin to the Sea
Fedak posts description of his hike from Big Basin State Park HQ to Waddell Beach. I’ve wanted to do this hike, or at least a similar version, for some time. I’ve hiked a ways up the trail from Waddell Beach a couple of times, and I’ve hiked out from Big Basin HQ to a point [...]
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