Showing posts with label Sierra Nevada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sierra Nevada. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 25, 2024

The Simultaneous Seasons of California (and a peek at Half Dome)

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It was a beautiful Christmas day here in the Central Valley, one of the prettiest I can recall. The storm that blew through yesterday was go...
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Sunday, January 7, 2024

A Rare Day for the Great Valley: The Sierra Crest, and a bit of Half Dome

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California's Great Valley is many things: one of the most important agricultural regions in the world, America's Serengeti Plains wh...
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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Red Hills Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Couldn't the Bureaucrats Just Call it a Preserve?): Spring Update

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Welcome to one of the most unique ecosystems and habitats in California's wealth of incredible places. It was ignored initially by miner...
Friday, January 21, 2022

I'm Occasionally Reminded I'm Near an Extraordinary Mountain Range: John Muir's Range of Light

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It was one of those rare days of winter in the Great Valley of California. Recent rains have tamped down the dust, and gusty winds chased aw...
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Wednesday, January 6, 2021

A Beautiful Scene for a Horrific Day

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There aren't many days like this. That can be both a good thing and a bad thing. My country was rocked by a coup attempt and the Capitol...
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Monday, April 13, 2020

A Day on the California Prairie: Finding the Precious Places Near Home

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Yosemite National Park is closed. The coastline is closed. The state parks are closed. Am I complaining? Not in the least. We are facin...
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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Here's a Pretty Puzzle...What are These Trees Doing Here? An Evening at Calaveras Big Trees

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When the trees were discovered by people of European descent in the 1850s, few believed the stories of their immense size. There were o...