We’re on our way to Fort St John for a visit again. The end of day 3 finds us at McLeese Lake with one more day to go.
So far I haven’t taken any photos but this evening I found a family of loons near our trailer.
Connie and I love loons so I spent about an hour following them around.
I got a few nice shots and I got to hear their call a few times.
That’s it for now.
We spent an afternoon and a morning in upper Yosemite National Park along Highway 120. We camped overnight in a campground just a couple of miles out of Lee Vining. If you click on this photo to enlarge it and find the white spot in the center, that’s the trailer in our campsite.
That’s Tenaya Lake in the foreground. The scenery on this road is spectacular.
Here is a really nice shot that Dave took in the same area.
There is a lot of snow up there and it’s melting fast. Gushing streams and waterfalls abound.
Here’s Dave going for the shot.
We hiked up on top of one of the many granite domes. It’s really amazing where a tree will grow. Tuolumne Meadows is below.
What would you call this? On the rocks? When people ask Dave what he takes pictures of he answers “dirt and rocks”. This one that I took is pretty much just rocks.
This was just and overlook from Highway 89 on our way home.
We only spent about an hour or so at Mono Lake. It was quit nice though in spite of the windy conditions. When we arrive this large lenticular cloud was hanging over the lake.
The big plus for us was the sky and the clouds.
This picture of Dave’s was our favorite. The seagull is a nice touch.
Here is Dave in some other world.
They even have arches here.
We’re home now. Between business and lack of internet I didn’t get much posting done on the road. So now I’ll just break down the trip by locations. We stayed in the town of Lone Pine in order to photograph the Alabama Hills, between the town and Mt Whitney. Here’s Dave doing what we do.
The Alabama Hills are just some hills made from piles of huge rocks. Hundreds of movies were filmed here. You’ve probably seen some movies film here and didn’t realize it. That’s Dave again with the Sierras and Mt Whitney in the background.
Mt Whitney is just about dead center of this shot. It doesn’t look like the tallest but that’s just because it sits further back. It’s the tallest mountain in the lower 48 states.
Here is some local vegetation with Mt. Whitney on the far right.
This is typical scenery in the hills if you can call any of this typical.
Here is the same arch as seen from the other side.
This may help convey the overall view of the hills.
On Tuesday afternoon when I spotted this arch, I told Dave it would be cool to get a shot of the moon through it if you only knew when to be there. We got up at 4:30 Wednesday for some sunrise shots and guess what….
Dave took this shot. I like the way it show the layers of terrain.
You just have to get some rest where ever you can.
Here is Mt. Whitney at sunrise.
OK, I’m on a trip in California dedicated almost entirely to photography. This time Connie stayed home and Dave Cecaci came along because he is now retired and he likes photography as much as I do. That’s Dave in the red shirt.
Monday we met in Sacramento then head over to Highway 395 which runs down the east side of California. We set up the trailer in the town of Big Pine before driving east into the White Mountains to get some pictures of the ancient Bristlecone pines at sunset. If you haven’t heard of the Bristlecones here is some explanation. I guess they are the oldest living things on earth.
Dave took a picture of me trying out some new angles. By the way, the elevation here is around 10,000 feet!
Here is what we were after. We didn’t get the kind of sunset were hoping for but we were actually very pleased with our results anyway.
