Inspiring pictures of landscapes and other beautiful places
I love a good parade. Who doesn’t? The parades during Mardi Gras season in New Orleans and surrounding areas are a unique experience. Rather than being a spectator and watching the floats, bands and[…] Continue reading →
The fourth and final hike on the 2023 Sierra Club trip, like the third hike, was near the town of Mammoth Lakes, California but was in a different area. The fourth hike was at[…] Continue reading →
The third hike from this series of four posts on the 2023 Sierra Club trip took place in a different area of the Sierra Nevada mountains from the first two. This hike was near[…] Continue reading →
Magnolia Mound Plantation is an old, old plantation within the city limits of in Baton Rouge. It has a facinatimg history and portrays life of the early years of our country. The original cottage[…] Continue reading →
In June 2023 we made arrangements to stay in Yosemite Valley for the second weekend in November 2023. Little did we know then that we would end up being there near the peak of[…] Continue reading →
The Sierra Nevada mountains west of the town of Bishop, California offer many opportunities for hiking so the second hike on this year’s Sierra Club trip enabled us to see different alpine lakes in[…] Continue reading →
For the second year in a row I went on a four day Sierra Club trip to the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains. Once again I was treated to views of towering mountains and valleys[…] Continue reading →
This past winter season left record breaking snowpacks in Yosemite National Park. In May the snowpack was 253% above normal in the Tuolumne River Basin and 231% above normal in the Merced River Basin.[…] Continue reading →
In August of 2022, we took a nature hike to Cat Island National Wildlife Refuge which is located along the ravines and swamps in several turns of the Mississippi River of Louisiana. It is[…] Continue reading →
The Twenty Lakes Basin area has fabulous scenery and is located just east of Yosemite National Park. This hike was one on a Sierra Club trip and this post picks up where the Hiking[…] Continue reading →
The Twenty Lakes Basin is an area with beautiful lakes and differently colored mountains. The basin is near the eastern entrance of Yosemite so has similar High Sierra views that can be found in[…] Continue reading →
