Hiking Around Panum Crater
The Mono–Inyo Craters form a 25 mile line of volcanism extending from the Mono Lake area to Mammoth Mountain in California. Near Mono Lake is Panum Crater which is one of the more prominent[…] Continue reading →
Topic: Majestic Mountains and Lakes
Late Fall and Early Winter at Big Bear Lake
Toward the end of 2024 I had the opportunity to spend about seven weeks at Big Bear Lake. The town of Big Bear Lake is in the San Bernardino Mountains of California. There is[…] Continue reading →
Hike to Barrett and TJ Lakes
For the third year in a row I went on a hiking trip to the Mammoth Lakes, California area of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. However this year I went with family rather than on[…] Continue reading →
A Harbor Cruise at Portland, Maine
Sometimes the best vacation plans have twists and turns. On a recent late summer trip to Maine, we planned for hiking and kayaking in the Maine mountains. A unexpected knee injury, however, dampened the[…] Continue reading →
Sherwin Lakes Hikes
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 →
Hike From Agnew Meadows to Shadow Lake
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 →
Hike From Lake Sabrina to Blue Lake
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 →
Hike From South Lake to Marie Louise Lakes
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 →
Return to Yosemite Valley to see the Falls
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 →
Champion Bald Cypress at Cat Island Wildlife Refuge
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 →
