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 →
Topic: Majestic Mountains and Lakes
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 →
Hiking in the Twenty Lakes Basin part 2
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 →
Hiking in the Twenty Lakes Basin part 1
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 →
