A stroll through the Trinity Alps
Today’s photo is from the archives, July of 2009 to be exact. Without a person or two in this photo you don’t get the sense of just how tall these trees were in Northern California.
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Sunrise behind Mt. Shasta
The California/Oregon border is a lovely place at 7 in the morning in October.
Roger Waters – The Wall Live – AT&T Park – San Francisco
On May 11, 2012 Roger Waters will be performing The Wall Live in San Francisco in front of probably 60,000 people. I have seen Roger three times on his prior solo tours, and they are not to be missed. In fact, I saw him on this very tour in 2010 in San Jose. However, I was close to the stage for that one and now need to take in this show again from a different perspective. My view will be the one pictured above. Imagine The Wall being built in shallow center field, and you’ll be getting the picture.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow (11/18/11), but I bought mine during the presale.
Dusk from Mt. Ashland
Wildflowers and distant mountain ranges from Mt. Ashland
I have posted quite a few photos with Mt. Ashland in the background. Today’s pic is a little different as I took it last night while walking to the top of Mt. Ashland while looking south (into California mostly). The mountainside was covered in wild flowers. I couldn’t see all of the mountain ranges in the distance a few minutes before with the bright, summer sun. But as soon as the sun began to set, everything came into focus. It was that magical 10 minutes of the day that happens only at dawn or dusk.
Moss and clover in Stout Grove
Part of the beauty of Stout Grove is that if you tire (not likely) of looking at the enormous redwoods, you can always take in the lower scenery featuring ferns, clover, and moss aplenty.
Stout Grove
One of the main reasons we went to the Oregon Coast this past weekend was to show our Japanese friend, Takumi, some California Redwood trees. There is no better place for doing so than Stout Grove in Jedediah Smith State Park. Even though it was raining, Takumi quickly feel in love with the redwoods.
Unusual I-5 scene
The lack of brake lights in this photo tells you one of two things:
1) Everyone is tailgating in such perfect precision that brakes are unnecessary, or
2) We are all parked on the freeway.
The correct answer is 2. I took this picture at the same time and place as yesterday’s entry.
This was the first time (and hopefully the last that) I’ve ever turned off my engine while in the fast lane. I’ve been in traffic many, many times before, but killing the engine to wait it out wasn’t in my prior experience.
Finlandia Motel – Mt. Shasta City, California
I may take a little side trip to Finland this summer while working in Denmark. In the middle of a blizzard, we ended up with a premature visit of sorts a couple nights ago. This was our hotel on our way home to Ashland from Utah.
The Finlandia Motel sign said “Vacancy” on our way in. We took the last room they had on this unplanned stop.
Snowy Mt. Shasta
Continuing down I-5, the wind was blowing rather fiercely. So when I got closer to Mt. Shasta, I pulled over to take an up-close photo of the snow that was gusting off the top of the mountain.
Mt. Shasta from just a few miles south of the Oregon/California border
As mentioned yesterday, it was a good cloud day, offering great scenery for my six hour drive from Ashland, Oregon to Palo Alto, California. In Palo Alto I met up with a friend who I hadn’t seen in over 30 years.