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Southwest ‘09: part 6
July 20th, 2009
Sequoia National Park
A walk in the Giant Forest
Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
Burned Sequoias, and closed trails. But what really does a closed trail really mean?
Point Lobos State Reserve
Cold wind from the ocean. Dragonfly rescue from an abandoned spider web.
Fort Ross
The Russians are everywhere…
Salt Point State Park
The journey ends here…
Southwest ‘09: part 5
July 19th, 2009
Mono Lake
Sunset at the Mono Lake. Wind whirled up waves, and picked up flies.
Yosemite National Park
Friendly bear came onto the parking lot to the excitement of visitors.
View of Yosemite Valley from Glacier Point after a thunderstorm.
Kings Canyon National Park
Hike to Mist Falls along the King River.
Southwest ‘09: part 4
July 17th, 2009
Capitol Reef National Park
Highlight were the petroglyphs, left by the Fremont tribe. Though the antlers and other accessories were explained to be ceremonial headdresses, they make the “people” in the petroglyphs look very alien… Who knows – maybe the Fremont tribe knew much more about the universe than we do?
Extraterrestrial Highway
No flying saucers, but some lizards look extremely alien…
Devils Postpile National Monument
Lava flows, frozen in hexagonal columns. According to Wikipedia: “The postpile was created by a lava flow sometime between less than 100,000 years ago (according to current potassium-argon dating) to 700,000 years ago (according to other dating methods). The source of the lava is thought to have been somewhere near Upper Soda Springs campground at the north end of Pumice Flat on the floor of the Middle Fork of the San Joaquin River, from where it flowed to the site of the Postpile, was impounded by a moraine, and reached a thickness of 400 feet (newer estimate) to 600 feet (older estimate).”
Rainbow Waterfall
Strong waterfall with the promised rainbow.
Southwest ‘09: part 3
July 15th, 2009
Desert
Lonely drive through Goblin Valley desert, 10 miles in the wrong direction. Listening to Dylan: “Beyond here lies nothin’ – nothing we could call our home…”
Little Wild Horse Canyon
Narrow slot canyon, filled with lizards and beetles.
Goblin Valley
Caught by a thunderstorm in the valley. Impending storm contrasted with the shining sun, and the downpour brought out a different view of the goblins.
Southwest ‘09: part 2
July 13th, 2009
Shakespeare Arch
The arch itself was unimpressive, but the desert around it was amazing. Out on the horizon you could see smoke from a forest fire. Scattered around was rare vegetation supporting life in the inhospitable environment.
Grosvenor Arch
At the base of the arch a wasp was digging out a hole for its young. It then buried the paralyzed grub and proceeded to cover the hole.
Escalante Petrified Forest
Walk through petrified forest – well, sort of. The wood was petrified – and it was clearly wood. But it was scattered all over the place. I guess I had higher expectations. Still amazing.
