May your path be as beautiful as this one! Shenandoah National Park. Tweeted by the US Department of the Interior, 7/9/17.
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Find Your Path Leave a comment
Dead Giant Loop 4 comments
Here’s one of the easier hikes in the Sequoia National Park. Go past the Grant tree parking lot and take the Sunset Trail to the sign for this easy loop hike.
A giant fell across the meadow … it will take hundreds of years to disappear due to the high tanin content of the wood.
Sequoiadendrom giganteum
Sunset Trail 4 comments
Go to the end of the parking lot for the Grant tree … and you’re on the Sunset Trail. It’s an easy downhill hike … and an easy return uphill!
The mighty sequoia!
These 2 sequoias grew together … they now share a crown.
Here’s a close-up of the trees where they become one.
Western azalea (Rhododendron occidentale)
Panoramic Point 4 comments
Panoramic Point overlooks Hume Lake in the Sequoia National Park.
Continue past Grant’s Grove, and then turn right towards the Crystal Springs campsite. Don’t turn into the campsite, just continue on the road up the mountain. Park at the small parking lot at the top of the mountain, and then you have a 350′ paved trail (which was being upgraded to an all access trail while I was there) to get to Panoramic Point.
Wish the day was not so hazy!
That’s Hume Lake in the valley.
The tree grew around the boulder. Sort of a “Whoops, excuse me!” philosophy.
Lookout Trail 6 comments
In the Kings Canyon National Park, above the Crystal Springs campsite, you’ll find Panoramic Point … drive there. Then, there’s a 3 mile out-and-back trail to a Ranger lookout tower which is a lovely hike. Do the whole trail … or hike until you’ve had your fill, and then return.
I did this hike on day 1 of my campout, and did not see a single soul on the trail.
Lovely.
My favorite image from this hike. A dead manzanita’s branches conform to the rocks that defined it’s growth.
Love bees!
Wasps are pollitors, too?
This snag lost its top … probably due to a lightning strike, that eventually killed it.
Action shot!
Don’t know what caused this odd burn pattern.
It’s tough out there … wing damage on this butterfly.
It’s really tough out there … the butterfly lost its lower left wing.
Iron Horse Leave a comment
This old railroad bridge is now the featured attraction at the Iron Horse trailhead in Santa Clarita, CA.
