Yosemite and More

A while back I went up to my home town for a small family reunion. While up there I took a stroll along the Mc Cloud River. This was my starting point, Lower Falls. The water is very cold but this is a popular swimming hole. This little guy was helpful by posing for me. I'm sure he was waiting for a tidbit to eat. Sorry. When I grew up we called these Golden Mantle Squirrels, I've since learned Golden Mantles are larger, the stripes go up to the face and are usually farther north. The Mc Cloud is a small river since this is near the beginning of the river. It gets much larger as it heads to Shasta Lake. It is actually larger than the Sacramento River when they reach Shasta Lake. The Mc Cloud River, Pitt River and Sacramento all contribute to the 'Sacramento River' below Shasta Dam. Shasta Lillies aren't hard to spot, but there aren't very many of them, so you feel lucky if you do spot one. If the lady I met on ...

It's been a while since I posted. I've even been out shooting a few times. Just haven't made the time to do the editing. So........I'll start with my last outing.  A couple of weeks ago a friend, Friedhelm, and I went to  Kings Canyon, Sequoia National Park. We went to Grizzly Falls, I decided I liked this image of the bottom of the fall most. On the way in to the fall I took the following photograph. I have no idea what happened or why it came out how it did, but I thought it was kind of cool I took this one among the Giant Sequoias, the sun was mostly down except at the top of the tallest trees. As we headed down from the high country  we came across the lights of the valley. I prefer the lights of the stars. If you look closely you can see a little of the Milky Way in the upper left corner. Go, See, Enjoy. Dave