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Big Sur 2008
by Squishy
In January Lis and I made it out to Big Sur for a weekend of hiking and exploring. Big Sur is about 120 miles south of San Francisco, where the Santa Lucia Mountains meet the sea. We visited several waterfalls including one that drops right into the ocean, but the wildlife was the highlight of the trip. We spotted the California condor, deer, turkey, sea otter, seals, many birds and even migrating grey whales. We met two very nice rangers at the Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park and they told us about the whale watching spot on hwy 1. They provided binoculars and a wealth of information, Lis was spotting whale spouts in the ocean for the remainder of the weekend. We spent dusk on Pfeiffer state beach with a bottle of California red wine while reading excerpts from Jack Kerouac’s “Big Sur”. Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park was especially beautiful with redwoods, waterfalls and beaches all within close proximity. We also visited Point Lobos State Reserve on the way back to Sacramento, with its crowed trails and beautiful coast. I took some great pictures from Monterey to Big Sur, here's some sleepy seals. Big Sur has so much to offer I wish we had a few more days for longer excursions; this would be an awesome place to do some backpacking.
Big Sur Gallery
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Posted by squishy on Tuesday, March 11 @ 13:02:02 EDT (453 reads)
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Tuolumne Meadows 2007
Lis and I visited Tuolumne Meadows this year for my birthday. Instead of a larger longer backpacking trip we choose a bunch of small hikes with access from Tioga road enabling us to see most of the area within two days. The pictures are from, the Tuolumne Grove, Olmsted point, Tenaya Lake, Pothole Dome, Lambert Dome, Gaylor Peak and May Lake. We were lucky to see many animals as well including dear, marmots and a loud blue grouse looking for a mate.
Click here for all the Pictures
Video of Blue Grouse near May lake
Video of Blue Grouse's mating call
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Posted by squishy on Wednesday, June 06 @ 11:49:27 EDT (562 reads)
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