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These blue bushes are seen while drive 101. They look like trees at
times they are so big. |
Cathedral Trees at Trees of Mystery. Weddings are performed on this
spot. See close up of sign next. |
Sign at what they call Cathedral trees. |
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Sign for Family tree |
Family tree - note how there are trees growing on the limbs of this
redwood - this was amazing |
View from Sky tram high above the tree tops at Trees of Mystery |
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Wild iris growing along roadside near our campsite in Klamath |
Last stop of the day - Drive thru tree. It was 2 inches wider than
our truck |
Nice of him to pose for me - I stayed in the car since they were so close |
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Elk just south of our campsite |
Trillium Falls off Davison Road |
Fern canyon - it was an interesting walk using logs to cross the stream in
several spots |
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Meadow with Pacific Ocean just over the sand - field of lupine |
Pacific Ocean |
Battery Point Lighthouse - only can get to it in low tide. We were
lucky and walked to it |
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Beach flower seen at Battery Point |
Pacific Ocean - notice all the flowers, we saw 6 different varieties |
Trillium in Redwood forest |
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Jedediah Smith State Park - this road was to be closed at 5pm today for
maintenance |
Gary really got into this tree! Tree on Howland Hill road in
Jedediah Smith State Park |
Founders tree in Richardson Grove - Gary laid down to take this picture.
346.1 ft high, 12.7 ft diameter, 40 ft cir |
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Richardson Grove State Park - see Gary walking and almost dwarfed by
the sword ferns |
Redwood sorrel carpeted the trail on our walk |
Gary had to go inside this redwood |
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Flower - still need to find what it is called. |
Rhododendron seen on Rest Area on way to Redwoods National Park |
San Francisco - Cable car is the symbol right? |
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San Francisco city hall built in 1923 - actual gold leaf |
Golden gate bridge - a must when you visit San Francisco |
Green building is where the Godfather was written in San Francisco |
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Almost to Mirror Lake, Yosemite National Park. This is our first view of Half Dome from trail. |
Mt. Watkins mirrored in Mirror Lake, I only took about 25 shots to get
this one! |
Dogwood in bloom on trail to Mirror Lake |
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Deer on Mirror Lake trail - we were this close, they were not afraid of us |
Twins but different not identical - fraternal! |
Royal Arch Cascade in back of the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite Valley |
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Butterfly on road surface |
Covered bridge over Merced River at Pioneer Yosemite History Center |
El Capitan view from parking area near Wawona tunnel |
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Fog on Wawona Road early morning drive to Yosemite Valley |
Grouse Creek Falls as seen from El Portal Road |
Bridalveil Falls in Yosemite |
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Two creeks come together to for "The Cascades" as seen from Wawona Road |
Purple flower |
Half dome with Vernal Falls bottom and Nevada Falls top view from Washburn
point |
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Snow bank at Glacier Point parking lot. They only opened the road two
days ago. |
View from Glacier Point - Yosemite Valley below. |
Suzanne at Glacier Point with Vernal Falls and Nevada Falls in the
background. |
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| Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in
Yosemite National Park |
Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in
Yosemite National Park |
Tunnel on Wapama Falls Trail in Hetch
Hetchy |
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Tucculala Falls in Hetch Hetchy - Yosemite National Park |
Harlequin Lupine on trail to
Wapama Falls |
Wapama Falls in Hetch Hetchy -
Yosemite National Park |
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Kolana Rock - Hetch Hetchy in Yosemite National Park |
Black Chasm Cave helictites |
Black Chasm Cave helictites |
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Black Chasm Cave helictites |
Natural Bridge - water flows
below and we walked to both sides (over, not through - the water was
cold!!!) |
Grizzly Giant - largest Sequoia
tree in Mariposa Grove |
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The other tunnel tree - Mariposa Grove - Yosemite |
Clothespin tree - Mariposa Grove
- Yosemite |
Telescope tree - Mariposa Grove
Yosemite National Park |
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This shows you that the Telescope tree is still living - amazing! |
California poppy near our
campsite |
Desert Dandelion |
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View of flowering tree along King's Canyon road. |
Redbud along King's Canyon road
to falls. |
Grizzly Falls in King's Canyon |
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Roaring River Falls in King's Canyon - they opened the road the Friday after
we left Coarsegold |
Bass Lake near were we stayed in
Coarsegold, CA |
Lupine along very rough, narrow
road so Gary could find the center of California - they have a plaque since
it was quite a controversy for years. |
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Borax mine as seen from Borax Visitor Center |
Windmills as seen from CA Hwy 58
on drive from Nevada to California |
Golden Canyon, our first hike in
Death Valley |
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A life form found only in Death Valley called pupfish and can be found in
Salt Creek. We were lucky to see them as the creek only flows in the
spring |
Gary walking through Mosiac
Canyon - a marble canyon |
This is the marble that I wet on
our walk through Canyon - the color was beautiful. |
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Indian paintbrush on Titus Canyon
Road |
Train station at Rhyolite, a
ghost town on the Titus Canyon Road |
Blue flower on Titus Canyon Road |
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Yellow flower on Titus Canyon
Road |
Titus Canyon Road |
Titus Canyon Road |
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The story of Leadfield |
What's left of the ghost town |
Darwin Falls in Death Valley |
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Prickly Pear cactus blooming on trail to Darwin Falls - Gary took this not
realizing there was a bee inside. |
Death Valley - View from Dante
Views |
Death Valley - Flowers on top of
Dante View in Death Valley |
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Death Valley Badlands - View from
Zabriskie Point |
View from Artist Drive, the colors were amazing and the picture does not due
it justice - greens, blues, purples, whites and reds. |
Natural Bridge trail in Death
Valley - a warm hike! |
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Devil's Golf Course |
Badwater - lowest point in Death Valley |
Moon over mountain in back of
Badwater |