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The Oasis At Death Valley
After driving for hours through Death Valley one can find a beautiful place to relax and refresh at The Oasis. When we were there…
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It's Getting Dark
Death Valley is full of surprises. Who would have thought that in the middle of all these California mountains there is a place at…
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Colorful Mountains
The mountains above Death Valley show up in the most amazing colors from copper-red to volcano lava-black to purple mountains in t…
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Sierra Nevada Storm
It never is so obvious how the weather and the clouds influence what we see in nature, unless we photograph the same scenario over…
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Rhyolite Town Center
Looks like this is where the action was. They even had three story buildings. By 1907, Rhyolite had electric lights, water mains,…
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Rhyolite Ghost Town
In the desert almost nothing rots or falls to pieces. Here is an old coach from the Union Pacific Railroad left in Rhyolite which…
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Bizarre Rocks
These rocks at Alabama Hills send out very distinct vibrations, like they are talking to you from a distant time. How did they end…
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Waiting for Sunset
He has a beautiful view from up there towards the huge mountain range around Mount Whitney. This is in the Alabama Hills, near Lon…
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View from Alabama Hills
Way up there is the Tuttle Creek Trail which leads to an abandoned stone building known as "The Tuttle Creek Ashram" located at an…
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Storm Moving In
Observing the storm clouds rolling into the Alabama Hills in California. Somewhere up there in the clouds is Mount Whitney which i…
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A Storm is Coming
Just before the storm hit the Alabama Hills in California, the sky and the rocks had a very different taint. Usually those brown r…
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Ivanpah Solar Electric
This is an interesting view when you come down I-15 from California towards Las Vegas. The site is Ivanpah Solar Electric Generati…
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California Poppy
This is the California State Flower. They grow wild all over the state. Native Americans valued the poppy as a food source and for…
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Sunrise Highway
On the way up to Mt. Laguna in Southern California, it was very cold and extremely windy. Mt. Laguna is a lovely little town on to…
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Golden Acorn View
View into the valley from the Golden Acorn Way in Campo, California, towards the West where San Diego lies behind the mountains. I…
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Cuyamaca Rancho
November Morning in Southern California. The hills show off in their famous yellow color, the clouds hang so low that one can't m…
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Anza Borrego Desert
Amazing view from the Montezuma Valley Road into the Anza Borrego Valley and Borrego Springs which is a cute desert town with seve…
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Oakzanita Springs, CA
There was still snow on the ground on January 30th at the Oakzanita Springs RV Campground on Hwy 79. And it was cold at that after…
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Mt. Laguna, California
This Lodge is located on the Sunrise Hwy in Mt Laguna, CA. Mt. Laguna is a lovely little town on top of this mountain. North of h…
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Mount Palomar, CA
Driving up to Palomar Mountain, which is 6,126 feet high, one can see the white top of the Palomar Observatory. It lies about 40…
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Hazy Day in Sedona
Isn't that a fantastic view when you are heading to the Town Center of Sedona for lunch? Sedona has become a very highly frequente…