Monthly Archives: March 2010

Sequoia to the Pacific

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The weather forecast Friday night was for up to 16″ of new snow.  Since Friday was my last night at John Muir Lodge I worked for about 45 minutes with another traveler to build a nice big fire in the main room of the Lodge.  Then we all enjoyed some good conversation and adult beverages.… Continue Reading

The Giant Forest

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Within Sequoia National Park lies the Giant Forest.  Named so by naturalist John Muir for the abundance of unbelievably big trees, Sequoias as well as Pines and Cedars.  Walking in the Giant Forest is surreal.  Seeing trees over 275 feet tall starts to seem normal.  The pictures today are both from the Museum located within… Continue Reading

Super sized

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Welcome to the land of giants.  We left Yosemite National Park just after breakfast and made the 4 hour drive to Sequoia National Park.  The largest living things in the world are in Sequoia National Park.  The General Sherman tree is 311 feet tall and is guestimated to weigh in around 2.7 MILLION pounds.  I… Continue Reading

Yosemite Search & Rescue in action

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Today we were treated to an up close encounter with the Yosemite Search and Rescue Team.  Fortunately it was a non-emergency situation.  They were doing a combined training drill with some members of a Canadian Search and Rescue organization to share techniques.  The situation was designed to retrieve someone stranded in an area that could… Continue Reading

Frosting covers Yosemite

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Well, as I had hoped, this morning I awoke to the entire Yosemite Valley coated in a thick coat of fresh snow.  Everything looked like it had been covered in frosting.  Truly amazing.  When shooting in conditions like this you have to constantly monitor your exposures and dial in exposure adjustments to compensate for the… Continue Reading