Month: October 2014

Fall Color at Sunset Lake

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052Sunset Lake runs along the PCT (Pacific Crest Trail) and I found some fall color at the lake

Hope Valley Turning

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012-2Here’s a shot of Hope Valley turning colors. The runs of golden yellow are the aspens interspersed among the evergreens.

WHOA!

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011Got near the top of the hillside and looked back at the view. Whoa! Amazing view of Hope Valley below!

Conglomerate Erractic

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005Found this cool erratic on top on this hillside.

High Clouds over Junipers

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001Went looking for quartz last weekend. Didn’t find any good ones at this location. But scrambling along the hillside was fun with the high clouds above and these gnarly junipers.

3 Mergansers

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135Three Mergansers grooming

2 Mergansers

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116and then there were two Mergansers

Merganser in the Mist

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104Saw this Merganser in the mist on Caples Lake

Common Merganser

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Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)  22-27″ (56-69 cm). Male has flashing white sides, green head, white breast, and long, thin red bill. Female has gray body and sides; reddish-brown crested head sharply set off from white throat.

 

Caples Lake Dam

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079In this shot, the Caples Lake Dam in shadow and reflecting in the lake.