Tag: Eastern Sierra
Out and about in the Owens Valley
I’ve been slowly working my way through the chore of cataloging my photos, and as I get ready to file things away, here is a collection of odd shots from in and around the Owens Valley from last year. (I’m not going to include the dust control project much; I’ll post links to those at…
The Los Angeles Aqueduct Intake
Sorry I haven’t posted for awhile. It’s not for lack of photos – I’m actually several trips behind and I embark on another journey on Tuesday to Monterey, sure to be another treasure trove of photos. I’ve just been so very busy and there are other things I should be doing right now, but I’m…
Southern California’s first water project: The Los Angeles Aqueduct
The Los Angeles Aqueduct Cascades facility in Sylmar is the dramatic entrance of Owens Valley water into the Los Angeles area and anyone traveling up the I-5 through Newhall pass can’t miss it. This water has traveled as much as 400 miles and has taken as long as three months to get here. I’ve traveled…
Our weekend at Convict Lake
Sorry, I’m title-challenged today…. Over Labor Day, we took a long-planned camping trip to Convict Lake, just north of Bishop, in the Eastern Sierra. We had a great time here, and we’ll definitely return! So let me show you all that there is here at Convict Lake. Home page readers, click on the “Read the…
Virginia Lakes: An easy Eastern Sierra high country experience
Do you want to visit the high country, but want to eliminate the long hike to get to it? (Personally, if I am to hike to the top of a mountain, I prefer to be as close to the top as possible when I start!) Well, I believe I have found the most easily-accessible high…
A stop at Mono Lake
Further along the road to Grandma’s house is Mono Lake, another favorite place to stretch our legs. Each time we decide to stop here, I try and pick someplace different. This time, I turned in on the road just north of the Visitor’s Center.
Convict Lake in the afternoon
Convict Lake – I’m not sure why it is called “Convict Lake” but it’s a beautiful place! We’re going to be camping here real soon, so on the way up to Grandma’s house, we stopped by to see our campsite and check out the lake. Afternoon is not prime time for photography here; the sun…
The end of the line for the Lower Owens River
Back in 2007, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power finally put water back in the Lower Owens River, the result of a judge’s order issued several years before. (Hey, this is my photoblog, so I don’t have to research everything ….) As part of the plan, however, DWP was allowed to take back…
Return to Bodie
It wasn’t until about the summer of 2003 that I finally went to see Bodie for the first time, which up until then, I had assumed was just a historical marker off of the 395 between Mono Lake and Walker. However, as I found out, Bodie is much more than that. Located 13 miles off…