Hope Valley & Luther Pass: more Autumn colors (Day 2)

October 19, 2011 Please avert your eyes if you don’t like yellows, oranges, reds, greens, blues and earth tones. Day two of last week’s Lake Tahoe/Hope Valley/Mt. Tallac Autumn Color Photo Safari started with my alarm going off at 6 a.m. Out the door soon after and a trip across the street to grab some

Lone Pine, CA – A First Visit

An excerpt from my first trip. After our long drive from the Bay Area, Mike Gibbons, Mike Galli and I are in the town of Lone Pine, California. Lone Pine is a desert town near the southern end of highway 395. For those heading up the Mount Whitney trail from the eastern trailhead, the town