Gray-Crowned Rosy Finch

Memories of Aspendell California

Twice, I’ve visited this alpine community towering at an elevation of 8400 feet over the 4100 foot Owen’s Valley below, where the town of Bishop is located. Bishop, a small…

Memories of Mammoth Lakes

In 2017, I spent two days exploring Mammoth Lakes in the eastern Sierra-Nevada Mountains. Below are notes from the visit. 2017-07-16 Mammoth Lakes Birds Mammoth Creek connects a string of…

Memories of Sandia Crest

Just outside of Albuquerque, the Sandia Mountains loom large in the northeast. For years I’ve been wanting to pay a winter visit to the crest of these peaks and meet…

2017-07-19&20 Heading Home From The Sierras

Leaving June Lakes yesterday, I found a road I’d not travelled before. I’d been to Mono Mills on CA-120 East, but never further. The route from US-395 to Benton is…

2017-07-18 Twin Lakes Mammoth, Round Two

My plan for this day was to head out to the end of Lake Mary Road in Mammoth. There were several locations nearby where I thought I might find the…