Posted by Karen on 21-Aug-2010
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Pauline and I headed out towards Calavaras Big Trees State Park today, so that she could experience the other type of huge trees we have out here in California. She enjoyed her visit to the Coastal Redwoods this spring, so now we’re going to see the redwoods’ cousins, the Giant Sequoias. While stopped in Jackson for a break, we decided to make a visit to the Kennedy Gold Mine. There is quite a bit to see, the tour is around 2 hours, or longer if you get the tour guide that likes to talk, like we got. There is a museum and gift shop, movies to be watched, furnace buildings, old equipment, tailing wheels, the head frame and the mine office/house to be seen. After our 3 hour tour, we continued on to Big Trees park and enjoyed a nice stroll through the north grove.
Posted by Karen on 25-Jun-2010
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Lori and I went camping at June Lake on the eastern side of the Sierra and enjoyed a nice relaxing weekend. We stayed at the Pine Cliff RV Resort, which is right on the lake, however our campsite wasn’t. We arrived Friday afternoon and then went to Mono Lake’s South Tufa area and spend some time exploring and photographing. I tried to get some nice moon shots, but I really need to practice those types of photos a lot more. Saturday was spent exploring the area, chasing geocaches along the dirt roads and some took us to some wonderful view spots. Sunday brought us back home.
Posted by Karen on 20-Jun-2010
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Lori and I took a Sunday drive today to Marin County to see what there is to see. Our first stop was at the Marin County Civic Center, which was closed, but the outside of the building is still very interesting to check out. The building was designed by the famous architect, Frank Lloyd Wright in 1957, near the end of his life. The building is huge and hard to get a photo of the entire thing, but there are numerous architectural details that catch the eye and the camera. Our next stop was as the Marin Art & Garden Center, which is a tucked-away jewel of flowers, gardens and art to explore. Our last stop of the day as at the Railroad-Ferry Museum in Tiburon, where I learned that Tiburon, at one time was more than million-dollar views, it was a railroad town. On the hilltop we found Old St. Hilary’s Church, an old church in the Carpenter Gothic style built in 1886. We end our day down to the center plaza and docks of Tiburon, enjoying the San Francisco skyline and the fascinating wave sculpture and fountain named “Coming About“.
Posted by Karen on 01-Jun-2010
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A few photos of the history markers I saw on my way home along Highway 299 in Trinity County, after a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.
