Saturday, March 20, 2021

New Channels, Comments, and Video Quality (2021)

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 You can read what I have recently said back in January as the background for this. That link is here. 1)The Two New Channels I have added t...
Saturday, March 06, 2021

Secret Lake

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(GPS:  N38 18.435 W119 32.315) This is another hike my sister-in-law wanted us to do since my brother and I had never done it. It is a rathe...
Saturday, February 20, 2021

Silver Lake (The Silmaril Series)

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In the last blog I mentioned that taking pictures in a southern direction during the fall off the June Lake Loop you face a barely rising su...
Saturday, February 06, 2021

June Lake (The Silmaril Series)

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Another drone shot I took in October of June Lake:  The June Lake Loop is great for fall colors. However, one issue is the sun is a little l...
Saturday, January 23, 2021

North Lake (The Silmaril Series)

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 This is a new type of series I will be presenting as time goes on. I have wanted to show some of my drone footage and photos. I have two dr...
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Friday, January 22, 2021

The Principle of Charity

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 One last thing I wanted to mention before I go back to the type of thing I normally do on here is to talk about something I wish would be u...
Wednesday, January 20, 2021

The Price of Freedom

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While I am not sure it is the perfect analogy I remember seeing a scene from the 1940 Disney Pinocchio movie when I was a little kid that I...
Saturday, January 16, 2021

Welcoming in 2021

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 A strange thing happened a few weeks ago. 2020 ended and within seconds 2021 started promising a new future for all! Yet, it feels a lot li...
Thursday, December 24, 2020

Donner Memorial

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  (GPS: N39 19.350 W120 14.020) Merry Christmas! This is the wrap-up blog on my two trips to Donner Pass and Donner Lake. It is not my inten...
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Saturday, December 19, 2020

The Historic Roller Pass Hike

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 (GPS: N39 17.710 W120 19.195) This was the hike I thought we were going to do in October, 2019. When we got there the icy snow was bad enou...
Sunday, November 22, 2020

Christmas Scammers! 'Tis The Season!

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I have been working on my next project, but as we are in the holiday season I wanted to make a "public service announcement". I ha...
Saturday, October 31, 2020

Escaping the Silent Donner Tunnels

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Happy Halloween!  If you have not, please check out the previous blog before this one since this is the conclusion of this two part hike. So...
Friday, October 30, 2020

The Silent Donner Tunnels

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Happy Halloween!   (GPS:N39 19.000 W120 19.560)  About a year ago my sister-in-law wanted to do a hike that my brother and I had never done ...
Wednesday, April 01, 2020

I Wanna Be A Cowboy

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So I was part of a cattle drive back in October. Yep, always wanted to do the Red Dead Redemption thing as seen in westerns. Chec...
Sunday, March 01, 2020

A Joel McCrea Shootout Part 3 (The Alabama Hills Series)

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(GPS: N36 35.995 W118 07.490) (AKA The Shark Fin Hike Part 3) Alright, the finale of this location and the hike. I think of all of the lo...
Saturday, February 29, 2020

A Joel McCrea Shootout Part 2 (The Alabama Hills Series)

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(GPS: N36 35.995 W118 07.490) (AKA The Shark Fin Hike Part 3) Happy Leap Year Day! Lol! This is the second part the Joel McCrea Shooto...