Part I Gallery – Writer in Transit

Writer in Transit

Part I Gallery

“California’s High Sierra to Oregon’s Coast”

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Day of Departure & Arrival at Sequoia

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park

A cluster of Sequoias off the side of a trail

View from the top of Moro Rock, where you can see the Montane Forest region and Alpine region in stark contrast

Sequoias, up-close

Kings Canyon

Zumwalt meadow, in Kings Canyons

Roaring River Falls, Kings Canyon

Inside a trunk of a fallen Sequoia

General Sherman tree

General Grant tree

View along Kings Canyon Scenic Byway

Zumwalt meadow, in Kings Canyons

Walking along the floor of this majestic glacial valley. This is Kings Canyon.

In the land of the giants

Getting to know these trees

A medium-sized Sequoia, wider than the length of a Honda Fit

First Campsite! (Lodgepole campground)

Getting used to camp life

Waiting. For the water to boil, so I can brew my coffee. Ahh.

Too slow for the timer

But practice makes better

Redwood National Park

Sequoia Semperivens, AKA Coastal Redwoods, in the Lady Bird Johnson Grove Trail

Campsite at Redwood National Park

Brewing coffee in this foggy morning

Redwood leaves are carried in two flat rows on either side of the shoot, as opposed to its cousin, the Sequoiadendron Giganteum (Sequoias), which have short, flat but grain-like, overlapping leaves. It’s just nice to know.

Dragonfly!

This Redwood (on the right) was struck by lightning but is now recovering, growing a new main trunk from what was left from its previous trunk. These living things are the closest to being immortal.

Their trunk, as compared to the Sequoias, appear more fibrous. Again, it’s just nice to know!

Though their cousins found in the Sierra Nevada are called Giant Redwoods (Sequoias), These Coastal Coastal Redwoods (Redwoods) can actually grow taller, easily reaching 300+ feet in height. A reason is bec of their ability to absorb moisture in the air, fueling more growth, as opposed to their cousins, who mostly just get water from the ground, which would then need to travel up the length of the tree to nourish its growth.

Crater Lake National Park

I think this is what you call — Crater Lake Blue

I mean. Wow.

Wizard Island

The inside wall of the caldera’s rim

Hiked down the inside of the rim, to the shore of the lake

Lunch along the rim of the caldera, overlooking the lake

Hello there

Sunset at one of the peaks along the rim of the caldera

Campsite!

Continuing to educate myself on the varying trees that surround me. I find greater appreciation for the things I’m observing when I actually know more about them…

It was as if the sky was just waking up, scrambling to set the stage for sunrise. I waited. I sat there, a spectator of a show that never gets old.

Sunrise on the last day at Crater Lake

The Pastel-Blue of Crater Lake on the morning of my last day (the photo doesn’t do justice to the actual color during that time…)

Observing rock formations on the inside wall of the caldera. This was once the insides of a giant volcano

Meadow in Annie Creek trail

Along Annie Creek trail. These trees redirected their growth towards the sun and sky, as the land sloped into a canyon/valley

Annie Creek

California & Oregon Coast

California Coast

North Cal Coast, Close to Redwood National Park

Can’t remember if this is still California or in Oregon already

Quick stop to SF! (View from Coit Tower)

The dramatic coastline of Oregon

Oregon Coast

One of the many lighthouses along the coast

Aaand another dramatic shot of this dramatic meeting of land and ocean

Cafe in Mendocino, CA. Good stuff, good life.

Mendocino, CA

Lunch while planning for my next trip to a National Park

Quaint little cafe in Mendocino

A Few Interesting Facts

Part I Route

Home
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park
San Francisco, CA
*Drive along California Coast
Mendocino, CA
Redwood National Park
Crater Lake National Park
*Drive along Oregon Coast
Coos Bay, OR

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