Do not wash rocks

We had a wonderful zip line, rappel, and spelunking adventure at Moaning Cavern. I highly recommend the cavern crawl.

This is the only photo that I have available at present. It was in the men's bathroom. More topical photos later, if I have time.


- Posted at great expense from my iPhone

Location:Moaning Cavern, Calaveras County, California

Natural Bridges

By far the most pleasant surprise was how amazing Natural Bridges is.




- Posted at great expense from my iPhone

Location:Calaveras County

Calaveras Big Trees

Good times with the Boy Scouts. This was the campsite that we occupied for five nights. We had some awesome adventures during the day. This is a panorama image that might deserve a click.



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All creatures great and small

Very small.

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Back to Joshua Tree

I was last in JT just after Thanksgiving.  This time the weather was so much nicer with 40 degree nights and 70 degree days.

These are some HDR and panorama photos from my iPhone.

Dollar value of grades

A+,A 12
A- 6
B+ 3
B 2
B- 1
C+ 0
C -4

Lower: nothing at all

Red Rock canyon at sunset

We took a jeep ride to look at the sunset. There was no guarantee that we'd get a nice show due to overcast skies and potential for showers. This is Juli and our driver, Mario. Our jeep is at far left.



Same shot.


We were sad to think we wouldn't have the most beautiful light, and it started to rain a bit, but then the light broke through.



The light creeping up the cliffs with a rainbow. Ahhh!




The other half of the rainbow.



Splendid!







- Posted at great expense from my iPhone