Offshore Rocks, Pacific Ocean. Big Sur, California. July 21, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
Black and white photograph of the Pacific Ocean with offshore rocks along the Big Sur coastline of California. (Part of a series of minimalist seascapes that I’m working on.)
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Yerba Buena Island, Bay Bridge, and Pilings. San Francisco, California. July 18, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
San Francisco Bay with Yerba Buena and Treasure Islands, Bay Bridge, and old pilings along The Embarcadero on the San Francisco waterfront. Photographed while walking along the Embarcadero on a July day.
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Moth and Corn Lily Leaves. Yosemite National Park, California. July 9, 2008. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
A moth on new corn lily leaves along the Young Lakes trail in the Yosemite National Park backcountry.
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Fletcher Peak, Rafferty Creek Trail. Yosemite National Park. August 28, 2005. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell – all rights reserved.
I know this spot well, almost too well. The Rafferty Creek Trail ascends from Tuolumne Meadows to a low saddle called Tuolumne Pass and then, a short distance later, to Fletcher Lake, site of the Vogelsang High Sierra Camp.
I hike this trail at least once each summer and early fall. It seems like it should be a fairly easy hike. It is only about 7 1/2 miles and less than 2000 feet of climbing. But along with nearly everyone I talk to along this trail, I often find that I’m pretty beat by the time I get to this spot just below Tuolumne Pass.
The large peak in the center is Fletcher Peak, which towers directly over Fletcher Lake and the high sierra camp. To the right is Vogelsang Peak. To the left is the ridge extending back above Townsley Lake toward Parsons Peak.