Friday, September 30, 2016

Rocky Mountain National Park - Part II

Rocky Mountain National Park - Part II Scotts Valley, CA, Library


    I'm always interested in any creeks, streams, or lakes; that's to determine whether they contain trout. I felt this creek was too small to provide a habitat for trout even though it appears several visitors had scrambled down to it. As for drinking the water -- beware of giardia lamblia!!

    These photos were taken on 8 September 2016.

    As a former classmate often reminded me the Sierra Nevada in California is one continuous block of granite whereas the Rockies are several different blocks or ranges. And there are more 14,000 ft peaks in Colorado even though the highest peak in the contiguous 48 states is Mt Whitney in California.

 

    Here's my rig on one of the wide-outs with some alpine peaks in the background.

 

    In order to post the rest of the photos of Rocky Mountain Natl Park I'll omit captions for now and hopefully be able to add some of them later.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More of my photos to follow as time permits; in the interim, check out Google's massive collection.

 
Links:
Routes:
  • F 13 Jan Actual Route: DWLs - PA VA Hosp ER - PA VA Hosp Pk Lot
  • Sa 14 Jan Actual Route: PA VA Hosp - Mt View W/M - SV Lib -DWLs
  • Su 15 Jan Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib -DWLs
  • ...
  • M 30 Jan Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib - Apco Propane - DWLs
  • T 31 Jan Actual Route: DWLs - Dominican Hosp ER - DWLs
  • W 1 Feb Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib - DWLs
  • Th 2 Feb Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib - DWLs
  • ...
  • Sa 11 Feb Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib - Apco Propane - DWLs
  • Su 12 Feb Actual Route: DWLs - Aptos Lib - Marina - W/M - $ Tree - DWLs
  • M 13 Feb Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib - $ Tree - DWLs
  • T 14 Feb Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib - DWLs
  • ...
  • F 24 Feb Actual Route: DWLs - Marina - Monterey VA Clinic - Aptos Lib - DWLs
  • Sa 25 Feb Actual Route: DWLs - Apco Propane - DWLs
  • Su 26 Feb Actual Route: DWLs - Vineyard Church/SV Civic Ctr Pk Lot- DWLs
  • M 27 Feb Route: DWLs - SV Lib - DWLs
  • ...
  • Th 9 Mar Actual Route: DWLs - SJ VA Clinic - Walmart - SV Lib - DWLs
  • F 10 Mar Actual Route: DWLs - SC Barber Shop - Walmart - DWLs
  • Sa 11 Mar Actual Route: DWLs - SC Barber Shop - Walmart - DWLs
  • Su 12 Mar Actual Route: DWLs - SC Barber Shop - Walmart - DWLs
  • ...
  • Sa 25 Mar Actual Route: DWLs - Aptos Lib - Marina Walmart - DWLs
  • Su 26 Mar Actual Route: DWLs - Live Oak Lib - Capitola Lib - DWLs

 

 

Finding Campgrounds:

N.B. I receive nothing from Trailer Life, Woodalls, or FreeCampsites.net for including links to their free campground lookups.

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Christmas in Salinas, 2016

Christmas in Salinas, 2016 Scotts Valley, CA, Library

    Due to a flu virus both my brother-in-law Phil and his daughter Lori missed the Christmas Day festivities.

    But Blaise and Michelle stepped forward and hosted the Christmas dinner which had originally been scheduled at Lori's home; her husband Greg and their two sons were at Blaise & Michelle's home.

    But since Michelle advised me that they do not post their photos to the Internet I'll only include photos of those who had no objections -- such as their Christmas Tree.
    I shall do an L-Clan Mailing List update with photos of Blaise & Michelle's family and relatives as time permits.

 

 

 

 

    Lori's husband Greg Voogd flanked by their two sons: Tyler on the left and Nick on the right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Posey, Blaise & Michelle's hungry Lab. She was named after Giants catcher Buster Posey. She patrolled the Christmas dinner table -- to prevent any food scraps from "going to the backstop."

 

 


Links:
  • See post immediately below, Christmas Eve in Scotts Valley, 2016

Routes:
  • F 13 Jan Actual Route: DWLs - PA VA Hosp ER - PA VA Hosp Pk Lot
  • Sa 14 Jan Actual Route: PA VA Hosp - Mt View W/M - SV Lib -DWLs
  • Su 15 Jan Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib -DWLs
  • ...
  • M 30 Jan Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib - Apco Propane - DWLs
  • T 31 Jan Actual Route: DWLs - Dominican Hosp ER - DWLs
  • W 1 Feb Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib - DWLs
  • Th 2 Feb Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib - DWLs
  • ...
  • Sa 11 Feb Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib - Apco Propane - DWLs
  • Su 12 Feb Actual Route: DWLs - Aptos Lib - Marina - W/M - $ Tree - DWLs
  • M 13 Feb Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib - $ Tree - DWLs
  • T 14 Feb Actual Route: DWLs - SV Lib - DWLs

Finding Campgrounds:

N.B. I receive nothing from Trailer Life, Woodalls, or FreeCampsites.net for including links to their free campground lookups.