May To October 20, 2014 -- The Journey So Far...

OK, so it's been 5 months since my last blog entry, and it's been quite a time...First, my mom passed away in May, after which I took a 3-month hiatus from my travels, staying in San Pedro, then in early September headed back on the road and have been in California's eastern Sierra Nevada ever since, "chasing" fall colors and becoming a "color spotter" for the website California Fall Colors. So here in pictures is a brief summary of what I've seen...

                                                       

                              May -- Storm Along Eastern Sierra's Sherwin Grade Summit

                                                 Late May -- Lake Tahoe on Nevada Side

Middle of September -- Fall Begins in the Eastern Sierra

Clouds At Buttermilks Near Bishop

Early October -- Height of Fall Colors, Near South Lake

Lundy Canyon and Lake, October

North of Conway Summit On Hwy 395, October

Lake Near Town of Aspendell, October

Rush Creek Near Silver Lake, June Lake Loop, Mid-October

Bishop Creek, October 18

American Dipper aka Water Ouzel, Big Pine Creek, Oct. 17

South Fork Bishop Creek, Oct. 19

Gray-Crowned Rosy-Finch, Along Trail To Treasure Lakes, Oct. 19

One Of The Tyee Lakes, West Of Bishop, October 20

Varied Thrush, October 20

And now that you've had some idea of what I've been up to these past 5 months, it's time to head up to Bridgeport, 100 miles north where I'm staying in Bishop, and hope to find some Basque "graffiti" on aspen...