Last week, I took off to add 5 more counties to my "Counties Visited in 2017" list while Craig and Jeffery did a work project at home. This trip may bore some of you, because it was a lot of driving along the eastern side of the Sierras; but I found it fascinating how different each area was, despite having many of the same elements. Here, see for yourself!
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| Heading west through my home canyon |
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| At a Lake Almanor sub-division, these trees provided the gateway |
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| Out into the big valley |
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| Approaching Susanville |
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| Heading north on Hwy 139 out of Susanville |
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| Rocks and colors |
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| Numerous vistas between hill passes as I wend north |
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| I approach Eagle Lake |
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| And then I continue on past it into the high desert country that is slightly different |
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| Liked this delineating line of trees ahead |
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| Another pass, another valley ahead, and all lit and shadowed by the storm clouds that would be rain clouds later on. |
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| Another tree'd hill passage |
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| This is only about 1/3rd of the whoopdy-whoop road, but I caught as much as I could |
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| One last stretch of "flat" valley and...... |
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| Tah dah! I am in Modoc County, and I had to come all the way to Adin to get here. 67 miles from Susanville. |
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| Ash Creek looking west from the bridge |
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| Ash Creek looking east from the bridge |
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| One section of the general store I went into. The town boasts 275 people! |
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| Another view of this over 100-year-old store |
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| He lurks just outside the restroom which states clearly "For Customers Only". |
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| Downtown Adin, California |
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| Pretty spot along a creek heading back the way I'd come |
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| Boulder strewings, natural or man-created? |
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| Those are cows at Eagle Lake! |
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| Cowboys and dogies |
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| This was the third herd I saw along the shore |
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| cattle and mountains |
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| Last look back at Eagle Lake |
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| I call this shot "The Vast Deepies" because you can see so far. |
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| The clouds hung low as I re-approached Susanville |
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| Ghost Mountain on Salt Flat looking expanse |
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| Here's a "close-up" |
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| Can you see the dirt storm rising off the fields? It was powerfully windy the whole day, and I ran into several dust clouds |
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| Gosh, how I love a rocky tor! |
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| See the red rocks on the far hill? |
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| I want to go closer, but it's late and I'm ready to get where I'm going - Reno - before darkness falls. |
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| The mountains near Hallelujah Junction, about a half-hour north of Reno. |
I'll show the second day of my tour in a post to follow.
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