Dan's Outside

Rocks, grass, and trees

Rocks, grass, and trees. Almaden Quicksilver Park. April 18, 2004.
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April 18, 2004 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on Rocks, grass, and trees

October flowers

Autumn Sierra leaves. Tuolumne Meadows. October 18, 2003.
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April 17, 2004 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on October flowers

Flowers and seeds

Flowers and seeds. Almaden Quicksilver Park. August 28, 2003.
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April 15, 2004 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on Flowers and seeds

Alaska photo

View from Eielson Visitor Center, Denali National Park. July 2002.

This is a slightly different take on a photo from my 2002 3-week bike trip through the Yukon Territories and Alaska with a group of middle school and high school kids.
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April 13, 2004 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on Alaska photo

Trees and wall

Trees and wall. Almaden Quicksilver Park. April 10, 2004.
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April 12, 2004 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on Trees and wall

Another flower

Another flower from Almaden Quicksilver Park. April 10, 2004.
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April 11, 2004 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on Another flower

Blue Flowers

Blue flowers. Almaden Quicksilver Park. April 10, 2004.
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April 11, 2004 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on Blue Flowers

New camera hike

I hiked with my new camera yesterday. I think this added at least 90 minutes to my circuit at Almaden Quicksilver.

Flowers and trees at Almaden Quicksilver Park. April 10, 2004.
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April 11, 2004 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on New camera hike

To LA and back

I drove to Los Angeles and back yesterday – a little 800 mile journey – to take my kids back to school. On the way back I decided to try to find the California Poppy Reserve in Antelope Valley that I’d heard about. Armed only with a very vague state map I left I-5 on Hughes Lake Road and wandered north and east into and across Antelope Valley before getting lucky and finding a sign.

It appears that I missed the peak of the display. There didn’t appear to be too many flowers left at the official Preserve. However, I did find this field a mile or two away.

The best bunch of poppies that I saw was high on a green ridge above I-5 near the Grapevine, where there were so many that it looked like it had just snowed poppies.
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April 5, 2004 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on To LA and back

My favorite Almaden Quicksilver flower

I saw this plant coming up a few weeks ago and I took a hike today specifically to look for blossoms – and I was not disappointed. This is from the New Almaden Trail not too far from the Mockingbird Hill entrance.

I also had time on my short hike to visit the Buena Vista Mine site

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April 3, 2004 Posted by gdanmitchell | Commentary | Comments Off on My favorite Almaden Quicksilver flower