tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29774480161207007242024-03-04T23:31:52.505-08:00Villages, Ruins & Good FoodNotes and photos from places around the world that have villages, ruins, and good food.
And $35 hotels...
Also, wilderness 4x4 camping and backpacking.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-19549941174107960722009-04-11T19:16:00.000-07:002009-04-11T19:51:58.823-07:00Canyonlands 2009Bob and Jonathan did the White Rim in our modern SUV. The truck did fine but we took a beating from extreme wind and unpleasant cold.<br /><br />See trip notes at the end.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3DKJ8DZFv928_lZi-MM-fc9gZq8mwXoK9k8_f53lh2mcryYxPWYpu4XJVpVu9laqZ0QawLZ5bEtnMT_QDUuuX4HxBOMuwyhajYZbDcdbmfQ80WwlUb5Gty4r0tWCH6qiIrXA_cnkb6I/s1600-h/P3230992.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323625583647992754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO3DKJ8DZFv928_lZi-MM-fc9gZq8mwXoK9k8_f53lh2mcryYxPWYpu4XJVpVu9laqZ0QawLZ5bEtnMT_QDUuuX4HxBOMuwyhajYZbDcdbmfQ80WwlUb5Gty4r0tWCH6qiIrXA_cnkb6I/s400/P3230992.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfhLriZ4kXcpiI61oGmkxY4nwqoATN48tF02kAolZVjWVrZzEHJ8h5Jc6EX6AWBO1xppl-IJ2Chq48OYmi-Jj1FcIXAs4mpLGoOPNTr2wvqMMmzjE25_Z5wWaXS1h6nHVZBCNUvoYN2g/s1600-h/P3231002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323625579563503458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 332px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirfhLriZ4kXcpiI61oGmkxY4nwqoATN48tF02kAolZVjWVrZzEHJ8h5Jc6EX6AWBO1xppl-IJ2Chq48OYmi-Jj1FcIXAs4mpLGoOPNTr2wvqMMmzjE25_Z5wWaXS1h6nHVZBCNUvoYN2g/s400/P3231002.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />On our first hike, we ran into a bighorn sheep, first in our experience.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoo3V4QuWV0hXjCgE-kDEpq3CFjF15x7FgYYZMb8iOOIBw7I8T0ExkW0ONTMkx-J9si3KIibuZVtjG-oA5e958-XOHfqXTFX1_aoHtLTcK1ZvCmptYuyqsfe_qV2MLethnwSpUfglDS8E/s1600-h/P3231011.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323625577561575378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 311px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoo3V4QuWV0hXjCgE-kDEpq3CFjF15x7FgYYZMb8iOOIBw7I8T0ExkW0ONTMkx-J9si3KIibuZVtjG-oA5e958-XOHfqXTFX1_aoHtLTcK1ZvCmptYuyqsfe_qV2MLethnwSpUfglDS8E/s400/P3231011.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5TT2WZBoEhXBN_DHV1dGXxXv6gQ2kmRfFGJubmR-p3crWD3Af5eX3Oe_M2mHNZ7HXdihMRvLSktKro02hYJ92S0EIVedRnuFav8y93CllnvnHA9OU_H3CdhDMwSm_8S7HoiH6-i3oKPw/s1600-h/P3231015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323625571247074690" style="DISPLAY: block; 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WIDTH: 278px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWoF2bJuSppYlbUQQCsuBPtEbttvFa_kCxHgR85MQMnEQxIKX6YjqDpXwEF2wg2gWkOEFUiPGMdlZnpEWbDkTXU2lqOi5dd1e1fN5VMcpxwx5rRJ08uzDCYva0R4soE_y5PEKncZwfv8o/s400/P3241048.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwpVpyNJHpZ7UzUExYTw9rvFCUnZUXCQwatbX-ZmqZFqk_vlZTdwVkZ1bcAVsxrGvgO3ZBKOhyphenhypheneb_2Pun8w0sJZJHx_76e_99ihkPVg3My-dXAf8567d0gF8Kq2SOuQP6h_cH3pRTtroE/s1600-h/P3251078.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323624609375058370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwpVpyNJHpZ7UzUExYTw9rvFCUnZUXCQwatbX-ZmqZFqk_vlZTdwVkZ1bcAVsxrGvgO3ZBKOhyphenhypheneb_2Pun8w0sJZJHx_76e_99ihkPVg3My-dXAf8567d0gF8Kq2SOuQP6h_cH3pRTtroE/s400/P3251078.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3haxMIpccyGUZwbRTUXD0Za-6YP9aKCP7dRnQBnSYaCH1acAVWY_2PvuhcHjl0sh4UVmUS1aBSJILi59-qkbUXOfiup29etgBWsNOcPK7kzihXyACjIJ_l8GBGlFuDwIGcrjbzuTGqY/s1600-h/P3251081.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323624604168466194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3haxMIpccyGUZwbRTUXD0Za-6YP9aKCP7dRnQBnSYaCH1acAVWY_2PvuhcHjl0sh4UVmUS1aBSJILi59-qkbUXOfiup29etgBWsNOcPK7kzihXyACjIJ_l8GBGlFuDwIGcrjbzuTGqY/s400/P3251081.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Our camp at Murphy. We searched and searched for a tent that could handle high wind but permitted sitting inside at a table. The tent worked OK, but at this camp, one of its poles was bent by a 60-mph gust at 3 am. The best bet for the White Rim is a robust 4WD camper with a low profile.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGneKF1xaVMx1MI12g-tHZ7dDCLwqQBBKeMzwaESasZGLJynQ0ywbWE9G6JXodC0YT1Rzzli5hfV5giyHrajFxZeytSikF5O5WKIiyrMqOJtxDffxlGwiPYMnhHLPygcnNHmFZfX5up80/s1600-h/P3251083.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323624601487877698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGneKF1xaVMx1MI12g-tHZ7dDCLwqQBBKeMzwaESasZGLJynQ0ywbWE9G6JXodC0YT1Rzzli5hfV5giyHrajFxZeytSikF5O5WKIiyrMqOJtxDffxlGwiPYMnhHLPygcnNHmFZfX5up80/s400/P3251083.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxGv2_gOQZJGYo-FNS7y-rj8R6sZOrl2PAm9tK1aPQSrH6a-JEy8CjBX-Q1tmzrVSNeP8Tq5mLfLamkTW_o3JYu4iIeRfZxNqaCGiQT0zbGrkF2l3IVlXjoptFxp5n8sbfZPjMACBsYM/s1600-h/P3251089.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323624597674196130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxGv2_gOQZJGYo-FNS7y-rj8R6sZOrl2PAm9tK1aPQSrH6a-JEy8CjBX-Q1tmzrVSNeP8Tq5mLfLamkTW_o3JYu4iIeRfZxNqaCGiQT0zbGrkF2l3IVlXjoptFxp5n8sbfZPjMACBsYM/s400/P3251089.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDiDzuit31xAuz6_1K7XMTBcjESToSvOJcJWPqHChyj4dDVAHmvjZIZHnriJmt9KNHGsxoqFSfmri-5vmIsuaUhIsfLetGMm6B6G_3x7ZsZ86y7kfNG9UScHWivQR9rMHxwaxLkjardA4/s1600-h/P3261109.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323624598669950274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 348px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDiDzuit31xAuz6_1K7XMTBcjESToSvOJcJWPqHChyj4dDVAHmvjZIZHnriJmt9KNHGsxoqFSfmri-5vmIsuaUhIsfLetGMm6B6G_3x7ZsZ86y7kfNG9UScHWivQR9rMHxwaxLkjardA4/s400/P3261109.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Tne Ancient People (pre Hopi and Navajo) erected this signaling station on top of a butte; worth a visit</div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-size:180%;">Notes on the White Rim:</span></div><div> </div><div></div><div>This is the best 4WD excursion in the US, in our experience. 102 miles of amazing scenary. The guidebooks rate it as moderately challenging 4-wheeling. 99 percent could be managed in many passenger cars, but the remaining 1 percent would be prohibitive. There are a dozen or so steep, rocky sections the seriously challenge your traction and clearance. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div>For the best camping spots at the popular times (late spring and early fall), you have to reserve for this trip with the Park Service far, far in advance. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div>Plan your trip with a lot of time for hiking; camp at least 3 nights. Plan on a driving speed of about 15 mph on the average.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div>Be prepared for wind! You must have a place to shelter that is seriously wind-proof or you will be utterly miserable.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-3395074338303164252008-09-21T23:00:00.000-07:002008-09-21T13:13:08.303-07:00Contents<strong><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The <a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2008/09/our-cats.html">Kitties</a></span></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sooz's </span><a href="http://rehall.googlepages.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;">Cookbook</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">, in full, to download or view</span></span></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2007/01/restaurants-we-like-in-south-bay.html"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#3333ff;">South Bay restaurants</span></a></strong><br /><br /><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2008/08/china-may-june-1982-nber-trip.html"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><strong>Pictures from the legendary 1982 NBER expedition to China</strong></span></a><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Bob & Sooz trips</span></strong><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2008/08/venice-and-rome-june-2008.html"><strong>Venice and Rome, June 2008</strong></a></span><br /><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2008/08/este-june-1-to-7-2008.html"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Este, June 2008</strong></span> </a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2007/06/mykonos-and-london-june-2007.html">Mykonos and England 2007</a></span> </strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2006/06/bob-attended-fine-conference-run-by.html">Portugal 2006</a></span></strong><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2006/06/bob-attended-fine-conference-run-by.html"> </a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2005/08/jordan-and-syria-2005.html">Jordan and Syria 2005</a></span></strong><br /><a href="http://vrgf.blogspot.com/2005_01_18_vrgf_archive.html"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">North Africa 2004</span></strong></a><br /><a href="http://vrgf.blogspot.com/2005_01_30_vrgf_archive.html"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Bali 2003</span></strong></a><br /><a href="http://vrgf.blogspot.com/2005_02_01_vrgf_archive.html"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Italy 2002</span></strong></a><br /><a href="http://vrgf.blogspot.com/2005_01_29_vrgf_archive.html"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Morocco 2001</span></strong></a><br /><a href="http://vrgf.blogspot.com/2005_02_04_vrgf_archive.html"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Angkor Wat 1996</span></strong></a><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Dr. Bob's trips</span></strong><br /><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2007/08/dr-bob-at-minneapolis-dridge-disaster.html"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Minneapolis bridge disaster, 2007</strong></span> </a><br /><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2007/12/dr-bob-in-europe-november-2006.html"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Italy, fall 2006</span></strong> </a><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Spring Desert trips</strong></span><br /><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2008/03/death-valley-march-2008.html"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><strong>2008</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong><br /></strong></span><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2007/06/death-valley-and-joshua-tree-national.html"><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><strong>2007</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"> </span><br /></span><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2006/04/capitol-reef-national-park-march-2006.html">2006</a></span></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2005/04/white-rim-trip-in-canyonlands-march.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">2005</span></a></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2004/03/grand-canyon-march-2004.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">2004</span></a></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2003/03/bob-and-andys-wilderness-camping-trip.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">2003</span></a></strong><br /><strong></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Backpacking trips</span><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2007/12/dr-bob-in-europe-november-2006.html"></a></strong><br /><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2008/09/lake-basin-and-old-muir-trail-august.html"><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>2008</strong></span> </a><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><strong><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2007/08/backpacking-august-2007.html">2007</a></strong></span><br /><strong><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2006/09/backpacking-september-2006.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">2006</span></a></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2007/06/backpacking-2005.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">2005</span></a></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://vrgf.blogspot.com/2005_01_15_vrgf_archive.html">2004</a></span></strong><br /><strong><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2003/09/backpacking-2003.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">2003</span></a></strong><br /><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2007/06/steve-ropers-book-sierra-high-route.html"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">2002</span></strong></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><strong>Offspring trips</strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"><strong><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2008/08/kauai-august-2008-with-jonathan-mia-and.html">Kauai with Jonathan, Mia, and Chris, August 2008</a></strong></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong><a href="http://bob-sooz.blogspot.com/2008/08/kauai-flowers.html">Kauai flowers</a></strong></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong></strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-25117803297087739802008-09-21T12:59:00.000-07:002008-09-21T13:04:08.382-07:00Our CatsHere we provide photos and videos of the cats, so Sooz can stay connected while she is away from them.<br /><br />This video shows how the cats interact with each other, after living in our peaceful household for 7 years.<br /><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mkg8DmiLUwk"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Mkg8DmiLUwk" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-27030646656040205452008-09-01T10:10:00.000-07:002008-09-01T12:52:54.042-07:00Lake Basin and the Old Muir Trail. August 2008The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Muir_Trail">modern Muir trail </a>follows the south fork of the Kings River to its headwaters below Mather Pass, crosses the pass, and descends the Golden Staircase, the last-built part of the modern trail. Prior to the construction of the Staircase in 1938, the trail went down the south fork from Pinchot Pass, then north over Cartridge Pass, down Cartridge Creek, then to rejoin the modern route along the middle fork of the Kings. Just north of Cartridge Pass is beautiful Lake Basin, now missed by the Muir trail. This trip took us to the basin via the remnants of the old trail, which receives just enough use to serve as a useful route into the basin. See the end of this post for trail notes.<br /><br />Our party was the same as in 2006: Jonathan, friend Chris, and Bob. Our itinerary:<br /><br />Day 0: Drive to Taboose Creek and camp in 98-degree heat and wind. Not as bad as it sounds.<br /><br />Day 1: Hike up about 4500 vertical feet and 6 miles of trail along Taboose Creek<br /><br />Day 2: Over Taboose Pass, 11,400 feet, down to the south fork of the Kings, south on the modern Muir trail for half a mile, then continue along the south fork to camp at an unnamed lake halfway up to Cartridge Pass, at 11,000 feet.<br /><br />Day 3: Over the pass, 11,700 feet, camp in early afternoon at the lake in Lake Basin closest to the pass, then explore the basin without packs for the afternoon.<br /><br />Day 4: Back over Cartridge Pass and Taboose Pass, camp just over the pass.<br /><br />Day 5: At the car at noon and drive home in time for real food.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4IFRSVthV1JCUWQO6BbrGThFFDqBvVL-iGHMDpJFsP0E3ZuUJDWKVteXsdo2MCSx-il7TWcFRM4pceSmrHjEfjOk6bjlmzwYEYH49patpxWHp20VzSE_pNlC3Rn-pc-Kh0F-ttj5GIFM/s1600-h/P8250920.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgttpZcFuA5Feraa4choo7pwf8SyJdyAgE6cBNMENABNqTbhSt33zJ1mPkS0LPMvD8VBN2jirpJdyKh6xbT7XlcfZ-48XsxeZZPR7V34CnfSkwfBEmRrL4Y6B6LFYE5mrnXIMoI1D_vZc/s1600-h/P8270914.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1cVRMeLLZ-AGfrVovUAnRWDptcTek4z05J4u_tDpPVP2a2H3syyn1msHh2LuTQCDHAGaldzO_gDrhF19zF6_R3UtNo0ecsnTIilkAsReutexAbxzv7m3GzuPgM34FE2xpYE3Irn39hlI/s1600-h/P8250920.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241138212306482850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1cVRMeLLZ-AGfrVovUAnRWDptcTek4z05J4u_tDpPVP2a2H3syyn1msHh2LuTQCDHAGaldzO_gDrhF19zF6_R3UtNo0ecsnTIilkAsReutexAbxzv7m3GzuPgM34FE2xpYE3Irn39hlI/s400/P8250920.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ready to go</div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6YJwuFbSjghASQ-_HFrLvXEyhmg5y7yCw1MRw4knTML-WK-aEiEPWvitsRw2-5MNriTyL8V2BntZ70sCmQBX7B2rb3rB8intkz3EOHocw3MbrtuvFsU3ZCb61KK5Zb4Pwc8n-wbgtimg/s1600-h/P8270914.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241138221560421522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6YJwuFbSjghASQ-_HFrLvXEyhmg5y7yCw1MRw4knTML-WK-aEiEPWvitsRw2-5MNriTyL8V2BntZ70sCmQBX7B2rb3rB8intkz3EOHocw3MbrtuvFsU3ZCb61KK5Zb4Pwc8n-wbgtimg/s400/P8270914.JPG" border="0" /></a> Taboose Canyon</p><p><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC92emjwFOxKAtzZJXU2bQF8GqXco6CNDsJpvwqEKIsFIwfK_hov22bxAKaoWa4jeoCA7oYIjrpVelX33n9_y-F_zo831XIvRUbPO7y0LjhGCuIUOGaeZBlaFaxtxwy_lk6VDPJc7Ai8w/s1600-h/P8270917.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241138231519085458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC92emjwFOxKAtzZJXU2bQF8GqXco6CNDsJpvwqEKIsFIwfK_hov22bxAKaoWa4jeoCA7oYIjrpVelX33n9_y-F_zo831XIvRUbPO7y0LjhGCuIUOGaeZBlaFaxtxwy_lk6VDPJc7Ai8w/s400/P8270917.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>Upper Taboose Canyon</p><p align="center"><br /></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0d9xJkvRt6Mt38npPTuGbo7bVep1LdFS6x2tB7UKS2l2YnpKL-7mw272B8gBdjRYwlA2QQKTJnSqwlB-x9_AL4WNka9mI9NjOxYXC_5DQVy6F7wsW4XkmXsHKaIcf3Ee7TfkQaUFCC48/s1600-h/P8270924.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241137866713847218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0d9xJkvRt6Mt38npPTuGbo7bVep1LdFS6x2tB7UKS2l2YnpKL-7mw272B8gBdjRYwlA2QQKTJnSqwlB-x9_AL4WNka9mI9NjOxYXC_5DQVy6F7wsW4XkmXsHKaIcf3Ee7TfkQaUFCC48/s400/P8270924.JPG" border="0" /></a> Taboose Pass, 11,400 feet</div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbgDcYau-meFPyi2pgA1vTsRDAOyAbDaqlHaz8Wwmchri9pSrKAiiiY8IeID3VCpJGqCVkZx4a6JyPEazYfPQ3mnnDZKbKjWWxxfQjUhwr8PJ_yXF_Kv_zsJQpX0T1aeDl6AlWK1twI8/s1600-h/P8270928.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241137869431811810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbgDcYau-meFPyi2pgA1vTsRDAOyAbDaqlHaz8Wwmchri9pSrKAiiiY8IeID3VCpJGqCVkZx4a6JyPEazYfPQ3mnnDZKbKjWWxxfQjUhwr8PJ_yXF_Kv_zsJQpX0T1aeDl6AlWK1twI8/s400/P8270928.JPG" border="0" /></a> Looking west from Taboose Pass, into the Canyon of the South Fork of the Kings River</p><p><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHueDn8XPl0QtuhvPO4i-ieoDhuZXCdX1e50AbeJ6hhwEXzc69R6jTrIx_a_lzkSaVYbUYSqLImnYuGJ1mR2gF3wKm5SNyC6saK6KMer9iObMWMAt_tn5vK4e9l9WES5veC90AOX85eg/s1600-h/P8270939.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241137872719926674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixHueDn8XPl0QtuhvPO4i-ieoDhuZXCdX1e50AbeJ6hhwEXzc69R6jTrIx_a_lzkSaVYbUYSqLImnYuGJ1mR2gF3wKm5SNyC6saK6KMer9iObMWMAt_tn5vK4e9l9WES5veC90AOX85eg/s400/P8270939.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>Dusk at our second camp, at the lake halfway up Cartridge Pass</p><p align="center"><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc-E6C3mlNfQ6g1sVWji1nsY3arliKQni5MvekSTiZN2PkXIBR4DWIn0YtMlLvCyY6ii2-PxZQzIy6K3dnFvgaLwWc7tl6-bccnc6kzimpP4ncbQG21LdS6yT1FZkTpHkykztUZChHrWY/s1600-h/P8280927.JPG"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgH0vJss611VoI6XZScTfAMmr1tugBWvJZaJFeeciCrxvhlpc0V87PRka80JilK9unDqftougMEdfLs4x-L02RYzga7EjWky9_jDMx-o6AtqmQAf0xcoK1yg7JLk6qdTlAS0uQiZ4lKY/s1600-h/P8280934.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241137882461528354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgH0vJss611VoI6XZScTfAMmr1tugBWvJZaJFeeciCrxvhlpc0V87PRka80JilK9unDqftougMEdfLs4x-L02RYzga7EjWky9_jDMx-o6AtqmQAf0xcoK1yg7JLk6qdTlAS0uQiZ4lKY/s400/P8280934.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>Lake Basin</p><p align="center"></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNiJKOUVsSe97jvlYXR68h7ifQQdpz5EwKA5GtdLf_24piQDtY1GGxfsE189W-iQY7gY3rrLTDg92uUdAfOVz4e_US5wKjsWO1Qy7pnORIccMS5d_7fuIq5MTs7rYmC2D0zRMJeDV0SdI/s1600-h/P8280938.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241137248290516338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNiJKOUVsSe97jvlYXR68h7ifQQdpz5EwKA5GtdLf_24piQDtY1GGxfsE189W-iQY7gY3rrLTDg92uUdAfOVz4e_US5wKjsWO1Qy7pnORIccMS5d_7fuIq5MTs7rYmC2D0zRMJeDV0SdI/s400/P8280938.JPG" border="0" /></a> Looking south from the approach to Cartridge Pass</div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqWzErWE1dLo1U1RLmHzliN7eAC5w6rHmmYrE_1h7Xb0AUfCGjjzdTai3PKRexvU0HS38oavERtq9csF0YkHU0uVWhY3jF8Pxvfh3uHu-fyrAz67s7m0RxEztr95rbHcVWAS8s0iJpnLk/s1600-h/P8280943.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241137270632156594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqWzErWE1dLo1U1RLmHzliN7eAC5w6rHmmYrE_1h7Xb0AUfCGjjzdTai3PKRexvU0HS38oavERtq9csF0YkHU0uVWhY3jF8Pxvfh3uHu-fyrAz67s7m0RxEztr95rbHcVWAS8s0iJpnLk/s400/P8280943.JPG" border="0" /></a> From our camp at the lake halfway up Cartridge Pass</p><p><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLUZLrYvhKZMo2wEJ2ad-3ixhqlPZZMyoq-9xbisS1bInqUCCfpArVYafad5BptK1oqAONBleMkRt3DECNL2MJh0kKyJ_LJBGbVvoS3v1ejgXuDbOCvyNd6P7t7HcKYtnT7mbNMXCFeQ/s1600-h/P8280946.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241137299232707986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaLUZLrYvhKZMo2wEJ2ad-3ixhqlPZZMyoq-9xbisS1bInqUCCfpArVYafad5BptK1oqAONBleMkRt3DECNL2MJh0kKyJ_LJBGbVvoS3v1ejgXuDbOCvyNd6P7t7HcKYtnT7mbNMXCFeQ/s400/P8280946.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>Just above the lake<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHInQboC5EINyrE6k5kljw1D0XdKObIiLmEpSbU0GVEyBRLQ4pwhVwHMJB0lH9HwWLaHzKNmtY-kYqxFJGxBEKQWB2PPb2cmY9M5bNUO0oXzm5uAyJrchyW5cQqWKa1A12e6yFT5sNA08/s1600-h/P8280946b.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241137299911316354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHInQboC5EINyrE6k5kljw1D0XdKObIiLmEpSbU0GVEyBRLQ4pwhVwHMJB0lH9HwWLaHzKNmtY-kYqxFJGxBEKQWB2PPb2cmY9M5bNUO0oXzm5uAyJrchyW5cQqWKa1A12e6yFT5sNA08/s400/P8280946b.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>Chris</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiV15rPrNvi3d-uLjBWQoGTdOZgxgVRsY3bzzAtiE-2eBBXr37a5mkXQcGlW78Wchxxr0aUaonxMt36iUaBjy_7D4YeNGl6NKPXVY6bc9Oi3j0QmJ_Qtc0FY1p2hb2_mCxtkGPLhOk97o/s1600-h/P8280947.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241137308342541234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiV15rPrNvi3d-uLjBWQoGTdOZgxgVRsY3bzzAtiE-2eBBXr37a5mkXQcGlW78Wchxxr0aUaonxMt36iUaBjy_7D4YeNGl6NKPXVY6bc9Oi3j0QmJ_Qtc0FY1p2hb2_mCxtkGPLhOk97o/s400/P8280947.JPG" border="0" /></a> Jonathan with map during our route-finding puzzle<br /><br /></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVPyNbSSYs-WEbhFKd4_6mh3xwG8U1bUV-qK5Uj3nEAhAkdDjoUKE2uyhhznhwt0wBnwWYuo29s2RlHQ9g-WkXXrAnRLMRkQK5cG1ri7IjV7kQ0dBYTzYho_VoMY-4GpjxmzO45Rz7k4/s1600-h/P8280952.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241136462788098082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVPyNbSSYs-WEbhFKd4_6mh3xwG8U1bUV-qK5Uj3nEAhAkdDjoUKE2uyhhznhwt0wBnwWYuo29s2RlHQ9g-WkXXrAnRLMRkQK5cG1ri7IjV7kQ0dBYTzYho_VoMY-4GpjxmzO45Rz7k4/s400/P8280952.JPG" border="0" /></a> Looking north from Cartridge Pass into Lake Basin</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUoGNdCSma_CrXzZcI9Zqo32AkSiYXCG24wsJmBR7pFrDSxmFs3r4u_REuR6OOsAMoP6cYzJsLxcMEszQadeSd4PLjeEc8xYLhNy3x0OP-6sPR7FGhyEiz0QOXLeFRf0u-yw0c3VdhD4/s1600-h/P8280953.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241136468924865522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUoGNdCSma_CrXzZcI9Zqo32AkSiYXCG24wsJmBR7pFrDSxmFs3r4u_REuR6OOsAMoP6cYzJsLxcMEszQadeSd4PLjeEc8xYLhNy3x0OP-6sPR7FGhyEiz0QOXLeFRf0u-yw0c3VdhD4/s400/P8280953.JPG" border="0" /></a> Looking down the chute from the pass</p><p><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjivafNN7y_AoeyxgBD04l7ev_xpjinmd4kDnj3oA0yTe898Aff97aTnw53PvwltOzQ_u0C6tAhqoWXxpecEn8suqTrC-TQ24mvcXwZMLj4RHD-LKyzcJC-cBTsIstKzk1yBrDeMT1yjKA/s1600-h/P8280953b.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241136473875220402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjivafNN7y_AoeyxgBD04l7ev_xpjinmd4kDnj3oA0yTe898Aff97aTnw53PvwltOzQ_u0C6tAhqoWXxpecEn8suqTrC-TQ24mvcXwZMLj4RHD-LKyzcJC-cBTsIstKzk1yBrDeMT1yjKA/s400/P8280953b.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>Chef Jonathan in Lake Basin</p><p align="center"></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbD4DBypbPLMYUo2Zj93tkss6xbKySKXeDN7WYwG9AzhUXaPVJzTk6qcJR5HO1U5b4AzW-i9UHIXwH_G1pXQm4gzgZZrN78YPHmRpnfCNyCiTEKH_fn1zONPZ4G9UpI0wr75updyeLAI/s1600-h/P8280961b.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241136477848792258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbD4DBypbPLMYUo2Zj93tkss6xbKySKXeDN7WYwG9AzhUXaPVJzTk6qcJR5HO1U5b4AzW-i9UHIXwH_G1pXQm4gzgZZrN78YPHmRpnfCNyCiTEKH_fn1zONPZ4G9UpI0wr75updyeLAI/s400/P8280961b.JPG" border="0" /></a> Nightfall in Lake Basin</p><p align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0K605HdDSDJmN4vZ0OclZrmNT5fHiEeI3ey0povZIeB2O_ArjP_HMmbM7DYfxYmmyq-ZffrLkj8ZmelUbSyIw0EuewkSExMjoWqGQLxJWOZkfb2z9KKkht0eiXQbN1JWv7oVsFrbdO7M/s1600-h/P8280967b.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241136480975191938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0K605HdDSDJmN4vZ0OclZrmNT5fHiEeI3ey0povZIeB2O_ArjP_HMmbM7DYfxYmmyq-ZffrLkj8ZmelUbSyIw0EuewkSExMjoWqGQLxJWOZkfb2z9KKkht0eiXQbN1JWv7oVsFrbdO7M/s400/P8280967b.JPG" border="0" /></a> Dawn<br /><br /></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1zZ1rMeuNxVZfwF_VxBoY8FFHqcYFmiZU-Wz_2J3XGbk73dJRtYUNm4E4b7yYeYSWO9rJSgJdYYWm5oHXpvZJ-KU9RcZ47UwiTuHXTT_0zbvEpNDGZH4SOVX5nMlZN7dNTPvQKQYoBVQ/s1600-h/P8280968.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241135948290333602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1zZ1rMeuNxVZfwF_VxBoY8FFHqcYFmiZU-Wz_2J3XGbk73dJRtYUNm4E4b7yYeYSWO9rJSgJdYYWm5oHXpvZJ-KU9RcZ47UwiTuHXTT_0zbvEpNDGZH4SOVX5nMlZN7dNTPvQKQYoBVQ/s400/P8280968.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkI4ZTSKKST7xsyVRGD4FUHaPi2tc5sYRFna8g_WmdL3Pz8dyyn3WMDOEsrXwrsNlWoDwueI4HcjjYOn2rZSpo9Qi5JQioCP4sT8t6flkc4adAbFyQVqWB5Suyl20ORHVYZSveFy4TpBM/s1600-h/P8290957.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241135961564850162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkI4ZTSKKST7xsyVRGD4FUHaPi2tc5sYRFna8g_WmdL3Pz8dyyn3WMDOEsrXwrsNlWoDwueI4HcjjYOn2rZSpo9Qi5JQioCP4sT8t6flkc4adAbFyQVqWB5Suyl20ORHVYZSveFy4TpBM/s400/P8290957.JPG" border="0" /></a> Looking up the chute at Cartridge Pass on our return</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSVWc7y85eZOnfr_oyXchTsAKrLSg0pKRZcY8ctjmj5W_Al6Rick_dkyucZOc2M9grYkoVE8dggnQ0j2GlaMDUB4Uz2DJkvj_Vmyq_Df0zKjXSrpi5n3zvKlq_HkB5vZaZbRZ_u09RV8/s1600-h/P8290961.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241135966968051362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSVWc7y85eZOnfr_oyXchTsAKrLSg0pKRZcY8ctjmj5W_Al6Rick_dkyucZOc2M9grYkoVE8dggnQ0j2GlaMDUB4Uz2DJkvj_Vmyq_Df0zKjXSrpi5n3zvKlq_HkB5vZaZbRZ_u09RV8/s400/P8290961.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj892O0U46A1khD9YEoXoHShUWqjLB-5zUbeP_UEMFA_wCxt76wq32laOkM9hHJ3f7dMtRiT6FazBLr0LeWUXbsR75Ia6U7XOXvdbiDJRqE-GTcSaULXh1vRHSZWgr_2jQrToEgXn3Cg2c/s1600-h/P8290967.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241135970120957826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj892O0U46A1khD9YEoXoHShUWqjLB-5zUbeP_UEMFA_wCxt76wq32laOkM9hHJ3f7dMtRiT6FazBLr0LeWUXbsR75Ia6U7XOXvdbiDJRqE-GTcSaULXh1vRHSZWgr_2jQrToEgXn3Cg2c/s400/P8290967.JPG" border="0" /></a> Arrow Peak</p><p><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWnzceS1w39L8mFdkNsJX9ZzhVx0bFPtroVSjSf27EOiUhVjv7xWUWWEiS0240YMMtUqCj3Q3JVjrVmcAKj_ZPMX49-3TEAuIcSmfaVH1Dqw86pn0oFiF6nVttwI10_EaE3-gDoPCdX8/s1600-h/P8300976.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241135974951579106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWnzceS1w39L8mFdkNsJX9ZzhVx0bFPtroVSjSf27EOiUhVjv7xWUWWEiS0240YMMtUqCj3Q3JVjrVmcAKj_ZPMX49-3TEAuIcSmfaVH1Dqw86pn0oFiF6nVttwI10_EaE3-gDoPCdX8/s400/P8300976.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>Dawn on the day out </p><p align="left"><br /><strong>Trail notes</strong>:<br /><br />The standard source for off-trail info is R.J. Secor's <em>The High Sierra: Peaks, Passes, and Trails </em>(Google "Secor Sierra"), but the old Muir trail is too easy to merit any useful information in that book. The location of the old trail is correctly marked on the 7.5 minute quad, Mt. Pinchot. <strong>Do not even think of taking this route without that map!</strong><br /><br />Northbound:<br /><br />It's easy to find where the old trail leaves the new Muir trail, just north of the point where the new trail crosses the south fork after descending from the junction with the Bench Lake trail. The Park Service has put up a couple of barriers to prevent JMT hikers from descending the south fork. The old trail is easy to follow down to the point where the first of three big boulder fields comes down to touch the river. At this point, the old trail crossed the river to avoid the boulders, but that part of the old trail is impassable because of a major blowdown of the trees on that side. You must stay on the north side of the river.<br /><br />The best route seems to be to stay as close as possible to the river on its north bank. You can pass the first boulder field on a trail, but you will need to cross boulders for the second and third. In between, faint use trails come and go.<br /><br />There is a marker in the forest where the trail turns north to ascend Cartridge Pass. If you can't find the marker, follow the route on the topo and you will eventually find the switchbacked trail, which is well marked up to the halfway lake.<br /><br />The next trick is to find the trail north of the lake. We lost a lot of time in careless route-finding here. Again, follow the route on the topo with care and a compass and you will find another well-marked trail. We never use GPS but it would have saved us a lot of time. The trail will take you over the pass and down a steep chute to Lake Basin, where route-finding is easy.<br /><br />Southbound:<br /><br />Make your way to the highest lake in Lake Basin, below the pass. The chute carrying the trail is obvious. After ascending and descending the pass, go to the far end of the halfway lake and search for the trail down to the bottom, using the route on the topo. Stay close to the north bank of the river when you reach the bottom. Search for the trail at the bottom of the east-most boulder field and proceed to the new Muir trail.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-75854267348321644512008-08-19T21:01:00.000-07:002008-08-19T21:59:46.977-07:00Kauai, August 2008, with Jonathan, Mia, and Chris<p><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iQX1AL5zswQ&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iQX1AL5zswQ&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Video of the Spouting Horn</p><p><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g2quRtvumLA&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g2quRtvumLA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Video of Jonathan and Mia cavorting in the surf at the Secret Beach<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil3m86Y_a6D8PFyArqfQZy-9VnlpyijShyphenhyphenlExhLYj59-ClofbfLulDrkx7o-3OwRtEUxyybVoBTrEs6F4JVTIkCX8EshbL2zcqaBwStuUJ1rSeXEvxiQ2oSItwtweyizJD7f6TWg18VNE/s1600-h/P8180889.JPG"><br /><br /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236453003768864290" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP8aV0_wzhJf3fufzhIPgvNsvkVmBcgpJln45KgsGZxXY0IiQF1Kvd1nZW6TvYXIaxqy8TYAk3y-2JAyCWmnMNqgiyliAF6m7pim8JlzRo1ygvoJP2I9oy2dwIm0ZHgCf0zoHZpf84Gdg/s400/P8180899.JPG" border="0" /></a>Ficus trees on a grand scale (used <em>Jurassic Park</em>)<strong><em> </em></strong></p><strong><em><p><br /></p><p></em></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhyphenhypheni2mG-kdsfJ5oULSgW30Y2b84ftXJKQlQuLRVzWYeGJOJSQlWDsXqyjXGYc-36KqJxXYVL7YiibS9bOiRdBy9snUSMJl5eCVnKErK66CEDZ789LyBuLt-1tmwdNXtTkKxJICis4elo/s1600-h/P8170863.JPG"><strong><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236452210123268482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhyphenhypheni2mG-kdsfJ5oULSgW30Y2b84ftXJKQlQuLRVzWYeGJOJSQlWDsXqyjXGYc-36KqJxXYVL7YiibS9bOiRdBy9snUSMJl5eCVnKErK66CEDZ789LyBuLt-1tmwdNXtTkKxJICis4elo/s400/P8170863.JPG" border="0" /></em></strong></a><strong><em> </em></strong>The beach on the Rugged Napali Coast trail </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMK0ap2rYIJcxnhoSrAXIhCVkZxixyLC-LxeBpBrxtVdSsgEyei7QBP4TcauqwbDyu2482vgcjtMuwDYVmpEqv2liKvbEagQQdvCa9o4fC0adcGEOu7OfeSbQev-c5uzqPTVzTncdFlGs/s1600-h/P8170866.JPG"><strong><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236452212900451442" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48XhZQMer2sp3-8NAN1lfmp4DXpRZ2QSzEQfYV4pUMA-Rq1sbNVEyLIqWa9U5yDjdUX41EMw481TQ63u0PnW2SNT-DpYceC2raon7cC1yx9CwTMHmppMFA8lR8_w1VXw2uxjGP8J2CTg/s400/P8150895.JPG" border="0" /></em></strong></a> No explanation for this interesting pole on the Waimea canyon trail<strong> </strong><br /><strong><br /></strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtxdhP32GpIxQHe94I9cWMNU_JQwiH2jPDnEbQORZlMvHJAZ4u1ruIiirwJmXf__9kBmP-oZkLOB_4tidOfi1-FXOTWtmK0zC3QZzNG-6pLB4tMWg3RXus2s6M2HhShtRI0JVU39XS98/s1600-h/P8150908.JPG"><strong><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236446678507880802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtxdhP32GpIxQHe94I9cWMNU_JQwiH2jPDnEbQORZlMvHJAZ4u1ruIiirwJmXf__9kBmP-oZkLOB_4tidOfi1-FXOTWtmK0zC3QZzNG-6pLB4tMWg3RXus2s6M2HhShtRI0JVU39XS98/s400/P8150908.JPG" border="0" /></em></strong></a> Distant waterfall in Waimea Canyon<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSJLL1Mbj2zeQz3jlDGDSON6ILGRmXYkdvKBNVl7-8SA7x59ujLpkdH_zu3OoLOuTrFQI2y0nUwu3n-cbp7Fn6nAnezCQPOgKy8f4wxSMzFGUpSqfTaaMoHIcwhi5IWluQuWe4xj1nkw/s1600-h/P8160804.JPG"><strong><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236446682933842514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiSJLL1Mbj2zeQz3jlDGDSON6ILGRmXYkdvKBNVl7-8SA7x59ujLpkdH_zu3OoLOuTrFQI2y0nUwu3n-cbp7Fn6nAnezCQPOgKy8f4wxSMzFGUpSqfTaaMoHIcwhi5IWluQuWe4xj1nkw/s400/P8160804.JPG" border="0" /></em></strong></a> At the secret beach</p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQmuksTT5EpVdel1k-FtMZqM2jct3-mS3pkqIuOSFw-QaSWewVG5-AI2llBhINo2IbW67mdWH4a7T8_21ky_n-x7SHqkRZZ52JXzkYYZA6i6_oc2fPEtCAjkj8aQmCwG-lLA3egP3ym4/s1600-h/P8160809.JPG"><strong><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236446693022796370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQmuksTT5EpVdel1k-FtMZqM2jct3-mS3pkqIuOSFw-QaSWewVG5-AI2llBhINo2IbW67mdWH4a7T8_21ky_n-x7SHqkRZZ52JXzkYYZA6i6_oc2fPEtCAjkj8aQmCwG-lLA3egP3ym4/s400/P8160809.JPG" border="0" /></em></strong></a><strong><em><br /><br /></em></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjofkdSo0BscfHRCT5MraSbqLhz05dwvFSXmX_1EUG7a0qY9LmRL8HQ-EWdLURbshGtgcV9dlmINmMef3duzWbYrFh2iCyp1G-HADGed_O7dx1G_P78Cph6MujS4ebVQLaQrVOub8MkBQI/s1600-h/P8160812.JPG"><strong><em><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236446701028722098" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1j5QvgBIwCjb1q64rYpvqxLRgUNiIIRoHcnRBzO4rnpCPTo3urK8ZX1rQcaKjcFtRR5IPmOL5u5bJ_DoNTmeaVvSmuZxJE3DU9H5wVCNic7z3YpMAvabh4EXeUAFnFW4B-uLxmgzYvA/s400/P8160831.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-49451717013168807902008-08-10T18:15:00.000-07:002008-08-10T18:35:27.157-07:00Venice and Rome, June 2008Sonja, the muffins, Nanci, Xiao Ming, Sooz, and Bob rented apartments in Venice and Rome<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hYE_-8Iym5-L91qUjnfaQBrJQDYSQZvOKIv_WulTrodUwzFZwOwqtwPkpMHZIS8__8GL-ojC87Mc5rmsjoOjex87doStW46V_K3iCr_JkX5YwptQocDb-omoKyq7trouN1atx72ftKc/s1600-h/P6110655.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233065463632284146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hYE_-8Iym5-L91qUjnfaQBrJQDYSQZvOKIv_WulTrodUwzFZwOwqtwPkpMHZIS8__8GL-ojC87Mc5rmsjoOjex87doStW46V_K3iCr_JkX5YwptQocDb-omoKyq7trouN1atx72ftKc/s400/P6110655.JPG" border="0" /></a> One of many delightful lunches outside, this one on the island of Murano<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXZmA9rwYSylFLV4cXFSvRLz_9pPPpEAt1rxec21dcmHApbX_5OG9TADd8b4NufQjW-cMWmkBky-3jQaZwvhEPfVqA0RtaQc1zhX4JinEHRgjg6xRcCIQyIyDpqwu8vbi0-Qa6LpNzbE/s1600-h/P6110637.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233065468493926578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXZmA9rwYSylFLV4cXFSvRLz_9pPPpEAt1rxec21dcmHApbX_5OG9TADd8b4NufQjW-cMWmkBky-3jQaZwvhEPfVqA0RtaQc1zhX4JinEHRgjg6xRcCIQyIyDpqwu8vbi0-Qa6LpNzbE/s400/P6110637.JPG" border="0" /></a>Dinner in the apartment, cooked by the guy with the blue shirt with his back to us, brought in for the occasion </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBtosAskHiyRBDXQ3BNTwFXlv0f09rVnnd-04368vNw6N-lxpgl0Za7XPJcyHfvYL9hcg5z8ayd5UxqMDF7CB6lvWKKEyatcu9YRUSJJhocE7dne7Abw4AK440opdEosxOACieck-Kh0/s1600-h/P6090696.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233065473583239202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimBtosAskHiyRBDXQ3BNTwFXlv0f09rVnnd-04368vNw6N-lxpgl0Za7XPJcyHfvYL9hcg5z8ayd5UxqMDF7CB6lvWKKEyatcu9YRUSJJhocE7dne7Abw4AK440opdEosxOACieck-Kh0/s400/P6090696.JPG" border="0" /></a> A canal, what else?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCmC2ED8_HhgNjg6Yppsfe286gCimmp89nUYMkrLE1WPBgwAK6IDri_d_qhWTNa8lVOqLBlfL2gQu0pWFe4zuEcEUQYSL-l4PKDd02VBNxW2qBWrvzRwjTDvbu2bE2RmRGSahNP9jKBw/s1600-h/P6090673.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233065478734601810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihCmC2ED8_HhgNjg6Yppsfe286gCimmp89nUYMkrLE1WPBgwAK6IDri_d_qhWTNa8lVOqLBlfL2gQu0pWFe4zuEcEUQYSL-l4PKDd02VBNxW2qBWrvzRwjTDvbu2bE2RmRGSahNP9jKBw/s400/P6090673.JPG" border="0" /></a> Another, molto pittoresco</p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggD62KcMxvWI08SLZ7T1cm2ih76WWjO_vNdN3ZmermoPc_i4nr3xMCo30jBKFnYvbzoBQHh1inVoFnjAQ4TLOlwuAdm9QlyqqlZ1gst94T9qv7ARG9_FeIGHsV31EURpge2vLlqqa2aFg/s1600-h/P6080575.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233065483804659154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggD62KcMxvWI08SLZ7T1cm2ih76WWjO_vNdN3ZmermoPc_i4nr3xMCo30jBKFnYvbzoBQHh1inVoFnjAQ4TLOlwuAdm9QlyqqlZ1gst94T9qv7ARG9_FeIGHsV31EURpge2vLlqqa2aFg/s400/P6080575.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our apartment looked down on the Rio degli Fuseri, full of gondola traffic with music from 4 pm to 9 pm.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxVwAxcixZ64H82ztoZz0csQn9sT6Gi_iXXFeWDX3_a8bofWMLP15l3YHlIlYBA97GmCedQYr9MliNcmXQRpKtrDjKrQ4q8H5qAdL9tXAV4n08NOaquuJChHgTjmK_a3orx8J73eK7wg/s1600-h/P6110728.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233064862995933186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqxVwAxcixZ64H82ztoZz0csQn9sT6Gi_iXXFeWDX3_a8bofWMLP15l3YHlIlYBA97GmCedQYr9MliNcmXQRpKtrDjKrQ4q8H5qAdL9tXAV4n08NOaquuJChHgTjmK_a3orx8J73eK7wg/s400/P6110728.JPG" border="0" /></a> We finally found a traghetto in operation and crossed the Grand Canal for half a euro, an amazing bargain<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_gLYPtUlfV8i8v8UFQb34y4Pjzhn1m8tmoIBTR0MG2ial8qSJoTcEvvwl92WrOlGB9nabKfUw2S9SYtyjFBBlCqfPkHCS9OvcYcX6P-fTyroEwqfPGqPCP6hIMFF-c45CYNs_cm4dnVY/s1600-h/P6110709.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233064878090062450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_gLYPtUlfV8i8v8UFQb34y4Pjzhn1m8tmoIBTR0MG2ial8qSJoTcEvvwl92WrOlGB9nabKfUw2S9SYtyjFBBlCqfPkHCS9OvcYcX6P-fTyroEwqfPGqPCP6hIMFF-c45CYNs_cm4dnVY/s400/P6110709.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhluSlinTka9k0gGpQigRU7qEod_HCVX1DjXuU65u9_OIgMJcIXS_xSUvDkCKd8Pp9KrxHXohPiPfR9SAU868rUrJL26ca0-p8Q7f1-OozFt08qk3i6yC-mm-3clEB_TxmdXub7Kf1IRoE/s1600-h/P6110691.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233064879816377426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhluSlinTka9k0gGpQigRU7qEod_HCVX1DjXuU65u9_OIgMJcIXS_xSUvDkCKd8Pp9KrxHXohPiPfR9SAU868rUrJL26ca0-p8Q7f1-OozFt08qk3i6yC-mm-3clEB_TxmdXub7Kf1IRoE/s400/P6110691.JPG" border="0" /></a> Waiting for the boat home from Torcello</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2a5PuF4NfD8f_Fj8s3I_6cHmcElXOaakFzSESVPM-F0pRA9L_INweF2dYkWiThMHMSA64XR6TibIbTPSG1N4mxHSDr0mCQPAmeSt5oKGb72KVOuQ0foLh9BBM2T2_s_CqBDQcYJ3s8GY/s1600-h/P6110681.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233064886896480050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2a5PuF4NfD8f_Fj8s3I_6cHmcElXOaakFzSESVPM-F0pRA9L_INweF2dYkWiThMHMSA64XR6TibIbTPSG1N4mxHSDr0mCQPAmeSt5oKGb72KVOuQ0foLh9BBM2T2_s_CqBDQcYJ3s8GY/s400/P6110681.JPG" border="0" /></a> The Kitty of Torcello</p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5n80Qd_7oiRPBX1BZ6JhAdZMpwXQQGcxCcTLBkJNgzKoFSZF4aOxmQIT6xOEgGKeLofJOWoxjSurTUd7i3PjDXHMQz6JL2bdRYGCI7MWRe7mViD4LXm3zJD6ZE7gdDUHXi2GRF3f2dyA/s1600-h/P6110665.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233064888314814002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5n80Qd_7oiRPBX1BZ6JhAdZMpwXQQGcxCcTLBkJNgzKoFSZF4aOxmQIT6xOEgGKeLofJOWoxjSurTUd7i3PjDXHMQz6JL2bdRYGCI7MWRe7mViD4LXm3zJD6ZE7gdDUHXi2GRF3f2dyA/s400/P6110665.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Burano<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJ5rQwByV8n2rkoA4tVeD9h9jan47uDNMItQlvIh_Qf_dzKsp9_zmOCWEDbvOCmxbohUBgkQ91EBI479IIs3JDyFdl6GQe1o2xhqT6suLpXAVcKmmLjkg2xPAkV3pKuan99eAvfKWkj8/s1600-h/P6200865.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233064367012485266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJ5rQwByV8n2rkoA4tVeD9h9jan47uDNMItQlvIh_Qf_dzKsp9_zmOCWEDbvOCmxbohUBgkQ91EBI479IIs3JDyFdl6GQe1o2xhqT6suLpXAVcKmmLjkg2xPAkV3pKuan99eAvfKWkj8/s400/P6200865.JPG" border="0" /></a> A secret spot in Rome<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhslCgV-ptP3fq97n3J4VvevD6fdOSaFIt4bkp6W3jqQuHfqe1U4ZtKL5XUQ4WbnELPR5OIno8vikeCcV-8kmSKBRtfGuc-xcgbIzkVD0YNAVnjYXv2S3OqQiOSwGexD76kPpctQzd78i4/s1600-h/P6200859.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233064369035268162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhslCgV-ptP3fq97n3J4VvevD6fdOSaFIt4bkp6W3jqQuHfqe1U4ZtKL5XUQ4WbnELPR5OIno8vikeCcV-8kmSKBRtfGuc-xcgbIzkVD0YNAVnjYXv2S3OqQiOSwGexD76kPpctQzd78i4/s400/P6200859.JPG" border="0" /></a> Rome is covered with graffitti. Where is Mayor Guiliani when we need him?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BOTZ-cNUahqfiGQUxyRpngnOyD7al8stsKEKA9CqCPoNBU9hiwfgJCfjUY4cGtD1CNBCs3km1KvM2jq-XnoW8a4rAzAF7BjrYzpx-h66zm_5KSTUsq_KiSdwU-3szcKbMVy3JDEnsAs/s1600-h/P6140734.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233064377685689298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BOTZ-cNUahqfiGQUxyRpngnOyD7al8stsKEKA9CqCPoNBU9hiwfgJCfjUY4cGtD1CNBCs3km1KvM2jq-XnoW8a4rAzAF7BjrYzpx-h66zm_5KSTUsq_KiSdwU-3szcKbMVy3JDEnsAs/s400/P6140734.JPG" border="0" /></a> When we engaged the centurions for this photo, we were quoted 5 euro. But they extracted 10 euro on the flimsy basis that there were two kids. Can you find Z? When we developed the picture, though, we thought it was well worth it.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEaOPDDOEBhx-mSgDxAKWr8TM4aUPmd7wo-Bvi4n1zN2zEhJmyb2ULT4QT2tLhzRsTfw6I5OCEUmY9JMQEBK7ErrBdw_W4fHXfeoxJAvoTi8CilS8I0z_hmIPUcraJKd7QXwAi83lNcy0/s1600-h/P6110740.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233064383026826322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEaOPDDOEBhx-mSgDxAKWr8TM4aUPmd7wo-Bvi4n1zN2zEhJmyb2ULT4QT2tLhzRsTfw6I5OCEUmY9JMQEBK7ErrBdw_W4fHXfeoxJAvoTi8CilS8I0z_hmIPUcraJKd7QXwAi83lNcy0/s400/P6110740.JPG" border="0" /></a> Marco Polo's house in Venice. Not yet given the attention it deserves.</p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWBgZQpKor4L6wEmDQjptAFbDIIOQ3gb4vC2TQL-b7D_5UnIV7ki_CzVM_idItOoYByCZ9AG2Dy3i9xFNkvOLC70XjOTd5eDJyBhHwuZd_-jm56RGfNj6OcpSbcmkVsy9g0e7P8i6H_Q/s1600-h/P6110733.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233064389547920690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuWBgZQpKor4L6wEmDQjptAFbDIIOQ3gb4vC2TQL-b7D_5UnIV7ki_CzVM_idItOoYByCZ9AG2Dy3i9xFNkvOLC70XjOTd5eDJyBhHwuZd_-jm56RGfNj6OcpSbcmkVsy9g0e7P8i6H_Q/s400/P6110733.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-75975326941786155592008-08-10T18:02:00.000-07:002008-08-10T18:14:29.582-07:00Este, June 1 to 7, 2008Este is a village about 50 miles southwest of Venice, in the Veneto province. Friends rented a big old villa there for a 50th birthday party. Seven consecutive wonderful dinner parties for 16.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6obRrPDlusBEWUt0NeofRIh111vA7_cGy-2S3pHHThlIdAVkopLk0fswU3w7tQ_AogSxiqK1SdBrguBUzjjXLgip0WHSwMKd0BOjusgTL406u3EdiDXURpBY2XvFLSJeDfvDsbpFcKE/s1600-h/P6020428.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233060769385836610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6obRrPDlusBEWUt0NeofRIh111vA7_cGy-2S3pHHThlIdAVkopLk0fswU3w7tQ_AogSxiqK1SdBrguBUzjjXLgip0WHSwMKd0BOjusgTL406u3EdiDXURpBY2XvFLSJeDfvDsbpFcKE/s400/P6020428.JPG" border="0" /></a> Trompe l'oeil in a nearby Palladio villa<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUeIhLMmtoKauhdUzn9Q8yHUnUB1CNpnoC3oTxW38O76ueEcjHmayl2f1cHlzxom2PramimuXmvzSfZ-ULWcC6AgyrPJNADoxT0T_nDnAHcL1a7-GLJKbXM_RcFSElIe7SXlzSYcU8FE/s1600-h/P6020408.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233060775910202706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUeIhLMmtoKauhdUzn9Q8yHUnUB1CNpnoC3oTxW38O76ueEcjHmayl2f1cHlzxom2PramimuXmvzSfZ-ULWcC6AgyrPJNADoxT0T_nDnAHcL1a7-GLJKbXM_RcFSElIe7SXlzSYcU8FE/s400/P6020408.JPG" border="0" /></a> Unmistakenly Palladian</p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWMOBWJeccNUVsSWSY_oUmZAhTNYB4U1FVXri2PLOmc27QU_Q0_RHP7h4yo_BxD-mwG0ysTtZyTNxywRO82HTU515DydeTjvbyZwrRCugL_dgLHpg_ktweDf74gjuEhlX4tjRFDypNPCA/s1600-h/P1010340.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233060788982205554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWMOBWJeccNUVsSWSY_oUmZAhTNYB4U1FVXri2PLOmc27QU_Q0_RHP7h4yo_BxD-mwG0ysTtZyTNxywRO82HTU515DydeTjvbyZwrRCugL_dgLHpg_ktweDf74gjuEhlX4tjRFDypNPCA/s400/P1010340.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our villa</p><p><br /> </p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGO0Qu7NPrCGm7Yf922v72irpqs5xVr8ZbM6qRrrIX9Z96e6WIzJUcVS_DDBUG9341nZWvwoyM33bHXSznbFFKn2CIlLDDFN8V4vrWsoDFKlJ7OOHJD8Hg8LmiwEu-0yHcNU15psfMwyE/s1600-h/P6060554.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233060343101529074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGO0Qu7NPrCGm7Yf922v72irpqs5xVr8ZbM6qRrrIX9Z96e6WIzJUcVS_DDBUG9341nZWvwoyM33bHXSznbFFKn2CIlLDDFN8V4vrWsoDFKlJ7OOHJD8Hg8LmiwEu-0yHcNU15psfMwyE/s400/P6060554.JPG" border="0" /></a> A non-Palladio villa on our way to Venice at the end<br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEx-S8aUeiPzKf7LDsf_Z8v-20W174LLB9gtolQgBc7YTOlCNmoPbKiIE-Oxan5rnOlwEZVV-_0akrfEOCe-pynQyxljFRantOW7J-fN63JLlhyphenhyphenQqdR6-1Mn0eoHEQwDXOA0ntQn63SQ/s1600-h/P6040535.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233060346025227282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMEx-S8aUeiPzKf7LDsf_Z8v-20W174LLB9gtolQgBc7YTOlCNmoPbKiIE-Oxan5rnOlwEZVV-_0akrfEOCe-pynQyxljFRantOW7J-fN63JLlhyphenhyphenQqdR6-1Mn0eoHEQwDXOA0ntQn63SQ/s400/P6040535.JPG" border="0" /></a>Donnatello's masterpiece in Padova </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ukDv5At9cSIHLHnkG83XNjyAVOlUSItLvcNvsnOOdSsqzQc2oFx9Ru7oWhwpHV-4bNXf-fPcjoqdZurarVC7ffEsy9rtlwm2aWEKD8d6NQmskgDdhJag4pFwTgsbqzmFy6CSJ1SoO10/s1600-h/P6020466.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233060353070739586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ukDv5At9cSIHLHnkG83XNjyAVOlUSItLvcNvsnOOdSsqzQc2oFx9Ru7oWhwpHV-4bNXf-fPcjoqdZurarVC7ffEsy9rtlwm2aWEKD8d6NQmskgDdhJag4pFwTgsbqzmFy6CSJ1SoO10/s400/P6020466.JPG" border="0" /></a>More Palladio </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucEGnUGh7nDeAhyphenhyphen6Lpu2EAVyjIyI09fOeJGe8YV3ISEuup6BfN2lS6XBIPnc0HDXQE004tuGAvrsn4wfWAyq7KVFCkf754XJrzusMiwAs4WeR8OniP5eL26qIQEK-SFipZWswyMQqUXw/s1600-h/P6020456b.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233060359925193122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgucEGnUGh7nDeAhyphenhyphen6Lpu2EAVyjIyI09fOeJGe8YV3ISEuup6BfN2lS6XBIPnc0HDXQE004tuGAvrsn4wfWAyq7KVFCkf754XJrzusMiwAs4WeR8OniP5eL26qIQEK-SFipZWswyMQqUXw/s400/P6020456b.JPG" border="0" /></a> Our group</p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyoAm3H1sFopkvjsOKAs_3G0yeicnY1oyGdqhhuLxsMAuOX-JeNTnwyZUeXtrU-rPGmbnDKgZWH00_9GNpaiUHsOKG8C1G5PpTKjyXyNwUdRdmEuT-uPfHZjToA6p3VmGoG73FMmWgk7o/s1600-h/P6020447.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233060362858357538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyoAm3H1sFopkvjsOKAs_3G0yeicnY1oyGdqhhuLxsMAuOX-JeNTnwyZUeXtrU-rPGmbnDKgZWH00_9GNpaiUHsOKG8C1G5PpTKjyXyNwUdRdmEuT-uPfHZjToA6p3VmGoG73FMmWgk7o/s400/P6020447.JPG" border="0" /></a> Again<br /><br /><br /><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-21436083366687578122008-08-10T16:00:00.000-07:002008-08-10T19:26:05.684-07:00China, May-June 1982 (NBER trip)Pictures Bob took on the legendary NBER expedition in 1982 to China. The place has changed completely since then.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGB9H_qn04VsEwESn5w5UPwZsA5IAepSyxZyde6F2zpT82PNb_C1x9Kot_CqwY_RZs9DZ_VedCvlIgD9P1cPcwDrXTB-Gg8MWdhL3nQ4wY0ArPEBaDvLg5MRXvMIV9JSXT0BmrY0sDLZM/s1600-h/4-358.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233079832106708290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGB9H_qn04VsEwESn5w5UPwZsA5IAepSyxZyde6F2zpT82PNb_C1x9Kot_CqwY_RZs9DZ_VedCvlIgD9P1cPcwDrXTB-Gg8MWdhL3nQ4wY0ArPEBaDvLg5MRXvMIV9JSXT0BmrY0sDLZM/s400/4-358.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogzSD4V-YLNwP3rjzNUkCdxaus_R-VnH6RX1BS8LjlqPAfxnW77Tstt7L2w2KdfYDATnS7S8pAqA6hOJ5SZE5uKNavTHJAKD6SJMF29dZv3Pbxf2CKw0ekHyRJKL3a-buEtrnboVYVRA/s1600-h/4-354.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233079838269182274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogzSD4V-YLNwP3rjzNUkCdxaus_R-VnH6RX1BS8LjlqPAfxnW77Tstt7L2w2KdfYDATnS7S8pAqA6hOJ5SZE5uKNavTHJAKD6SJMF29dZv3Pbxf2CKw0ekHyRJKL3a-buEtrnboVYVRA/s400/4-354.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiicMtc7T6wBlTlBNHIwG-aqaWVT_MZaTBLkwZmZjvxN6lI-lJJeZYEqwPnrpxoWeJR_O2qHNGrRKVdxpoflDs90fW4C_cqG5QPPstFT9lcS7PbVazvcPXKUiiisAXoaC0quuGGuokmbQI/s1600-h/3-68.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233079842881651986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiicMtc7T6wBlTlBNHIwG-aqaWVT_MZaTBLkwZmZjvxN6lI-lJJeZYEqwPnrpxoWeJR_O2qHNGrRKVdxpoflDs90fW4C_cqG5QPPstFT9lcS7PbVazvcPXKUiiisAXoaC0quuGGuokmbQI/s400/3-68.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5LTbbu8DOA0lVxgaappZYClFt28kPxZ_sVFv1kS9wcIU5evf0S1RZtmnvB7rwxng5cvPw6vIJGPwxHO2yH1jh73fbLb-YbioiyCiBnoXOcCzj629cBGgQpotLIplJ1WBmAGo6QTGPE3I/s1600-h/3-63.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233079851160110546" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZrLn510S5Cqm_o4sC_-PIExLLT-l93hthl2e_REXE0couWLxRL0uEaYrCEZ__rx2Us1EOUI06E5_rrlEpcmheh1NHx07tGbqDnAeLWg1F3BosHms4xGZA0a4NBtzrqhn-_1b_KtCjI6E/s400/6-320.jpg" border="0" /></a> The members of the delegation and some of the Chinese hosts</div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg40IdOXkWNR74SSLne4Bark4jRCozyUwX42wH9CID9ONJYu75TGvX6X8561cTo2eJWzlBOW8VWNGy7PYGR22fxmRhJIhzNMs5jWo-_w85sibQCTUCgZ0GijGE2_B9EIUuRrh41gpyvX4/s1600-h/6-316.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233079514082777042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg40IdOXkWNR74SSLne4Bark4jRCozyUwX42wH9CID9ONJYu75TGvX6X8561cTo2eJWzlBOW8VWNGy7PYGR22fxmRhJIhzNMs5jWo-_w85sibQCTUCgZ0GijGE2_B9EIUuRrh41gpyvX4/s400/6-316.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJAMP5hPkm3jtGsk7WMCQkLOj8ieCb6kWaeVoNE7CwAAhfk_m6dRF7o1LbcFsl8UyIWJ2wYpcjPPz8wg1gjVHWnTX66ZWwnhVJSh74YnXXXoP8-T0pgt6I_RNCS53ibCaoKciu0772uPs/s1600-h/5-264.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233079523821265554" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggz1xTUBTdP7G6fkGkbD-fDGhjAwUvbIPjBzB96-tcg2fLORJ509nGzxrDI848OzvkGZl6bB4qD_ZkHsoHom4wiItkfAwRxA1jGX-7ZZXtZS2KHoJGPC-OdaP1fpH7igA5u52udNXfR1s/s400/19-23.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNDrCPe5UCZg5DDFmsLJfRQ6Vo_fnmn3UtqrB2Ijg-Zunhunwiy2uQgayEt6oWIzcUzaejpqJLAJ8BpHn-jMkEgpLWjWzYgp1jes_4lJ_OZgv9uaE5m4h1z57DILwO5Qv-QirANnPvCg/s1600-h/19-22.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233077317611774738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNDrCPe5UCZg5DDFmsLJfRQ6Vo_fnmn3UtqrB2Ijg-Zunhunwiy2uQgayEt6oWIzcUzaejpqJLAJ8BpHn-jMkEgpLWjWzYgp1jes_4lJ_OZgv9uaE5m4h1z57DILwO5Qv-QirANnPvCg/s400/19-22.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_oAkXZSR-RCDXVlFL_VwU5rlPjKUmwOCm4e2xOcDVapW1HSI_UOZGJ8zoBaxMHqFsjupRfADVj-Da5W-ohpFxvReT7aUacBJ3FIu0fGHZGSsJLJ9HTHOheeuokalkH74-wBSrmIdsHQ/s1600-h/19-21.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233077322863774818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6_oAkXZSR-RCDXVlFL_VwU5rlPjKUmwOCm4e2xOcDVapW1HSI_UOZGJ8zoBaxMHqFsjupRfADVj-Da5W-ohpFxvReT7aUacBJ3FIu0fGHZGSsJLJ9HTHOheeuokalkH74-wBSrmIdsHQ/s400/19-21.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPVW6Hsu6gixJxNqGhm7wD7dLnXGX5V-IRcbwNEr_TsSf_8jEGtgQ8pXqTwj3R-KG8eRykDmPCIUp7ncQskrO-MBvdET4ExbAE1qs70S_Stv9dG4tRUSXP1HjWMUrbmHKvRRa69q0_L8/s1600-h/19-8.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233077329730974338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPVW6Hsu6gixJxNqGhm7wD7dLnXGX5V-IRcbwNEr_TsSf_8jEGtgQ8pXqTwj3R-KG8eRykDmPCIUp7ncQskrO-MBvdET4ExbAE1qs70S_Stv9dG4tRUSXP1HjWMUrbmHKvRRa69q0_L8/s400/19-8.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-5548364602286253152008-03-30T20:24:00.000-07:002008-03-30T21:35:10.134-07:00Death Valley March 2008We've been to Death Valley many times, but this was the best. Perfect weather for 5 straight days. Mid-80s during the day, down to 55 at night, almost no wind. Three great days of hiking and touring:<br /><br />1. Up Cottonwood Canyon from our camp, to the right turn to Marble Canyon. Good long hike up the canyon to the Fourth Narrows. A full day of hiking. The road is a somewhat tricky 4WD, though passable in almost any SUV.<br /><br />2. Up Gower Gulch and then down Golden Canyon. A great half day of hiking with splendid views. For extra credit, you can go up to Zabriskie Point and mix with the cars. We did not.<br /><br />3. Titus Canyon, with a great hike to the top of a knob near Red Pass. This hike is not mentioned in the otherwise excellent <em>Hiking Death Valley</em> by Michel Diconnet. It is shown on the National Geographic hiking map of Death Valley National Park. Then on to Ubehebe Crater, where we took the grand tour of all three craters and walked the circumference of the main crater.<br /><br />The company: Andy, his two classmates Kyle and Kevin, and Dr. Bob<br /><br />In Marble Canyon<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNng-oYuLE-85I8dj2RgwtJtLKJwYVwkWKf90pOfGgqSW3nxXHmySogilMekqxoXxXDciqmaLBcYxI6u1iEZ1S_zXxGj5z2sJykVfwEnFz0Wv9w5GtsWBokkjsLblpYlfXuaxndDZUz-4/s1600-h/P1010104.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183756800297479922" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNng-oYuLE-85I8dj2RgwtJtLKJwYVwkWKf90pOfGgqSW3nxXHmySogilMekqxoXxXDciqmaLBcYxI6u1iEZ1S_zXxGj5z2sJykVfwEnFz0Wv9w5GtsWBokkjsLblpYlfXuaxndDZUz-4/s400/P1010104.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p>The view from below Zabriskie Point on the Golden Canyon Trail<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG9w8FwPQrG68fZwkDFMPGcQlY8ar2b5V3QfPVqokaRE5ehjonhYWkhS_YkNKKNxfIub3WhaiRCE5iG_30WttRmiebYLda2KTedUiB3ra8g6gCPDMWj62MHNTQZqSMrNJJL_wBudkTLlo/s1600-h/P1010118.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183747291239886498" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG9w8FwPQrG68fZwkDFMPGcQlY8ar2b5V3QfPVqokaRE5ehjonhYWkhS_YkNKKNxfIub3WhaiRCE5iG_30WttRmiebYLda2KTedUiB3ra8g6gCPDMWj62MHNTQZqSMrNJJL_wBudkTLlo/s400/P1010118.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></p><br /><p><br /><br /></p><p>The Devil's Golf Course with snow-covered Telescope Peak in the background<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCbzBxubStVrVmMPYD4IbhXFrucGQaToUQsBa6V0daQY2OA8D70YKoX5YJHNx3Ig2R7vSk2lwynil1Yzf-1fL_ga36ZjBaMNwBVqlxNOevuL11Yd_1DYIvf-S7epDs_-w8oIxXfkV93q0/s1600-h/P1010120.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183747295534853810" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCbzBxubStVrVmMPYD4IbhXFrucGQaToUQsBa6V0daQY2OA8D70YKoX5YJHNx3Ig2R7vSk2lwynil1Yzf-1fL_ga36ZjBaMNwBVqlxNOevuL11Yd_1DYIvf-S7epDs_-w8oIxXfkV93q0/s400/P1010120.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Camp in Cottonwood Canyon<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2J8fazvFB1X-gbtg1qNI1Zkcje0K6OLQlK-nkQiOMq7H6LYOYZwjs-ua-Nul5W8rvPEmB2nUxl6gWG9eJrBONskk24xGHUD4D60hRvftA8078XztwkLSi_5E77uh1swnipnisSb1HUC0/s1600-h/P1010123.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183747304124788418" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2J8fazvFB1X-gbtg1qNI1Zkcje0K6OLQlK-nkQiOMq7H6LYOYZwjs-ua-Nul5W8rvPEmB2nUxl6gWG9eJrBONskk24xGHUD4D60hRvftA8078XztwkLSi_5E77uh1swnipnisSb1HUC0/s400/P1010123.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />View north from Little Ubehebe Crater<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rZIeQ-YlHKCbwb1nfbMXNY2zuw3O7PJ5UegzPy2EiYkOox3AIOPGHR5PLqNQSysIdJtCUhsoJjb__MDDIixfNmaH4fVKSW7N9YXKrh1NJ7aqY_326XMFK-EPtNKECVVdIfz9ZwMHYCE/s1600-h/P1010134.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183747308419755730" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rZIeQ-YlHKCbwb1nfbMXNY2zuw3O7PJ5UegzPy2EiYkOox3AIOPGHR5PLqNQSysIdJtCUhsoJjb__MDDIixfNmaH4fVKSW7N9YXKrh1NJ7aqY_326XMFK-EPtNKECVVdIfz9ZwMHYCE/s400/P1010134.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Looking across the little crater<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrF2dr2Rw-RTheZkWEitV0UMo028zHE3kMQTc8RgtWVI1s4j_uyA3QT2Kz3BxOKFbzA5zHgFyDGhh1ucqPQjlkAhw8AkCug6x9oxloS8UNCch-afnD0Dg5Xi16xJvtT52Gi00rf5Owpd4/s1600-h/P1010135.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183747312714723042" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrF2dr2Rw-RTheZkWEitV0UMo028zHE3kMQTc8RgtWVI1s4j_uyA3QT2Kz3BxOKFbzA5zHgFyDGhh1ucqPQjlkAhw8AkCug6x9oxloS8UNCch-afnD0Dg5Xi16xJvtT52Gi00rf5Owpd4/s400/P1010135.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Marble Canyon<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zyoZGSzQR1M5R-h6IfFNThwnpyUqBC8-faiMi_GPxpOlB3NJrlJ-VuaHuE2a1YqGClpJA7WuQZC8ZKBcIRPUHbZ0xKoJFJIDeEB1_fddoN8KBHTBPB4TrwKBG7AN4BDFHDC3srlHj9A/s1600-h/P1010107.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183746509555838546" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zyoZGSzQR1M5R-h6IfFNThwnpyUqBC8-faiMi_GPxpOlB3NJrlJ-VuaHuE2a1YqGClpJA7WuQZC8ZKBcIRPUHbZ0xKoJFJIDeEB1_fddoN8KBHTBPB4TrwKBG7AN4BDFHDC3srlHj9A/s400/P1010107.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Golden Canyon<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiavZtmc5jjR4Z1r25itLtXD6Y-IZi_SYa-AF0dhcxw7_N_tRGY2-Te7AZ1IVp3TdoWqRP1QEy4gvTPqbZarUhehzUg9ngg5d2joL0Cx8wANnaeaKM5asiutU2a95fMDUDkuvjSiyRMlY/s1600-h/P1010110.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183746513850805858" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiavZtmc5jjR4Z1r25itLtXD6Y-IZi_SYa-AF0dhcxw7_N_tRGY2-Te7AZ1IVp3TdoWqRP1QEy4gvTPqbZarUhehzUg9ngg5d2joL0Cx8wANnaeaKM5asiutU2a95fMDUDkuvjSiyRMlY/s400/P1010110.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Manley Beacon on the Golden Canyon trail<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5OeurlP6QmvLCX-E9H-IA9eTwkr0JmWZb0B9UKN1pctB9jBppNZ1mYPg4zrEDexq0uAu_3HmDtJQ2E4vJDv83MPr_cxceKTNQ5HeOmHXJPQ9lN-dBWgaRmIrCCFRMAVbk82BrYGuPZfE/s1600-h/P1010114.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183746522440740466" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5OeurlP6QmvLCX-E9H-IA9eTwkr0JmWZb0B9UKN1pctB9jBppNZ1mYPg4zrEDexq0uAu_3HmDtJQ2E4vJDv83MPr_cxceKTNQ5HeOmHXJPQ9lN-dBWgaRmIrCCFRMAVbk82BrYGuPZfE/s400/P1010114.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Looking across Death Valley from Golden Canyon<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjinwR5wMQbrGy3Taseok7VVi6CoYYVv2SN4I2wbZZzFjNtrTE-OfwSsf5yXDkTKhkqr5D5rVq8OOZKvgSxlK-6678X_OdQ1i_h4aZKaZJ8uBSalDMTPvb9o2CXovFRVV7eSeaD8A6ZHaw/s1600-h/P1010116.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183746526735707778" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjinwR5wMQbrGy3Taseok7VVi6CoYYVv2SN4I2wbZZzFjNtrTE-OfwSsf5yXDkTKhkqr5D5rVq8OOZKvgSxlK-6678X_OdQ1i_h4aZKaZJ8uBSalDMTPvb9o2CXovFRVV7eSeaD8A6ZHaw/s400/P1010116.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpawD-JM-Sr9EDIBWqK39zQpwstSqRUfLcmYCk3km8ObrAMHj-YacqTOzfcLK1_uAiQ_ZCXCtm91_Ou6MsdQgdEsLA6EEPZWkSuELsbX6g7AaSuQ6WVbBZ2qZLBGrQaYPJMZHvDA-TWzU/s1600-h/P1010116.JPG"></a><br /><br />Marble Canyon<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKwvezqTlQlXOIgwZ5wJJRYVjuk8EQ7MdNA64cxXdJ4rH1D7a1O7IPe6gR_633YrERygCF6Gme_jR1zkoJfOxKZsF_n2LxYSaQwlQs-P5tret41ll9iQGX3_WNlEHiG1vMRU2SnzZWm4/s1600-h/P1010089.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183745680627150338" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKwvezqTlQlXOIgwZ5wJJRYVjuk8EQ7MdNA64cxXdJ4rH1D7a1O7IPe6gR_633YrERygCF6Gme_jR1zkoJfOxKZsF_n2LxYSaQwlQs-P5tret41ll9iQGX3_WNlEHiG1vMRU2SnzZWm4/s400/P1010089.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The First Narrows of Marble Canyon<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hUXdPqaK1cHlyPxJj8tMWJ2nhFBZ_oxBRU0GrhQWLZO0o9vehrxEqDNp5dTeMNuCqLrEsrrJQFM-z4EtLn09fey8SerK73hLqVzc_ZVV3IqHjAPWkasNRPl6jj1GKQaevi-J5pg_2ao/s1600-h/P1010093.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183745702101986834" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9hUXdPqaK1cHlyPxJj8tMWJ2nhFBZ_oxBRU0GrhQWLZO0o9vehrxEqDNp5dTeMNuCqLrEsrrJQFM-z4EtLn09fey8SerK73hLqVzc_ZVV3IqHjAPWkasNRPl6jj1GKQaevi-J5pg_2ao/s400/P1010093.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The boys: Kyle, Kevin, and Andy<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJsuqTqCWkFMQLqBwt2skwPH8wwA1sQdAg-MnWUjuJRQCC95DG5mkYanb9y_gj8KthyphenhyphenwruuT_OBV4RkWyKe1qrVNuVLsZ70VKc2MDn5yIvXXRT-968RzW3flu1UIQZJKiZbR6PtULIf9U/s1600-h/P1010098.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183745710691921442" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJsuqTqCWkFMQLqBwt2skwPH8wwA1sQdAg-MnWUjuJRQCC95DG5mkYanb9y_gj8KthyphenhyphenwruuT_OBV4RkWyKe1qrVNuVLsZ70VKc2MDn5yIvXXRT-968RzW3flu1UIQZJKiZbR6PtULIf9U/s400/P1010098.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Marble Canyon<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfHYwqRhnpr4dgiDLyeTqzCko81E4CVJW68W1hWFy4UVWR4-jGdYVbjcG3Zxja-sr9m06g3kkXDHxSvWhXxOwh880o9W6xC3SOnQ8HbgwSBwKGr5P8BpKexUFvgqv9Dk2CZ8iKKdrf64/s1600-h/P1010101.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183745714986888754" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwfHYwqRhnpr4dgiDLyeTqzCko81E4CVJW68W1hWFy4UVWR4-jGdYVbjcG3Zxja-sr9m06g3kkXDHxSvWhXxOwh880o9W6xC3SOnQ8HbgwSBwKGr5P8BpKexUFvgqv9Dk2CZ8iKKdrf64/s400/P1010101.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfuD-41eY7IJIYyKuM_MUgm6NQCEOWxII7NJtUhjbPjzyS5ONyk8bcwfMxQx3MJ-Z0-5eFmDABtIVZ9Mzce17yjKMgKuNF6kVKN8bOLClKV7f77BSeantnvmc2BsTJQgAsy7rKDZbTLuY/s1600-h/P1010104.JPG"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-67810992282650106192007-08-31T19:10:00.000-07:002007-08-31T19:53:47.289-07:00Backpacking August 2007<span style="font-size:180%;">Bob and Jonathan search for the source of the Kern River</span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br />This trip took us into the area just north of Mt. Whitney, in the V formed by the Sierra crest and the Kings-Kern divide, south of the latter. Those who have hiked the length of the Muir trail know the divide as the second-highest point on the trail (just over 13,000 feet) and the highest pass, Forester.<br /><br />We entered by Shepherd Pass, known as one of the harder ways to get over the crest from the east side, but the only direct way into this area. You could cross the crest easily a bit to the north over Kearsarge pass, but that brings you in north of Forester. You could come in through Whiteney Portal to the south, but that's a hard permit to get and a strenuous hike in the company of thousands of day hikers. Finally, you can start in Cedar Grove, go over Avalanche Pass, down the northside of the divide, and back up the south side. Bob did this in 1992. The return to Cedar Grove could be over Forester Pass or the cross-country route over Harrison Pass (but watch out for terrible bushwacking on the lower part of the descent).<br /><br />The itinerary:<br /><br />Camp 0: Car camping on the road from Independence to Kearsarge Pass (Onion Valley). A nice spot. Watched The Big Lebowski before retiring.<br /><br />Camp 1: 7 miles in and 4,000 vertical feet at Anvil Camp, still on the east side.<br /><br />Camp 2. Just south of Lake South America, in an exposed and sun-beaten area. We wished for more clouds!<br /><br />Camp 3. Near the intersection of the Kings crossover trail and the trail down to Junction Meadow. On this day we put our packs down for an hour and walked up to Lake South America, a high alpine gem, then down to camp at mid-day, and spent the afternoon in lovely Milestone Basin, a place that would be crammed with people if it were not so hard to reach. Highly recommended. Although not shown on any map, there is quite a good trail most of the way into the basin. We did find the source of the Kern, right next to our camp--see picture below. The Kern becomes one of the main feeders of the mighty Sacramento River.<br /><br />Camp 4. We hiked back over Shepherd Pass, early enough to start thinking of the virtues of real beds. We decided better and looked to camp again at Anvil Camp, but it was filled with a huge packer party. So we pushed on. It finally got so dark and we so tired that we slept by the trail. Next morning we found that we were much closer to the car than we realized, drove down to Independence, and had McD breakfast. Lunch at In n Out in Manteca and home in late afternoon.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:0;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_iI9TZX6ehbMvZ2UiRq0ksKKDIcQDlVyBDV8S9UkGOh2_f6hHEj6hyTkQJzQI6_mbCKoE-9vFktL7QiEIRrW8ptRHj-L1BXndbZDZhHk7Y5rZ3p-T-CvuN_4yBx9v4BrrZksdpxFPmrE/s1600-h/P8190572.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105060186083521026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_iI9TZX6ehbMvZ2UiRq0ksKKDIcQDlVyBDV8S9UkGOh2_f6hHEj6hyTkQJzQI6_mbCKoE-9vFktL7QiEIRrW8ptRHj-L1BXndbZDZhHk7Y5rZ3p-T-CvuN_4yBx9v4BrrZksdpxFPmrE/s400/P8190572.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPUbM7vV-GjLw1QUQsIQngY78u76LrPSQ-iKxBMwxu5ythbddPJ-Zj44SxqCaZNtvzYrz3gFBENUKQpoQul1_7h9jldpEZsTgTQPCZv3Nc5V39gRCvgkU0b6HCNJVx897RhwS8B3KNWg/s1600-h/P8190573.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105060194673455634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBPUbM7vV-GjLw1QUQsIQngY78u76LrPSQ-iKxBMwxu5ythbddPJ-Zj44SxqCaZNtvzYrz3gFBENUKQpoQul1_7h9jldpEZsTgTQPCZv3Nc5V39gRCvgkU0b6HCNJVx897RhwS8B3KNWg/s400/P8190573.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQ2pFhFDvoT-jyVbI1f0ggf0EvLRDBbNOSPIH7NuXw6YOt5JP_9aLOIoagpCUoWC0BRsEUclyiB9lJ9uRhzczchcECxsW0sS-hJx_nYIXhloAWmvr_3A7WiVQDqXgGOAwfSCCSTgfWu0/s1600-h/P8190574.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105060203263390242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCQ2pFhFDvoT-jyVbI1f0ggf0EvLRDBbNOSPIH7NuXw6YOt5JP_9aLOIoagpCUoWC0BRsEUclyiB9lJ9uRhzczchcECxsW0sS-hJx_nYIXhloAWmvr_3A7WiVQDqXgGOAwfSCCSTgfWu0/s400/P8190574.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmzN2YJjTEnH2KRCDbyrSHoRC5gmk0_YuF1DoM8iq0VKJ-qFhYAxHOLY7RRaPx0_SHHDUXPCvyoiFzplXvMetnJKwoh0YW4klGU7XVgMNbrWyFdflNgSP3IrlI5mcuJ3tLQPo2HFtk8E/s1600-h/P8160565.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105059649212608946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrmzN2YJjTEnH2KRCDbyrSHoRC5gmk0_YuF1DoM8iq0VKJ-qFhYAxHOLY7RRaPx0_SHHDUXPCvyoiFzplXvMetnJKwoh0YW4klGU7XVgMNbrWyFdflNgSP3IrlI5mcuJ3tLQPo2HFtk8E/s400/P8160565.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:130%;">We ran out of water on the trail (many of the creeks marked on the topo as year-round turned out to be dry). So we made a difficult descent to Shepherd creek and drank gratefully. The scramble back up was horrible.<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpn-cltgo5Cn8tN-ZkE_2xylrB6iRSWnVvSpUENmKjvE2yQABzajkLywYevgMmSdmiwa1qFDq-lBQN_WlrWZHX8k7tdbCgSjCRQ-Hst4R-p3OnNjCVdDqpzkGPGMIzwosmpv8bUHPdnA/s1600-h/P8180567.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105059653507576258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkpn-cltgo5Cn8tN-ZkE_2xylrB6iRSWnVvSpUENmKjvE2yQABzajkLywYevgMmSdmiwa1qFDq-lBQN_WlrWZHX8k7tdbCgSjCRQ-Hst4R-p3OnNjCVdDqpzkGPGMIzwosmpv8bUHPdnA/s400/P8180567.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNMaASTL3iGkhJZETg_ZZVV2KSNIwzWiM7oRmN590lFxJbON4xRNyyB7NAUyrk31tmaviAiOwn5cyTicrBhOjB-JW-qu87xBr7isQFMx8bf3V34TxzcfPisf6wgB3H13eOUGchnnMq7cQ/s1600-h/P8180568.JPG"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmkp95op7s5Lc5pvae1Z3pKH2iklba0OpUpJyhnGIWfimrbPbanmtWTvlo3lNzOg9dAqk0xB_2m-R1FUgwz2SPxknj79AchkeanTCDvxqC88j5zLe_zWsFoHaj1BAWzCtFhxqQtEUxtGk/s1600-h/P8180569.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105059666392478178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmkp95op7s5Lc5pvae1Z3pKH2iklba0OpUpJyhnGIWfimrbPbanmtWTvlo3lNzOg9dAqk0xB_2m-R1FUgwz2SPxknj79AchkeanTCDvxqC88j5zLe_zWsFoHaj1BAWzCtFhxqQtEUxtGk/s400/P8180569.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRAmkoPw1yrxOk9ut2Wo-pnEep2RjyOiY7JrsQRbR2bH-cOXJWErjvZ9rnHsrUsJZFF7aER3DiHjLYqK9k1fw5YMtyppUGDiKnEGv4jcWdPdyu5vROKB5xzw0HhexGBnM5RTqAlFEsAY/s1600-h/P8190570.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105059670687445490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRAmkoPw1yrxOk9ut2Wo-pnEep2RjyOiY7JrsQRbR2bH-cOXJWErjvZ9rnHsrUsJZFF7aER3DiHjLYqK9k1fw5YMtyppUGDiKnEGv4jcWdPdyu5vROKB5xzw0HhexGBnM5RTqAlFEsAY/s400/P8190570.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">And here it is! The Mighty Kern River at Camp 3.<br /></span><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-29354597540079545982007-08-02T14:04:00.000-07:002007-08-02T14:27:36.123-07:00Dr. Bob at the Minneapolis Bridge Disaster<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFKVXf3BzrnVM1wSD5aBtQZbDPPO7OsVxiT1IrFKKlJOJHLrDySS4E-67JhkGP0qRPo5p9OU8BMvNM46LwjuPapG3G8Eoxy_8fYE4ZCyhAWzVaNnUP8S2OjoyQy-3m3_aUG43TJ_Y5Cw/s1600-h/P8020537.JPG"></a><br /><div>Dr. Bob was in the middle of Summer Macro Camp at the University of Minnesota, which straddles the Mississippi in Minneapolis. I was in my room when the bridge collapsed. Despite being only a few hundred feet away, I was unaware of the disaster until I went downstairs to meet my ride to dinner. All was chaos. It reminded me a lot of 9/11 in Washington DC, which I also saw up close. Emergency vehicles all over the place. Roads closed off. Rescue workers rushing to the scene.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqyeQcOpe3HuFiP2CdyrfpCppdUpEKmmzcitpM32TWhzM_Wcu1jZFrR2L4TvP4slAZ_1FcsBwg9AhLvL46SqiCMssmtGBU5Xvdw2V7FMAAfZ5ucXuGa18iHJVE73YTY0snnSGteJl2wc/s1600-h/P8020531.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094214282974054482" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwqyeQcOpe3HuFiP2CdyrfpCppdUpEKmmzcitpM32TWhzM_Wcu1jZFrR2L4TvP4slAZ_1FcsBwg9AhLvL46SqiCMssmtGBU5Xvdw2V7FMAAfZ5ucXuGa18iHJVE73YTY0snnSGteJl2wc/s400/P8020531.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />The view of the bridge out my hotel window. In the foreground is an intact part of the Interstate. You can't see a downward sloping section. In the middle is the next upward sloping section, with some cars and trucks trapped on it. Many others slid down and either landed in the water or crashed onto the section below, including a bus full of kids (none killed). </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpaknzmL9u_l9TW_unF5N9-CBR_nY3o0muWlVI1KFVuifOt3cR6brtfstYJWMQ6C07eeaLVBAMHNKSRJTs3HNW9rhQWTC9kL7WdCpbs8zrgPaVCcEzIASCW8zko1KTfogcimVZiE7fiNI/s1600-h/P8020535.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094214291563989090" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpaknzmL9u_l9TW_unF5N9-CBR_nY3o0muWlVI1KFVuifOt3cR6brtfstYJWMQ6C07eeaLVBAMHNKSRJTs3HNW9rhQWTC9kL7WdCpbs8zrgPaVCcEzIASCW8zko1KTfogcimVZiE7fiNI/s400/P8020535.JPG" border="0" /></a> A veiw from a vantage point near the hotel </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrdcqO1NG2keG5NBKLvbfjmrYKlK3miDgSBwfTpx-T2y8yVzaZTl5HgccfDCEG95cOMpqeRnxhwFnGV_F1XGSNy6EpzXPAxDdNSW03wVpVmAPlIE6sTUxHQw6tiDqsuK9Qhkjw3fKtA8/s1600-h/P8020532.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094214295858956402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwrdcqO1NG2keG5NBKLvbfjmrYKlK3miDgSBwfTpx-T2y8yVzaZTl5HgccfDCEG95cOMpqeRnxhwFnGV_F1XGSNy6EpzXPAxDdNSW03wVpVmAPlIE6sTUxHQw6tiDqsuK9Qhkjw3fKtA8/s400/P8020532.JPG" border="0" /></a> The state was prepared!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihRGLM6s4KBynCvlQUQwbxKVkr_SREAdGtVs_BDXrIb5R-zpnvv35wPB_sORGKjacxh6a44lqwoQWP7IDJ70VyUmcuD6JNGtzXUCglRbDZ2_HBMCngpOWxVPqgPTaC7rPYjajLmC_H5S4/s1600-h/P8020526.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094214304448891010" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihRGLM6s4KBynCvlQUQwbxKVkr_SREAdGtVs_BDXrIb5R-zpnvv35wPB_sORGKjacxh6a44lqwoQWP7IDJ70VyUmcuD6JNGtzXUCglRbDZ2_HBMCngpOWxVPqgPTaC7rPYjajLmC_H5S4/s400/P8020526.JPG" border="0" /></a> Video teams on the deck right below my room.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimomQ71xHIN5B8Qn9_8Rr-G1OYK8QRlBjcYtqzx-oWc16MWIzSBx0oMTHsOPZbkJSL8PwlnuWmGUfXZICmgv57W6TCRkf3r7IHHdmA2eGJfElq6uR52X-XQoorHkXyed22NONYFP6Jk9A/s1600-h/P8020526.JPG"></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><br /> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZFKVXf3BzrnVM1wSD5aBtQZbDPPO7OsVxiT1IrFKKlJOJHLrDySS4E-67JhkGP0qRPo5p9OU8BMvNM46LwjuPapG3G8Eoxy_8fYE4ZCyhAWzVaNnUP8S2OjoyQy-3m3_aUG43TJ_Y5Cw/s1600-h/P8020537.JPG"></a><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-10236289204902735912007-06-27T03:30:00.000-07:002007-07-01T14:31:20.886-07:00Mykonos and England, June 2007<div align="left">Bob and Sooz attended a wedding in Mykonos, then spent some time in England, for a contrast in the weather. Mykonos: hot and glary; England: cold, wet, and glum.<br /><br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">We learned never to fly on Olympic to the Greek islands. They canceled flights the day before we were to return and on our day. No assistance; no refund. We had to take the ferry to Athens and then buy a new ticket back to London.<br /><br /></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">The objective of the trip to England was to visit gardens. This we did by staying in London and taking train trips north to Cambridge, west to Chippenham and Bath, and south to Kent. By staying in London, we avoided changing hotels every day and enjoyed Chinese, Syrian, and Turkish food. It did require us to make our way to one of London's huge railway stations for each trip, find the train, and spend an hour or so traveling each way. The only big obstacle was that our trip to Bath coincided with University Day at Bristol U--the day that the university invites prospective students to look the place over. The outbound train was packed with the cream of British youth, all with beautiful accents. Not your usual teenage crowd. Coming back, we had to stand part of the way because the train filled completely with returning teenagers in Bristol.</div><br /><div align="center"></div><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Mykonos</span></strong><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLdSYclTRzfntT-tsm06miaWm6ubGtsfWXgwuNym-dBdMWq_WCyP7xx2gg_Kvnh4SJDm9p3YbCjL3hUcHmqtXaY8qzyxRfGQUFeO3sH8xa1aW-wJ9feMkXETiAVR-7zEGMhspfEJdHIc/s1600-h/DSC00566.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080693671079430338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLdSYclTRzfntT-tsm06miaWm6ubGtsfWXgwuNym-dBdMWq_WCyP7xx2gg_Kvnh4SJDm9p3YbCjL3hUcHmqtXaY8qzyxRfGQUFeO3sH8xa1aW-wJ9feMkXETiAVR-7zEGMhspfEJdHIc/s400/DSC00566.JPG" border="0" /></a> Sunset from our hotel room in Mykonos</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhszM_Kp8uWC8MRevWLucw3oNrH_MSElNwlltl7VtiecFbDcOFF_yhanYzON1Df5SzMxGUGZnOXVSgOvGfKEUPVPRY0k3wEkBT5AWf_L5IRriJ3lQc68L29HFwIQgEqs3ZUSAaOYVWHFGY/s1600-h/DSC00578.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080693679669364946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhszM_Kp8uWC8MRevWLucw3oNrH_MSElNwlltl7VtiecFbDcOFF_yhanYzON1Df5SzMxGUGZnOXVSgOvGfKEUPVPRY0k3wEkBT5AWf_L5IRriJ3lQc68L29HFwIQgEqs3ZUSAaOYVWHFGY/s400/DSC00578.JPG" border="0" /></a> We took a short boat trip to the neighboring isle of Delos, with exemplary ruins from the 6th century BC</p><br /><p align="center"><br /></p><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFVqfd4g1GYAsV7hNwKXykWlXw7oImjUGlS58hE_4J7dIz0Mc0ywfabl2i-z1up8_xdj2OyvLdbiJ8rNbc8I-sEw4vDbip4W7xUEWARS5-bvner4eLhM5FwTjhIMPw42tPG6rpWtuA2I/s1600-h/DSC00584.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080693683964332258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFVqfd4g1GYAsV7hNwKXykWlXw7oImjUGlS58hE_4J7dIz0Mc0ywfabl2i-z1up8_xdj2OyvLdbiJ8rNbc8I-sEw4vDbip4W7xUEWARS5-bvner4eLhM5FwTjhIMPw42tPG6rpWtuA2I/s400/DSC00584.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><br /><p align="center">In the excellent Delos museum, a barbecue set in usable condition, 2600 years old.</p><br /><p align="center"><br /></p><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghz8GuQWR1aIeMXs1crbIEWBjgKIRfmVYvP2jxhyphenhyphenWy9zJe2eQ_Wamr18R4MNUGyYlBbywJO0z2DZVTyRszJ5WB55YtaCE99PuLDtWN6ehuNyomem3cghcYrz-b1JwS_xodYa8eNrEPsQc/s1600-h/DSC00586.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080693688259299570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghz8GuQWR1aIeMXs1crbIEWBjgKIRfmVYvP2jxhyphenhyphenWy9zJe2eQ_Wamr18R4MNUGyYlBbywJO0z2DZVTyRszJ5WB55YtaCE99PuLDtWN6ehuNyomem3cghcYrz-b1JwS_xodYa8eNrEPsQc/s400/DSC00586.JPG" border="0" /></a> Lots of good pictures of cats with large eyes</p><br /><p align="center"><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdHlFF2cgqMYw9NKEAFvxpHNokQ3zGV1je6LInM9ddb32MLMcrvbAzm1iecD6CRPLQCfvo_7jkqChOkyoPiKw1qel2wjR3p6SiQWTxedbgpsmcTk70MdC3F89IXVCKMsCARCgoFqCImHE/s1600-h/DSC00588.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080693696849234178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdHlFF2cgqMYw9NKEAFvxpHNokQ3zGV1je6LInM9ddb32MLMcrvbAzm1iecD6CRPLQCfvo_7jkqChOkyoPiKw1qel2wjR3p6SiQWTxedbgpsmcTk70MdC3F89IXVCKMsCARCgoFqCImHE/s400/DSC00588.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p align="center"></a></p>The Delossians commissioned sculpture portraits, not always flattering<br /><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BaT2r08Bjtg-NxYutJviGcxPyQcGRoJZQYyIxuUcMtHc2xvL19-t45G0BOoBvFsGZb3K59r-6jBrxtPeH0xaN9IwHN1zlSD_qp_PFuXWlIW0DT-XLNBTDp81PRG0DkZcNZSNxx1J_Mk/s1600-h/DSC00590.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080692064761661554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5BaT2r08Bjtg-NxYutJviGcxPyQcGRoJZQYyIxuUcMtHc2xvL19-t45G0BOoBvFsGZb3K59r-6jBrxtPeH0xaN9IwHN1zlSD_qp_PFuXWlIW0DT-XLNBTDp81PRG0DkZcNZSNxx1J_Mk/s400/DSC00590.JPG" border="0" /></a> These lions were dug up in the late 19th century and now inhabit the museum</p><br /><p><br /></p><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdmKwuG-4RHwgegmYDqf4dJ0kzLi9QBi5GnuaprGZ22dpw38RY2F3yer4oR36uh37PcPs5CdX-Ucqq_mhEm_zn7J_eyv7EVQO21eAuWN1GT0CWa-L7NmIO97L2XzisbXqTrI4e3foJ5J8/s1600-h/DSC00593.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080692077646563458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdmKwuG-4RHwgegmYDqf4dJ0kzLi9QBi5GnuaprGZ22dpw38RY2F3yer4oR36uh37PcPs5CdX-Ucqq_mhEm_zn7J_eyv7EVQO21eAuWN1GT0CWa-L7NmIO97L2XzisbXqTrI4e3foJ5J8/s400/DSC00593.JPG" border="0" /></a> Good mosaics in the ruins</p><p align="center"></p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Cambridge University Botanical Garden</span></strong><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NYOTfNse5ENiC14koPyaqn0c3Bkju8aiQO4uoPGQSwBMJivq5s6zKMkPyeZJL3JpdVOdT4rSlel9TkgkqjlUEXkYt5Cw-VgHv2mNdwzrYvxwFS6LPaGFAHd8yOD_IRZz-cp77m_i5co/s1600-h/DSC00597.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080692086236498066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NYOTfNse5ENiC14koPyaqn0c3Bkju8aiQO4uoPGQSwBMJivq5s6zKMkPyeZJL3JpdVOdT4rSlel9TkgkqjlUEXkYt5Cw-VgHv2mNdwzrYvxwFS6LPaGFAHd8yOD_IRZz-cp77m_i5co/s400/DSC00597.JPG" border="0" /></a> On our first day in England, we were taken on a tour of the Cambridge University Botanic Garden by its director</p><br /><p><br /></p><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhbX6kdr-8lb7q4DN5TAVCd63IKuKia6EDFMtPDgdwFJWgmChDcyFWioUgOClCnV5Wm9ZOmxdgCb7ZrchW3UelaQysrlkR9S4RZh9toBpAe8nF8qxWBHxUFB9-nhTBVGMSelqiOIhTMs/s1600-h/DSC00599.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080692090531465378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhbX6kdr-8lb7q4DN5TAVCd63IKuKia6EDFMtPDgdwFJWgmChDcyFWioUgOClCnV5Wm9ZOmxdgCb7ZrchW3UelaQysrlkR9S4RZh9toBpAe8nF8qxWBHxUFB9-nhTBVGMSelqiOIhTMs/s400/DSC00599.JPG" border="0" /></a> The trained eye can pick out two gray chicks walking on the lily pads</p><br /><p><br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHvfRkD551-Pkw6sSo-jfAQBRwUdpMYZIW2HZz5EQIAFlPhx2Ml9xnaFCUxbJiNrlDIyqKl2FMz3uUZ1mNuaSWonGeeNr_C2NfiEiEfq_P0L3VFtqjmx-g10hRExuNdgI05DmsIJF1RE/s1600-h/DSC00610.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080692099121399986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMHvfRkD551-Pkw6sSo-jfAQBRwUdpMYZIW2HZz5EQIAFlPhx2Ml9xnaFCUxbJiNrlDIyqKl2FMz3uUZ1mNuaSWonGeeNr_C2NfiEiEfq_P0L3VFtqjmx-g10hRExuNdgI05DmsIJF1RE/s400/DSC00610.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p align="center"></a></p>One surprising thing we learned was that Cambridge is semi-arid, with only about the same amount of annual rainfall as Palo Alto. Worse, it falls in the summer rather than the winter. It has rained like crazy for the past 6 weeks, however, so all is green.<br /><p align="center"></p><br /><p align="left"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Bowood, near Chippenham, on the way to Bath</span></strong><br /></p><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm69pjpIO9_v0YyUbwJUouRDa351iiZZpVtSCu9WrSJxKIcy1hMkiVHvqNy7fL_EpHmdahXiUjsR6yHDioemvsnrl-8zToqXIAkA15snPBJBMGN5pdY3JlNaJJ_4mHo_RbmuYTICj8kg4/s1600-h/DSC00622.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081582321287809298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm69pjpIO9_v0YyUbwJUouRDa351iiZZpVtSCu9WrSJxKIcy1hMkiVHvqNy7fL_EpHmdahXiUjsR6yHDioemvsnrl-8zToqXIAkA15snPBJBMGN5pdY3JlNaJJ_4mHo_RbmuYTICj8kg4/s400/DSC00622.JPG" border="0" /></a> House and garden at Bowood<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3u7s2EPvX0SFqgjtu4am8D9a0RCLGkDZ3LhCtIb7C9YPtLfl7tINLYUCbrgb4vU2v0RgEh29ikSB6J4XogzE5RPeNdMyvGNUNHX0HKv0bXt97n7I3XC0-Yr5KNj3anCnaPOY9Uhv0bn4/s1600-h/DSC00624.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081582329877743906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3u7s2EPvX0SFqgjtu4am8D9a0RCLGkDZ3LhCtIb7C9YPtLfl7tINLYUCbrgb4vU2v0RgEh29ikSB6J4XogzE5RPeNdMyvGNUNHX0HKv0bXt97n7I3XC0-Yr5KNj3anCnaPOY9Uhv0bn4/s400/DSC00624.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOyvN1dc3nj7borzObdFFNZxx7EZjtIoCbqJgC2_eO5tiZ_Gm6JBKtLu7ohvgTVW-vu27fcpRBOZe7VivS66mn1DJGgjPi3-LzzAU8gGbYJ6WGICYMyCx0JB4dCFRx391F8RuZ4pUapA/s1600-h/DSC00626.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081582334172711218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOyvN1dc3nj7borzObdFFNZxx7EZjtIoCbqJgC2_eO5tiZ_Gm6JBKtLu7ohvgTVW-vu27fcpRBOZe7VivS66mn1DJGgjPi3-LzzAU8gGbYJ6WGICYMyCx0JB4dCFRx391F8RuZ4pUapA/s400/DSC00626.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj71tmkxPeFoEaSqzeE6UBlOg9jn-7q15r7376ZaqqBzIUWdfNpy12XgQ95i0nu6la0azGVT4vuRu1T8uwJYkKn437CNgSCf1OQjBR-8TAm-czLxwL9PZH2tCleUZYQDEPXXdTkESXqyGo/s1600-h/DSC00628.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081582338467678530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj71tmkxPeFoEaSqzeE6UBlOg9jn-7q15r7376ZaqqBzIUWdfNpy12XgQ95i0nu6la0azGVT4vuRu1T8uwJYkKn437CNgSCf1OQjBR-8TAm-czLxwL9PZH2tCleUZYQDEPXXdTkESXqyGo/s400/DSC00628.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha808fy5A8enZVjknq-Tixt6JhAZrFHsE7T5L73101LMVkJ06fUKlfofNK1bn9dlvH20TlPr0hRRt39qSAAGZA-9j0Gu858UxBplHqI_xQtCyGt0hPfnfwWVI9QMEnHWO_7g_IxF4yX_s/s1600-h/DSC00635.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081582347057613138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha808fy5A8enZVjknq-Tixt6JhAZrFHsE7T5L73101LMVkJ06fUKlfofNK1bn9dlvH20TlPr0hRRt39qSAAGZA-9j0Gu858UxBplHqI_xQtCyGt0hPfnfwWVI9QMEnHWO_7g_IxF4yX_s/s400/DSC00635.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>Artificial waterful draining artificial lake<br /><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOrKa0uMsXpZSqiHGRtP1gppzgHm5zZA-lDV8aXa0-v0mc42AJuAFFuAbDEza2F4_8j_v-OR6s2bzy30Gg46FPTsTMt8UAY0IUmlGffC1uuGGDR13iNzQQ_SK1ACS4bh7w0xfbKAm3NmQ/s1600-h/DSC00639.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081583970555251042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOrKa0uMsXpZSqiHGRtP1gppzgHm5zZA-lDV8aXa0-v0mc42AJuAFFuAbDEza2F4_8j_v-OR6s2bzy30Gg46FPTsTMt8UAY0IUmlGffC1uuGGDR13iNzQQ_SK1ACS4bh7w0xfbKAm3NmQ/s400/DSC00639.JPG" border="0" /></a> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Iford, south of Bath</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6D7aFtBSWJOa0R0Tbe9x2UZDZumffLA4W44gKt9StVOeWWERDUtaqezbEKIVfGPoorFJftGKe2t6vca54QTkrn1CFnVb2Mi8MYw7Bd7DMurJcpCKVedMwtOZyt8g4bCx9G9iSUdJyxgQ/s1600-h/DSC00647.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081583979145185650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6D7aFtBSWJOa0R0Tbe9x2UZDZumffLA4W44gKt9StVOeWWERDUtaqezbEKIVfGPoorFJftGKe2t6vca54QTkrn1CFnVb2Mi8MYw7Bd7DMurJcpCKVedMwtOZyt8g4bCx9G9iSUdJyxgQ/s400/DSC00647.JPG" border="0" /> </p><p align="center"></a>Ilford, on the same trip, near Bath<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-NskGCBrHgmPawEXpHHaVOZlelx616s0gUeanv-Gje3trGHKVjxSmCf6dh-QTLPxkYmCsze8si9I0fW-cOfpvXMtCIoHqWjj1Uo5rkfX9f-XrlZEPm_XhVLGZAbN8NhYeku9cm-VG7c8/s1600-h/DSC00650.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081583983440152962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-NskGCBrHgmPawEXpHHaVOZlelx616s0gUeanv-Gje3trGHKVjxSmCf6dh-QTLPxkYmCsze8si9I0fW-cOfpvXMtCIoHqWjj1Uo5rkfX9f-XrlZEPm_XhVLGZAbN8NhYeku9cm-VG7c8/s400/DSC00650.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9t1FMUSGzaxL2eOpUq3CX6eKSOXQedR5U5JLads7WS-hIlwyWACNaw85H1AZqoRbuCGPvZE-UgQ65rKMo-qSSxL1JOhA12RK3FZ2oYqn-n5a67JTgJvX-GfO8_hNZx_j-prkqN88ympA/s1600-h/DSC00654.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081583992030087570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9t1FMUSGzaxL2eOpUq3CX6eKSOXQedR5U5JLads7WS-hIlwyWACNaw85H1AZqoRbuCGPvZE-UgQ65rKMo-qSSxL1JOhA12RK3FZ2oYqn-n5a67JTgJvX-GfO8_hNZx_j-prkqN88ympA/s400/DSC00654.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFRnRurtL8JgsbqdRspjeGcj38RHSZ4Zs0ngdJ9Ax1sXX7I-WfBeXQMkwJK191K3qHIZpErf7igrUQYtkkaCWloI7ukGxkuGcBkg9t1KG10ofWJJB-YWmSwGSMeb7DpQJoco7_5-zj93E/s1600-h/DSC00665.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081584000620022178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFRnRurtL8JgsbqdRspjeGcj38RHSZ4Zs0ngdJ9Ax1sXX7I-WfBeXQMkwJK191K3qHIZpErf7igrUQYtkkaCWloI7ukGxkuGcBkg9t1KG10ofWJJB-YWmSwGSMeb7DpQJoco7_5-zj93E/s400/DSC00665.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpM2t46__edNzaNR0zuM0xwxMlQcidfl6OV2lWXNpHTvpVB3WAq2tzIgN40oGgqa4V_7ok0QI4ERRgePiXUZI1vVGuYcDu-ugV3ecZfcG0yQ4ob1iRsw2oNoWoNwD4awIzVfNrM6eOe-E/s1600-h/DSC00666.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081585482383739314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpM2t46__edNzaNR0zuM0xwxMlQcidfl6OV2lWXNpHTvpVB3WAq2tzIgN40oGgqa4V_7ok0QI4ERRgePiXUZI1vVGuYcDu-ugV3ecZfcG0yQ4ob1iRsw2oNoWoNwD4awIzVfNrM6eOe-E/s400/DSC00666.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWWLt6Y33L_h4BBf1GRwehDYdOAcbTPsxSs2KtOkOXtByMSNABdqg-wNpRf8mFYUmC6DbWX5H_mLvF_bFnWf17cFTnPRI-ANOJrPygmNQlKPPVT6_G5kjCpDrpazOJNBRB8JcnG3ZvOM/s1600-h/DSC00670.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081585490973673922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrWWLt6Y33L_h4BBf1GRwehDYdOAcbTPsxSs2KtOkOXtByMSNABdqg-wNpRf8mFYUmC6DbWX5H_mLvF_bFnWf17cFTnPRI-ANOJrPygmNQlKPPVT6_G5kjCpDrpazOJNBRB8JcnG3ZvOM/s400/DSC00670.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>Unusual topiaries<br /><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCoBXhFvVAN_Nft9gK3tCLGQ2sxvctsB_bagTeVO-twoC2DbsFPLP_NENU6qUXX1umn-i8GlHe5SCzweQtkrafC-UGUi49wuc7u22BNxfxU46_PgRFLXLEgjERG_-Dsg85wTuBCMBEPM/s1600-h/DSC00679.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081585499563608530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxCoBXhFvVAN_Nft9gK3tCLGQ2sxvctsB_bagTeVO-twoC2DbsFPLP_NENU6qUXX1umn-i8GlHe5SCzweQtkrafC-UGUi49wuc7u22BNxfxU46_PgRFLXLEgjERG_-Dsg85wTuBCMBEPM/s400/DSC00679.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5kDI5KnncPG-qQc1duDWThsc2W-LC5JnnLpWcHMMvlZwi6HCHVxVjWDWDow5MwBDBFCo-9ZLoAnchQL4-DXPMTS2T-in_J9JcWkNS2OFcuBMyMKSvgLdUgFs3G9QzSI7exxj5Q92g03M/s1600-h/DSC00702.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081585503858575842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5kDI5KnncPG-qQc1duDWThsc2W-LC5JnnLpWcHMMvlZwi6HCHVxVjWDWDow5MwBDBFCo-9ZLoAnchQL4-DXPMTS2T-in_J9JcWkNS2OFcuBMyMKSvgLdUgFs3G9QzSI7exxj5Q92g03M/s400/DSC00702.JPG" border="0" /></a> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Hever Castle, south of London in Kent</span></strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Z6hg4cytj4olOgTa3y_2FmV8Txn-Flh2qZaGR3zJbJjcg4TQYHLj-a3cdpfyfC2vOjkn49IwFKPp-7pS86DeVMlgjP9vVGkC9nMvkZuD9fDoF_IL7QTXipD_kueu-5iWWcShcEojsWY/s1600-h/DSC00710.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081585503858575858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Z6hg4cytj4olOgTa3y_2FmV8Txn-Flh2qZaGR3zJbJjcg4TQYHLj-a3cdpfyfC2vOjkn49IwFKPp-7pS86DeVMlgjP9vVGkC9nMvkZuD9fDoF_IL7QTXipD_kueu-5iWWcShcEojsWY/s400/DSC00710.JPG" border="0" /> </p><p align="center"></a><br />Duck family at Hever Castle and garden, our last trip<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAj4FyYBu2HD377EhfJ5acyqxMwmx9U51KfErtYJbGbZmunrWFjMYR64fkSlZGyNXfF_OX5ipZ2gvbX-Ncxj148_g6nMBJgUf8l01PYGbjUYLNKfTnvdueVnaDRiVqJDVojJldOe8Lf4/s1600-h/DSC00712.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081587273385101826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKAj4FyYBu2HD377EhfJ5acyqxMwmx9U51KfErtYJbGbZmunrWFjMYR64fkSlZGyNXfF_OX5ipZ2gvbX-Ncxj148_g6nMBJgUf8l01PYGbjUYLNKfTnvdueVnaDRiVqJDVojJldOe8Lf4/s400/DSC00712.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a><br />The glory of monochrome gardening<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJR1zNj_omsm_dvz2wFkX6AF1hGG2_lW7r-PBvr0qHULUcmD4tokmZ9X6yiRYe9MLp0fA_vR5rG-kWtVuslHM1xwVmQAac3-z54-x3kmYWhN-tzUsvhIHw9nFTAaxppG-SDMNMOxUxZk/s1600-h/DSC00714.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081587277680069138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzJR1zNj_omsm_dvz2wFkX6AF1hGG2_lW7r-PBvr0qHULUcmD4tokmZ9X6yiRYe9MLp0fA_vR5rG-kWtVuslHM1xwVmQAac3-z54-x3kmYWhN-tzUsvhIHw9nFTAaxppG-SDMNMOxUxZk/s400/DSC00714.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>Topiary chess set<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAuLwP8ZEqwrDmIKMZ-7GFDjYvjaRBl2w8YNQTeWL-MQLp9QP8Cp-ihjrcMix6s6oH0lBUg2_dxdVdBxQk4ZPapcRa2e8NgUuhGFMCPd3q0j56VFCRWU8tNiV5J08gYj54j69YJGi__ac/s1600-h/DSC00717.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081587286270003746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAuLwP8ZEqwrDmIKMZ-7GFDjYvjaRBl2w8YNQTeWL-MQLp9QP8Cp-ihjrcMix6s6oH0lBUg2_dxdVdBxQk4ZPapcRa2e8NgUuhGFMCPd3q0j56VFCRWU8tNiV5J08gYj54j69YJGi__ac/s400/DSC00717.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>Excellent artificial water<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFf-7iDAYhJiO_m4cQD0dAvLTfEsvXK_67N45DijPYKAfVzVriSn3Bthdvj516HXJfW28PO5BH1IvNDrgScv6Ib7xv0lh3Gr8hy0JbWEIunOUb1OybtT6tiybFPQypbJk0ty1zW3hyWuA/s1600-h/DSC00719.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081587290564971058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFf-7iDAYhJiO_m4cQD0dAvLTfEsvXK_67N45DijPYKAfVzVriSn3Bthdvj516HXJfW28PO5BH1IvNDrgScv6Ib7xv0lh3Gr8hy0JbWEIunOUb1OybtT6tiybFPQypbJk0ty1zW3hyWuA/s400/DSC00719.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_YUaHsKM68t-0BVKJ6slr9uX8pGcmPDWAFQzKV0B3DIr7tpxzZYrCc735Tt7CfM59vLSXr-kMQkJGDPUBmSjXJwD1XyMVfgZkCVU0O9sm1rQ5ZMFig8bKrWMpqfQSYfHLEPQQdBoy_g/s1600-h/DSC00727.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5081587299154905666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip_YUaHsKM68t-0BVKJ6slr9uX8pGcmPDWAFQzKV0B3DIr7tpxzZYrCc735Tt7CfM59vLSXr-kMQkJGDPUBmSjXJwD1XyMVfgZkCVU0O9sm1rQ5ZMFig8bKrWMpqfQSYfHLEPQQdBoy_g/s400/DSC00727.JPG" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-41780186754095354982007-04-01T05:34:00.000-07:002007-06-27T05:40:56.303-07:00Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks, March 2007Bob, Chris, and Jonathan spent 3 nights in Death Valley, wilderness camping up Cottonwood Canyon, near Stovepipe Wells. Then Bob and Jonathan spent two more nights in Joshua Tree National Park.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4377/782/1600/355878/IMG_0652.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4377/782/400/222217/IMG_0652.jpg" border="0" /></a> The Furriner may have made its last trip under Bob's ownership.<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4377/782/1600/558987/IMG_0680.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4377/782/400/823875/IMG_0680.jpg" border="0" /></a> Moaaic Canyon<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4377/782/1600/589426/IMG_0681.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4377/782/400/422663/IMG_0681.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4377/782/1600/677588/IMG_0684.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4377/782/400/466533/IMG_0684.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4377/782/1600/127437/IMG_0678.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4377/782/400/605600/IMG_0678.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4377/782/1600/615573/IMG_0694.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/4377/782/400/855162/IMG_0694.jpg" border="0" /></a> Fall CanyonUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-44553806266262133382007-01-11T09:00:00.000-08:002007-01-11T10:57:56.175-08:00Restaurants we like in the South Bay<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Chinese</span></strong><br /><br />Silver House (no web site)<br />2224 S El Camino Real<br />(about 3 blocks south of Highway 92, on the west side of El Cam)<br />San Mateo, CA 94403<br />(650) 571-1298<br /><br />The Silver House is a completely orthodox Cantonese restaurant serving the propserous southern Chnese community in San Mateo. They attract only a sprinkling of non-Chinese patrons, but all the waiters speak a bit of English and are uniformly welcoming to round eyes. You need to know your way around Cantonese cuisine to order effectively, but you can't go wrong choosing randomly from the menu, as long as you remain in Canton (nothing very spicy, no hot and sour soup, no Peking duck,...). We like all noodle dishes, deep fried smelts, pea sprouts in garlic, roast Cantonese duck (sublime--be sure they understand that you want their duck, not duck from the foreign north), lettuce cup pork.<br /><br />So what is an orthodox Cantonese restaurant? A little dingy, smelly, with a wretched little kitchen than you can walk through if you come in the back door, bustling, many large tables for four-generation families. Totally informal. Ignore all the reviews by people who don't like orthodox Cantonese restaurants. Silver House is not cheap, but all you pay for is the food.<br /><br />Darda <a href="http://www.dardaseafood.com/">http://www.dardaseafood.com/</a><br />296 Barber Court Milpitas, CA 95035<br /><br />Now this is an adventure. Darda is a Chinese Muslim restaurant. The patrons are mostly Chinese, but also Pakistani and even Saudi, as the food is halal. So no pork, but everything else is amazing. We like the lamb in cumin, unlike any other dish in any Chinese restaurant, and clams in basil. One oddity--they will try to get you to order flat bread with scallions. Don't. Spend money and calories on real food. Darda serves Tsingtao (pronounced ching dao) beer, but warm. English is totally primitive--point to what you want on the menu and don't expect to get a coherent answer to any question. Surroundings are a bit more stylish than the Silver House, but go in jeans. Always crowded, but they seat you efficiently with a take-a-number system and we have never waited more than 10 minutes. When you are there, stroll around the mall, which serves another large prosperous southern Chinese community.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Mexican</span></strong><br /><br />El Grullense<br />Middlefield Road, a block south of Woodside Road, across from Costco<br />Redwood City<br /><br />El Grullense is a brand name rented by a dozen or so restaurants near us. Each has separate management and cuisine. We think this one by far the best. This is a taco joint with an almost entirely Mexican clientele. There is nothing even slightly gringified about the place. You see the hardworking Mexican community of Redwood City at its best here. The adults all speak Spanish to each other and to the kids, but the kids generally jabber away in standard American English to each other. We always get tacos, which bear little resemblance to the gringo concept of this sublime food. You ge two little corn tortillas with a glop of brown stuff, nothing else. No grated cheese. No sour cream. No iceberg lettuce. And that glop is amazingly tasty. Sooz eats two of these and Bob three. Also a serving of perfect beans. Tacos cost $1 each. Staff speaks good English. We hardly need to add that this is the most baby and kid friendly place in the world.<br /><br />Our favorite tacos are al pastor and carnitas, both "con todos" (onions, cilantro, and sauce).<br /><br />Be sure to park across the street in the Costco lot, not in El G's tiny lot, else you will be watching the big pickups that the customers favor delicately maneuvering around your car, in the unlikely event that you find a space in the lot. We've never seen any grief, but it is distracting...<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Indian</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br />Amber India <a href="http://www.amber-india.com/MtnView/home.htm">http://www.amber-india.com/MtnView/home.htm</a><br />2290 El Camino Real, #9, Mountain View<br />Just north of Rengstorff on the Bay side of El Cam, at the back of a little strip mall. Look for the tiny sign at the street<br /><br />We love Amber India even though it is not the Real Thing. Mountain View has lots of those--vegetarian places with formica tables and no beer. Amber India is the North American side of <em>Monsoon Wedding</em>, the prosperous, Americanized Indian software community. Most tables discussing software startups, and mostly in English. Rich food with way more protein than would ever be served on the subcontinent. Pretty elegant surroundings, though the dress is totally casual. Good wine list and many kinds of beer, served properly cold. We always get achari ghosht, lamb chunks in a rich sauce. Pricey.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-6917765700450935952006-12-01T05:42:00.000-08:002007-06-27T05:44:17.012-07:00Dr. Bob in Europe November 2006I'm on a four-university swing through Europe: Bocconi in Milan, the European University in Forence, Univerista Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, and the London School of Economics .<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010005.0.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010005.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />The Duomo<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010024.0.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010024.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />I took the 143 steps to the roof, crowded wtih Asian tourists. Bad weather scared away the Americans<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010011.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Our Lady of Perpetual Construction--Gaudi's Temple de la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010008.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />House of the Spikes--Casa de les Punxes<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010003.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010003.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Gaudi's best apartment house--Casa Mila<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010027.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010027.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />My hotel and neighboring building--characteristic graceful Catalan domestic architectureUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-34964266657483446172006-09-20T07:07:00.000-07:002007-06-27T07:15:53.782-07:00Backpacking 2005Andy, Jonathan, and Bob spent 5 days in the Sierras along the Ritter Range. We had planned to follow the High Route over North Glacier Pass, north of Banner Peak, but were turned back at Cecile Lake by dangerous snowbanks leading directly into freezing water. Our revised itinerary:<br /><br />Day 1: Depart from Devils Postpile, camp at Superior Lake (not to be compared to Lake Superior)<br /><br />Day 2: Cross country over Nancy Pass, following the High Route to Cecile Lake, via Minaret Lake, one of the most beautiful spots in the Sierras, especially this year, when it was unusually green from double the usual snowfall last winter.<br /><br />Day 3: North on the John Muir Trail<br /><br />Day 4: On to Thousand Island Lake, another candidate for most beautiful spot<br /><br />Day 5: Out to Agnew Meadows<br /><br />The weather was windy and cold, but we did not see a single cloud on the entire trip.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN0461.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN0461.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Unusual snowbanks in September, following a snowy winter<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN0469.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN0469.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The team--Andy (red hat), Bob, Jonathan<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN0476.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN0476.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The Minarets from Minaret Lake<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN0495.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN0495.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Minaret Lake from the trail down from Cecile Lake<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN0497.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN0497.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Minaret Lake in the morning<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN0499.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN0499.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The last Minaret from Minaret Lake<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN0503.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN0503.jpg" border="0" /></a> One of the 1000 islands...<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010010.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010010.jpg" border="0" /></a> View from Nancy Pass<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010018.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010018.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The Ritter Range<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010025.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010025.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The Minarets from Cecile Lake<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010037.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010037.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010042.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010042.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010046.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010046.jpg" border="0" /></a> Mt. Ritter and Banner Peak from 1000 Island Lake<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010067.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010067.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Looking north over the east end of 1000 Island LakeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-33490912588088530262006-09-20T05:47:00.000-07:002007-06-27T05:48:19.775-07:00Backpacking September 2006The team: Bob, Jonathan, and Jonathan's classmate Chris_2<br /><br />We took the classic South Lake to North Lake semiloop. We had contemplated going over the Glacier Divide by one of the three cross-country routes (The Keyhole, Alpine Col, or the dreaded Snow-Tongue Pass), but a merited concern about exceptional snow on the shady north side of the divide made us go the long way around, by the Muir trail and the Piute Creek trail.<br /><br />The itinerary:<br /><br />Day 1: Early departure from South Lake, easy ascent of Bishop Pass, down the Dusy branch of the Middle Fork of the Kings River to camp above Le Conte Canyon.<br /><br />Day2: Up Le Conte Canyon to camp below Helen Lake. We quit early because of rain, which did not last long.<br /><br />Day 3: Over Muir Pass, down Evolution Basin, to a beautiful camp at the far end of Evolution Lake. Climbed a nearby knob for a breathtaking view down Evolution Valley after making camp. Had some rain in the afternoon on the trail.<br /><br />Day 4: Down Evolution Canyon to camp at the confluence of the South Fork of the San Joaquin River and Piute Creek, a crowded location more like a campground than backpacking.<br /><br />Day 5: Up Piute Creek to a splended camp above the point where the Piute Pass trail crosses the outlet creek from Cony Lake. This camp is worth searching out--it's not visible from the trail. It's at about 11,200 feet and seriously cold in September--water bottles left outside tents froze totally solid.<br /><br />Day 6. Chris_2 left early, raced out to the North Lake trailhead, picked up the bicycle we had cached there, rode down to the South Lake road, tried pedaling up some of the 2000 vertical feet, thought better, and got a ride from some friendly fishermen. He drove the truck back to the North Lake trailhead and was waiting with cold drinks as Bob and Jonathan emerged around noon. Drove straight to much appreciated fast food and then home in time for dinner.<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010002.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010066.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010066.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010038.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010038.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010035.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010035.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010033.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010033.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010032.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010032.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010024.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010024.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010019.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010019.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010018.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010018.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010017.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010017.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/P1010010.1.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/P1010010.1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/IMG_0647.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/IMG_0647.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/IMG_0623.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/IMG_0623.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/IMG_0616.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/IMG_0616.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/IMG_0595.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/IMG_0595.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/IMG_0584.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/IMG_0584.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/IMG_0570.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/IMG_0570.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/IMG_0562.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/IMG_0562.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/IMG_0548.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/IMG_0548.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/IMG_0498.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/320/IMG_0498.jpg" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-12812596017151914532006-06-27T05:50:00.000-07:002007-07-01T14:13:52.897-07:00Portugal June 2006Bob attended a fine conference run by the central bank of Portugal and Sooz joined at the end of the conference. We made a circle through the midsection of the country, starting in Evora, the site of the conference, spending three days in Lisbon, two days along the coast northwest of Lisbon, then traveling east to the Spanish border at Marvao, then west again to Lisbon. We avoided the beaches of the Algarve and the mountains and wine region of the north. We concentrated on villages, ruins, and good food. Got plenty of all of them.<br /><br />The major stops were in churches with affiliated monestaries and convents:<br /><br />Convent of Espinheiro, Evora, now a hotel, where the conference was held<br /><br />Mosteiro dos Jeronimos with Santa Maria de Belem, Lisbon<br /><br />Mosteiro da Batalha<br /><br />Mosteiro de Santa Maria, Alcobaca<br /><br />Convento de Christo, Tomar<br /><br />We also visited nifty hill towns, including Estremoz, Sintra, Obidos, and Marvao, the Roman ruins at Conimbriga (the best in Iberia, but not to be compared to Tunisia), and Elvas, sister city to Graceland. The hill towns all have well-preserved medieval castles, which are so common in Portugal as to merit little comment.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/100.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/100.jpg" border="0" /></a> The Roman and the medieval, Evora<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/200.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/200.jpg" border="0" /></a> Evora, the Capela dos Ossos, with walls made of bones<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/250.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/250.jpg" border="0" /></a> On the winery tour<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/400.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/400.jpg" border="0" /></a> Evora<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/700.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/700.jpg" border="0" /></a> Megaliths at Cromeleque, 6000 years old. Why?<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/800.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/800.jpg" border="0" /></a> Doigts de mer, a delicacy not enjoyed since our 1995 trip to Barcelona<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/900.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/900.jpg" border="0" /></a> This is really a picture, not a travel poster! Lisbon, from the castelo<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/950.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/950.jpg" border="0" /></a> Interior of Santa Maria de Belem<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/960.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/960.jpg" border="0" /></a> Ceiling of Santa Maria de Belem<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/965.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/965.jpg" border="0" /></a> Elephants holding up a tomb in Santa Maria de Belem, reflecting Portugal's colonial role in India<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/970.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/970.jpg" border="0" /></a> Lion guarding the fountain in Mosteiro dos Jeronimos<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/980.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/980.jpg" border="0" /></a> The ice cream cone esthetic at Jeronimos<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/981.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/981.jpg" border="0" /></a> Jeronimos<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/1020.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/1020.jpg" border="0" /></a> The cloister at Mosteiro dos Jeronimos, Belem, Lisbon<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/1030.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/1030.jpg" border="0" /></a> Figures at Santa Maria<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/1100.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/1100.jpg" border="0" /></a> Mary teaching Jesus to swim, Santa Maria de Belem<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/1500.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/1500.jpg" border="0" /></a> Obidos, quintessential picturesque hill village<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/1600.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/1600.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Obidos<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/2050.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/2050.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Batalha<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/2051.0.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/2051.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The sanctuary at Alcobaca<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/2070.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/2070.jpg" border="0" /></a> Figure at Batalha<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/2100.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/2100.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Monk-dog chimera patiently supports a tomb at Santa Maria de Vittoria, Batalha<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/2111.jpg"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/2111.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/2111.jpg" border="0" /></a> Fountain in the cloister at Alcabaca<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/2120.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/2120.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Sooz across the cloister at Tomar<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/3000.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/3000.jpg" border="0" /></a> Spiral staircase at Tomar<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/3110.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/3110.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Detail from the exterior of the church at Tomar<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/3200.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/3200.jpg" border="0" /></a> In the sanctuary at TomarUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-75764236704148615452006-04-01T07:01:00.000-08:002007-06-27T07:07:14.251-07:00Capitol Reef National Park March 2006Bob and Jonathan, along with Jonathan's classmate Gui and his father Joe, camped in Capitol Reef National Park for 5 nights. The itinerary:<br /><br />Day 1. Arrived in early afternoon, hiked the Chimney Rock loop. Cold and windy.<br /><br />Day 2. Hiked the Cohab-Grand Wash trails. Cloudy, cold, windy.<br /><br />Day 3. Hiked the Navajo Knobs trail in wind and light rain. Intermittent heavy rain at night.<br /><br />Day 4. Breakfast in the mud. Drove down the Notom-Bullfrog road intending to hike the upper Muley Twist loop. Encountered impassable (even in 4WD) mud just south of the Cedar Mesa campground. Started the hike there up into the Waterpocket Fold. Turned back by heavy rain becoming mixed with and changing to snow. Found the road north out of Cedar Mesa apparently impassable. The 4Runner slid backward sideways. Eventually found minimal traction and inched our way up the incline to safety. Back to headquarters and down the Scenic Road to hike the Golden Throne trail. More rain and some interesting hail.<br /><br />Day 5. Storm passed; excellent weather. Took our best and longest (14 miles) hike, up Spring Canyon.<br /><br />Day 6. Gloomy cold weather. Hiked to Hickman Bridge on the trail and then ascended the side of the bridge, class III+. Short hikes at the Goosenecks. Drove home at lunchtime.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN0594.2.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/320/DSCN0594.0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />The team: Gui, Jonathan, Bob, and Joe<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1887.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1887.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1996.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1996.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1985.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1985.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1976.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1976.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1974.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1974.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1968.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1968.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1968.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1968.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1956.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1956.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1942.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1942.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1941.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1941.jpg" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-70436382889216449302005-08-01T07:16:00.000-07:002007-06-27T07:31:25.205-07:00Jordan and Syria 2005Bob and Sooz traveled to Jordan and Syria to see some of the best ruins in the world and eat excellent food. We traveled with Imaginative Traveler, the same company who took us around Tunisia in 2004.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSC00169.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSC00169.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Pigeons in a row, Amman Museum<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSC00177.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSC00177.jpg" border="0" /></a> Sponge Bob Square Pants, 4000 years ago<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSC00209.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSC00209.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The Indian Chief, Wadi Rum<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSC00258.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSC00258.jpg" border="0" /></a> 6000-year old sculpture<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1186.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1186.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />A hand surviving from a 30-foot Roman statue in the Citidel above Amman<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1204.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1204.jpg" border="0" /></a> Buying fruit in Amman<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1236.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1236.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Frescoe in palace east of Amman<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1262.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1262.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Datsun became Nissan in 1974...<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1271.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1271.jpg" border="0" /></a> Our guide, Mahmoud, ready for the desert<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1291.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1291.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Wadi Rum<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1293.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1293.jpg" border="0" /></a> Wadi Rum<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1298.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1298.jpg" border="0" /></a> Wadi Rum<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1299.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1299.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Dusk at Wadi Rum<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1330.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1330.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Camels and tenders relax, Petra<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1357.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1357.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The Hermitage in Petra, after a long hot hike<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1363.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1363.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Aaron's mountain, near Petra<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1403.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1403.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />In Jarash, Jordanian bagpipe band co-opts one of our company<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1419.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1419.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Waterwheel pump at Hana, on the road from Damascus to Aleppo<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1429.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1429.jpg" border="0" /></a> 6,000-year old statue at the museum in Aleppo<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1455.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1455.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />What's left of Saint Simeon's pillar<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1470.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1470.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The Syria crew at Saint Simeon's Basilica<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1477.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1477.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Visiting a mosque in the prescribed costume<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1515.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1515.jpg" border="0" /></a> The women in the giant urn at Ugarit<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1546.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1546.jpg" border="0" /></a> The Theatre at Palmyra<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1564.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1564.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Sunrise at Palmyra<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1566.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1566.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Just before sunrise, the camel crew is already on duty<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1579.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1579.jpg" border="0" /></a> Doorframe through doorframe<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1581.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1581.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Roman columns with the Citidel in the background<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1582.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1582.jpg" border="0" /></a> Roman construction, Palmyra<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1589.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1589.jpg" border="0" /></a> The Citidel overlooking Palmyra, built only 800 years ago<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1593.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1593.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Syria keeps exceptional care of its cars. Here in Palmyra, the taxis formed a museum of Mercedes products from the 1960s.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1597.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1597.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Decorated 3-wheelers are common in Syria, as in Thailand.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1619.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1619.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Looking up to see Roman carvings in Palmyra, Temple of Bal<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1622.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1622.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />What we saw looking up...<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1639.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1639.jpg" border="0" /></a> The Bal Temple at Palmyra from the Citidel<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1657.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1657.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Sooz made friends with the staff at the restaurant around the corner from our hotel in Palmyra and learned how to cook their Bedouin specialties.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1664.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1664.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Which way?<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1675.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1675.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Special clothes for women not fully covered and men in shorts.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1681.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1681.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />People rest in the mosque.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/1600/DSCN1688.jpg"><img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4377/782/400/DSCN1688.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Ladies wear special rented garb in the mosque.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-60821015986125292012005-04-01T07:34:00.000-08:002007-06-27T07:43:33.191-07:00The White Rim Trip in Canyonlands, March 2005Bob and Jon spent four nights doing a leisurely circuit of the White Rim road in the northern part of Canyonlands National Park. This trip is strictly for jeeps and back-country capable SUVs, like our 4Runner, but is not especially challenging by 4WD standards. Most of the traffic on the road is groups of mountain bikers with SUVs carrying camping gear. You can only camp where the Park Service decides you can, and you have to reserve far in advance if you want to do the drive during the best weather, in late March and April.<br /><br />We camped the first night at Gooseberry, the second night at Candlestick, and the third and fourth nights at Hardscrabble. Driving took only a couple of hours on the second and third days, leaving most of the time for hiking. The weather was unusually cold and very windy. We appreciated the expedition wear we brought!<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/DSCN0971.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/DSCN0971.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Looking down on the White Rim from Mesa Arch, near the Island in the Sky ranger station. The road is visible in a few places. <a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Hello" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/DSCN1118.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/DSCN1118.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Another view from Mesa Arch <a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Hello" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/DSCN0974.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/DSCN0974.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Detail from Mesa Arch <a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Hello" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/DSCN0975.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/DSCN0975.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Clambering on sandstone <a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Hello" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/DSCN0978.jpg"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; MARGIN: 2px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 1px solid; BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/DSCN0978.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The White Rim and road from a stopping point on the Shafer Trail on the way down <a href="http://www.hello.com/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px" alt="Posted by Hello" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif" align="absMiddle" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/DSCN0984.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/DSCN0984.jpg'></a><br />The Shafer Trail, at a wide point. Note the snow. There was one tricky place where snow covered the road. The Park Service had just lifted chain requirements when we descended. <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/DSCN0988.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/DSCN0988.jpg'></a><br />Balanced rock on the Shafer Trail--it's about the size of a VW bug <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/DSCN0988.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/DSCN0988.jpg'></a><br />Balanced rock on the Shafer Trail--it's about the size of a VW bug <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/DSCN0994.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/DSCN0994.jpg'></a><br />Scenary around the southern-most part of the White Rim road <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/DSCN0995.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/DSCN0995.jpg'></a><br />The "Washerwoman" <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/DSCN0996.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/DSCN0996.jpg'></a><br />Our first camp, at Gooseberry. <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/DSCN1024.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/DSCN1024.jpg'></a><br />The most dramatic ascent on the White Rim road. It would be a nuisance to encounter any opposing traffic, but we did not. <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/DSCN1037.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/DSCN1037.jpg'></a><br />Candlestick Tower <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/DSCN1062.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/DSCN1062.jpg'></a><br />Our camp at Candlestick. Because of the wind, we cooked inside the 4Runner and also slept there. No chance of keeping a tent up. <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/DSCN1069.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/DSCN1069.jpg'></a><br />Sunset drama at Candlestick Camp. You pay for the good views--the place is windy and cold. <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/DSCN1070.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/DSCN1070.jpg'></a><br />The end of the sunset at Candlestick camp <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/DSCN1115.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/DSCN1115.jpg'></a><br />A typical stretch on the White Rim road <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-1375676826122378852004-03-15T07:44:00.000-08:002007-06-27T07:56:52.973-07:00Grand Canyon March 2004Bob and Andy and Andy's friend Zarko backpacked in the Grand Canyon for five nights:<br /><br />1. Indian Garden, halfway down<br /><br />2. Clear Creek, a good day's hike<br /><br />3. Day hiking and another night at Clear Creak<br /><br />4. Bright Angel, near Phantom Ranch<br /><br />5. Day hiking and another night at Bright Angel<br /><br />Then the 5000 foot vertical climb out, completed by 3 pm<br /><br />Why stop at Indian Garden on the way in? Because you are not allowed in camp in any one place more than two nights. We had to avoid a third night in Bright Angel. Ergo...<br /><br />This is a highly recommended itinerary for a first trip in the Grand Canyon. The only challenging day is Indian Garden to Clear Creek. We met a pair who left Grand Canyon Village in the morning and reached Clear Creek at noon, but they were really pushing it!<br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/P1010016.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/P1010016.jpg'></a><br />Plateau Point <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/P1010018.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/P1010018.jpg'></a><br />The Colorado from Plateau Point <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/P1010027.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/P1010027.jpg'></a><br />The silvery Colorado near Phantom Ranch <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/P1010031.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/P1010031.jpg'></a><br />On the Clear Creek trail <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/P1010033.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/P1010033.jpg'></a><br />Keep your distance... <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/P1010038.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/P1010038.jpg'></a><br />Moonrise at Clear Creek <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/P1010049.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/P1010049.jpg'></a><br />On the plateau approaching Clear Creek <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/P1010050.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/P1010050.jpg'></a><br />Spires above Clear Creek <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/P1010073.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/P1010073.jpg'></a><br />Clear Creek <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/P1010078.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/P1010078.jpg'></a><br />Down Clear Creek from the camp <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/P1010079.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/P1010079.jpg'></a><br />Cottonwood Creek <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/P1010081.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/P1010081.jpg'></a><br />Picking our way through cactus <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/P1010082.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/P1010082.jpg'></a><br />Leaving Clear Creek <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/P1010084.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/P1010084.jpg'></a><br />Spring leaves at the bottom of the canyon <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/P1010095.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/P1010095.jpg'></a><br />Ribbon Falls <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-21339444653071912132003-09-15T10:31:00.000-07:002007-06-27T10:38:12.321-07:00Backpacking 2003The party:<br /><br />Jonathan<br /><br />Jonathan's friend and college classmate, Gui (for William) Woolston<br /><br />Gui's dad, Joe<br /><br />Bob<br /><br />Again, we followed part of Steve Roper's <a href="http://home.cogeco.ca/~tsimon10a/HRTpage01.html">High Route</a>.<br /><br />The itinerary:<br /><br />Day 1: From South Lake, over Bishop pass, camped in Dusy Basin<br />Day 2: Cross country south over Knapsack Pass, camped at upper Barrett Lake<br />Day 3. Cross country over Potluck and Cirque Passes, down the Dreaded Headwall to lower Palisade Lake<br />Day 4. Layover. Day hiked over Mather Pass.<br />Day 5. North along the Muir Trail, camped on Dusy Creek<br />Day 6. Out over Bishop Pass<br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/Copy%20of%20DSCN0876.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/Copy%20of%20DSCN0876.jpg'></a><br />South from our second camp <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/Copy%20of%20BP%202003%20053.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/Copy%20of%20BP%202003%20053.jpg'></a><br />Nightfall at our second camp <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/Copy%20of%20BP%202003%20044.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/Copy%20of%20BP%202003%20044.jpg'></a><br />Knapsack Pass, out of Dusy Basin. Not too hard. <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/Copy%20of%20BP%202003%20031.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/Copy%20of%20BP%202003%20031.jpg'></a><br />Nightfall at our first camp <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/Copy%20(2)%20of%20BP%202003%20028.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/Copy%20(2)%20of%20BP%202003%20028.jpg'></a><br />Storm at our first camp in Dusy Basin, the only weather on the trip <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/BP%202003%20098.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/BP%202003%20098.jpg'></a><br />Palisade Lake from our camp <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/BP%202003%20094.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/BP%202003%20094.jpg'></a><br />Palisade Lake. The descent of the granite wall south of the lake was the hardest part of the trip. <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/BP%202003%20089.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/BP%202003%20089.jpg'></a><br />At the summit of Mather Pass <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/BP%202003%20080.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/BP%202003%20080.jpg'></a><br />Our camp at upper Barrett Lake <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/BP%202003%20075.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/BP%202003%20075.jpg'></a><br />A taste of class III <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/BP%202003%20070.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/BP%202003%20070.jpg'></a><br />The summit of Knapsack Pass <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/BP%202003%20070.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/BP%202003%20070.jpg'></a><br />The summit of Knapsack Pass <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/BP%202003%20067.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/BP%202003%20067.jpg'></a><br />Our route south from Dusy Basin <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/BP%202003%20064.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/BP%202003%20064.jpg'></a><br />Mirror lakelet in Dusy Basin <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/BP%202003%20064.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/BP%202003%20064.jpg'></a><br />Mirror lakelet in Dusy Basin <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977448016120700724.post-12575428070349541132003-03-30T07:56:00.000-08:002007-06-27T08:06:38.115-07:00Bob and Andy's wilderness camping trip to Death Valley March 2003We camped for six nights up Cottonwood Canyon, strictly 4WD only. The canyon offers unlimited interesting campsites protected from wind and sun. Watch the weather forecast, as this would not be a good place in a serious storm.<br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/zFriday2%20003.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/zFriday2%20003.jpg'></a><br />Dunes, mountains, and spring flowers <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/zFriday2%20001.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/zFriday2%20001.jpg'></a><br />Dunes near Stovepipe Wells <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/zFriday1%20005.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/zFriday1%20005.jpg'></a><br />Looking due west across the valley. White alkali and white snow. <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/zFriday1%20003.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/zFriday1%20003.jpg'></a><br />Where to from here? <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/zFriday1%20002.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/zFriday1%20002.jpg'></a><br />The main valley from the east <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/Thursday%20006.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/Thursday%20006.jpg'></a><br />Looking south in late afternoon, near Ubehebe Crater <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/Thursday%20004.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/Thursday%20004.jpg'></a><br />The Racetrack. Bring your own water. <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/Thursday%20002.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/Thursday%20002.jpg'></a><br />Hiking up from the Racetrack <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/Thursday%20001.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/Thursday%20001.jpg'></a><br />Wilderness camp in Cottonwood Canyon <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/sWednesday%20007.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/sWednesday%20007.jpg'></a><br />Andy, not wearing a Red Sox hat <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/sWednesday%20005.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/sWednesday%20005.jpg'></a><br />A glimpse of the valley floor, a hundred feet below sea level, from below Zabriskie Point <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/sWednesday%20004.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/sWednesday%20004.jpg'></a><br />Hiking down from Zabriskie Point. Don't try this in summer. <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/sWednesday%20003.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/sWednesday%20003.jpg'></a><br />Interesting hiking challenge <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/sWednesday%20001.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/sWednesday%20001.jpg'></a><br />DV has many interesting side canyons like this <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/rTuesday%20007.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/rTuesday%20007.jpg'></a><br />The magic water does to rock <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/rTuesday%20006.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/rTuesday%20006.jpg'></a><br />Bleached bones in the desert <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/rTuesday%20005.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/rTuesday%20005.jpg'></a><br />Typical canyon hiking <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><br /><br /><a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/640/rTuesday%20003.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/273/3016/320/rTuesday%20003.jpg'></a><br />Petroglyphs <a href='http://www.hello.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbh.gif' alt='Posted by Hello' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0