This is a shot of Remington hot spring, on the Kern River near Lake Isabella.
California has been in a drought for several years and the locals
I met call Isabella Lake Isabella Puddle. The hot spring, as you can see,
has water. It's a bit of a hike from the parking area, with an elevation
change of 300 feet. But so worth it. I got there on a Saturday
and there was a very social scene going on, with a lot of people from
Los Angeles, which is a good three hours away. After the weekend, things
quieted down and I stayed there on BLM land for five nights.
From Remington I went to Morro Bay. I've been there several times before.
I'm always drawn to the two most iconic features of the landscape:
The haystack in the bay and the smokestacks on the shore.
This old art deco building is for sale.
Wormz flew into LA for two weeks for The Ranch Party 2013 in
Lancaster. (In Pennsylvania, it's pronounced lank'-es-ter. In California,
It's pronounced lan'-cast-er with the vowels drawn out a little more. Just fyi.
I try to respect the local pronunciations.) Great party with lots of good music
and food. I met a lot of people and made some new friends.
This guy was a crazy fire-spinner. He was flipping it all around
and burned himself a little.
Then to King's Canyon and Sequoia parks. Huge, ancient trees everywhere
you look. The Sherman tree is the most massive tree anywhere. The Peabody tree
is less well-known but important in regards to time-travel.
This is the top of the General Sherman tree. The old sequoias are bare
of limbs from the bottom up to a couple hundred feet up. Then there's
this rather Bonzai looking affair up to the top.
King's Canyon.
Moro rock is huge. You can see some people at the top.
Sierra, in Spanish, means saw and mountain, and Nevada means snow-covered.
There's no snow in this picture but the name is apt. This is the view from Moro rock.
An eagle was soaring on the updrafts as the sun went down.
A most spectacular sunset.
