North Coast

Gold Bluffs Beach

Maybe instead of heading up to the Sierra right away, we should go north into Humboldt and Del Norte counties. It would be a slam-dunk if the campgrounds were open.

Fern Canyon

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Fern Canyon

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Gold Bluffs Beach

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Cedar Waxwing on Spruce

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Roosevelt Elk

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Avenue of the Giants

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For the Birds

I set up the cam to see if any birds were using the bath on these hot days....

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McGee Canyon

Having second thoughts about heading up to the High Sierra this early, I went poking around my photo files to get an idea of what I'd encountered in June in other years and found these oldies but goodies from a hike up McGee Canyon almost thirty years ago.

Sky Pilot

Columbine

Paintbrush

Sun Cups

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