The Coconut Palm

My friend Kevin at a remote Eastern Sierra lake.  This lake has the most surreal water color of any I've ever seen.

My friend Wes at the lower pool of Corlieu Falls along Lewis Creek, a few miles north of Oakhurst, California.  December 2, 2023.

Last light on Trail of the Sequoias, a lightly-used path that meanders past Log Meadow into the less-visited depths of the Giant Forest.

The barren summit of 11,204-foot Alta Peak beckoning shortly after crossing the last straggling trees that cling to these upper slopes.  Smo...

 My friend Wes in the presence of giants at Log Meadow, Sequoia National Park.  August 2023.

 California poppies in bloom along the Paradise Creek Trail in Sequoia National Park, as seen earlier this spring (late April, 2023).  What ...

Standing in the silent strength of the Giant Forest.  These trees have done well this year, being watered deeply by a record-breaking winter...

Giant sequoias along the Congress Trail in Sequoia National Park, March 2022.

California Nights , originally uploaded by ParsecTraveller . I'm back in Southern California. Last night I spotted clouds in the west, ...

Tahoe , originally uploaded by ParsecTraveller . I was standing in the water when I took this picture. With my phone on maximum brightness, ...