Happy Birthday, Melissa! 1.Tales of TB, available at the BookBaby Bookshop, got a publicity boost by one of the few remaining newspapers in the area. OF COURSE I THINK YOU SHOULD BUY A COPY! (But go to the BookBaby link because Amazon always says “temporarily out of stock”.) 2. A gift shop at Hume Lake […]
Meandering and Socializing in Mineral King
Mineral King is very social for this pair of introverts, Mr. and Mrs. Trail Guy. This is how it goes: any trail we walk includes running into people we know. Sometimes we run into people we know in the parking lot, then other people are waiting for us back at the cabin when we’ve been […]
White Chief Again, continued
Yesterday’s post was stopped when my friend and I crossed the creek in the middle part of White Chief canyon. It’s been awhile since I’ve gone further than this, but my friend was very interested in seeing the mining tunnel. We didn’t go inside, and we didn’t go a whole lot farther because we were […]
White Chief Again
White Chief is our favorite destination in Mineral King. Most people want to go to a lake, and they are welcome to struggle to Eagle up that lousy trail. We’ll wave goodbye as they turn that direction, and then head up the steeper but shorter trail to White Chief. It’s hard to calculate the distance, […]
All About Mineral King
This time of year I spend lots of time in Mineral King, AKA The Land of No Electricity or Internet (unless you have StarLink, which we do not). So, my posts might be a bit erratic. Today’s post is simply photos from a walk down the road to Cold Springs Campground (now open after several […]
Busy Weekend in Mineral King
Sometimes I need to leave Mineral King for the peacefulness of Three Rivers. MK is a very social place, and although I have decent social skills (please allow me this illusion), I am an introvert who needs a copious amount of solitude. The hazard tree crew has been working in our neighborhood. I love the […]
Mineral King, Just a Few Photos
Today’s post is just a handful of photos in Mineral King. I recently went to Hume Lake instead of Mineral King but understand that my audience prefers seeing and reading about Mineral King. No offense to Hume Lake people—just accepting the identity of my blog readers. The first best summer of my life was 1978 […]
A Day with Oil Paint
There really are only so many potential titles to a repetitive blog topic. This could be “A Day at the Easels”, but I chose to paint flat on the table, or holding the canvas in my hand. It could be “A Day with an Audio Book”, but then I’d have to make a book report. […]
Your Central California Artist Walked to White Chief
Walked? Hiked! I carried a daypack with water and lunch, so I’m calling it a hike. So what, who cares? I went 7 miles on my numb feet, that’s what. Yea! I can still hike (maybe not far, but I’ll take what I can get here.) Let’s just have photos, with minimal commentary and zero […]
Hanging Out in Mineral King
Because yesterday was Independence Day, today’s post is a bonus. I wouldn’t want anyone to miss out on a weekly Mineral King update! “Hanging out” has ceased to be slang; what terminology did people use before this? We don’t hike a lot anymore. Bum knee, numb feet. Walking is good enough for now. We headed […]