This year’s calendar is photographs of Mineral King from the odd and beautiful summer of 2023. “Odd” because the damaged road limited access to only a handful of intrepid cabin folks, but not the public. (Stay safe, all y’all, but you cabin folks are on your own.) “Beautiful” because the winter had been phenomenal, with […]
Mellow in Mineral King
Mineral King over the Fourth
Second New Commission (or The Green Tunnel)
White Chief
Are you ready to see some Mineral King footage that isn’t a road report or a show/sale report? We had the pleasure of hiking to White Chief with Hiking Buddy and The Farmer on Sunday, July 1. Someone moved White Chief farther away than last year. They also tilted the trail to a steeper angle. […]
More Mineral King
There are always trade-offs in life. Tomorrow you get to see which wildflowers were in bloom in Mineral King last week.
One Last Peek at Mineral King For the Fall
Trail Guy and our friend went to Mineral King one last time. They closed the Honeymoon Cabin, which serves as a museum for the Mineral King Preservation Society, did a few final chores at our cabin, and took a walk. I stayed home and finished a pencil commission, which I cannot show you because the […]
Closing the Cabin in Mineral King
We usually choose a weekend in the middle of October to close our cabin for the season. The date is not weather based, but instead it is based on what fits our schedule, that of our neighbors, and how badly we just want to put away our duffle bags for the year and STAY HOME. […]
Fall Has Begun in Mineral King
These photos are a little over a week old, so the colors are probably better now, unless the rain knocked all the colored leaves off the trees.
New Book Coming!
Friday’s post left you with a teaser. . . new book coming! Wildflowers of Mineral King: Common Names is in progress. This has been a 2 year process of gathering photos and names. I’ve struggled through many boring white flowers and a zillion yellow ones that all look alike. I’ve gone a little nutso over blue […]