We went walking up the Mineral King valley in search of brilliant fall color. This was easy to find, so many yellows, but of course we wanted oranges and reds too. The cottonwoods are yellow; it is the aspen which turn orange and red, so for stronger colors one must walk farther up the trail […]
Mineral King Fall Meanderings
Today is just photos of a fall afternoon in mid-October in Mineral King. Tomorrow, a walk up to Franklin Creek, the final Mineral King report for the year.
Mineral King’s Nature Trail
If you read my posts last week, you saw the variety of fall color in Mineral King from year to year. This week I will show you all 2025, mid-October. Not much chit-chat, just some photos. Today is a walk up the Nature Trail, which originates at the upper end of Cold Springs campground. The […]
More Mineral King in October
The photos from Friday and these photos today were all taken within the first 2 weeks of October each year. I just arbitrarily grabbed different ones from my very extensive photo collection (34,000? maybe 36,000 now?) so you can see the variety from year to year. I did not choose my very best or think […]
Mineral King in October
I stayed home last weekend. Our cabin is a summer residence in a summer place, and I am very ready to be home for awhile. So, I went through my photo archives, and today’s post will be random October photos of Mineral King from past years. That was interesting. Let’s do a few more next […]
Random Thoughts on a Mineral King September Weekend
The weekend began with a surprise visit by a childhood friend. I knew she might be coming in the fall, but so many people tell me their potential visit dates that I don’t even try to keep track. That meant it was a wonderful surprise, and I got to spend an hour or so with […]
September in Mineral King
A recent weekend in Mineral King in photos with commentary, as usual, from your Central California artist. The hazard tree crew returned to our neighborhood. We had rain, both up and down the hill. It was overcast for a day or so after the rain. I wonder if this would make a good pencil drawing. […]
A Few Mineral King Sights
Labor Day weekend was a great time to just hang out with neighbors. We had dinners together, hiked together, did projects together, and just enjoyed these multi-generational friendships. Since I try to protect privacy on the World Wide Web, I’ll only show you photos that don’t include people. Hmmm, a taco truck in the parking […]
Another Mineral King Hike (Mosquito Lake)
My adventurous and fearless friend K consented to hike with me and Hiking Buddy, even though we are no where near her level of competence on the trails. It had been years since I’d seen Mosquito Lake, and although I doubted my ability to tolerate foot discomfort that distance, we chose to go in that […]
After the Storm (in Mineral King)
By the time you read this post, this will all seem like distant past. These photos are from the evening of K and my exciting Mineral King hike. I was pretty beat, but stumbled down to the bridge to see the muddy raging stream and to look up at Farewell Gap, with its sprinklings of […]