California
When Is The Best Time To Visit Bodie State Historic Park?
I was asked this question earlier today, and the more I thought of it, the more great times to visit…
Death Valley Wildflowers, Rainfall and Super Blooms
So called "super bloom" years make it easy to find wildflowers in Death Valley, but they're difficult to predict. A…
Death Valley “Adventure Series” Trip March/April 2022
Spring 2022 is shaping up to be a very busy year in Death Valley, like many national parks in recent…
Mono Basin Dark Sky Preserved by Failure of Tioga Inn Apartment Project
The proposed apartment complex overlooking Mono Lake failed to get Board of Supervisors approval earlier this week. It will not…
The Mono Lake 2021 Calendar is Now Available!
The Mono Lake Committee's annual calendar is better than ever for 2021. I'm entirely biased though, because they put one…
Slink Fire Update
The Slink Fire left Slinkard Valley yesterday and came over the hills to burn above the towns of Coleville and…
Bodie – Nevada Ghost Town Night Photography Workshop
It was a busy schedule with Yosemite for practice, then Bodie and multiple mining areas in Nevada to explore, but…
Light Pollution By Mono Lake On Track To Increase
Light pollution is increasingly confirmed as negatively affecting human health, the health of various animal, insect and plant species, and…
Bodie 2021 Calendar Images Selected
The Bodie Foundation has announced the images for their 2021 calendar on their Facebook page. Selected for the September image…
February Workshop in Death Valley
With the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) ocean heat and weather pattern close to "on" since spring 2019, there was…