Saturday, July 9, 2011

Brown's Peony north of Lake Tahoe

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Brown's  peony ( Paeonia brownii ) is a flowering plant of western North America, therefore also called western peony . This plant g...
Friday, July 8, 2011

Martis Peak Fire Lookout

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A visit to Martis Peak Lookout is suggested as a sidetrip in Tim Hauserman's Tahoe Rim Trail book [1] and as Trip 1 of the North Tahoe ...
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

A blue-belly's blue belly

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The western fence lizard ( Sceloporus occidentalis ) lives in almost every part of California and Nevada and in certain areas of the neigh...
Tuesday, July 5, 2011

The Red House in Franktown Creek

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The Red House is located in the Carson Range in Nevada, where the flume crosses Franktown Creek [1]: mountain bikers typically climb up to...
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Sunday, July 3, 2011

Hobart Reservoir in the Carson Range

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The Hobart Reservoir is located in the Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park between Carson City and Marlette Lake. This is a fishing lake (rainbow, ...
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Saturday, July 2, 2011

“Ghost of a Sawmill” next to the trail from Hobart Road to Hobart Reservoir

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What looks like a failed construction of an early submarine placed in a pine and fir forest, is called “Ghost of a Sawmill.”  This over-hund...
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Sunday, June 19, 2011

From Curtz Lake down to the River: Carson River Trail

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The Carson River Trail is a hiking trail in the Indian Creek Recreation Lands between the East and West Fork of the Carson River in Califor...