by Susan Bancroft | May 8, 2018 | Blog, Hiking, Photography
North Table Mountain Ecological Preserve For a few months of the year, there’s a flat vista rising about 300 feet above Oroville that offers up an intriguing, if short-lived, natural show I find completely irresistible: acres of rugged volcanic basalt rock covered in...
by Susan Bancroft | Jan 15, 2018 | Hiking, Photography
Let me start out by saying this post is a little nerdy. Nerdy, but fun. Maybe even practical. I have a few Mamiya 645 lenses sitting in the cabinet and seeing as there are adapters for mounting almost any lens on almost any body, I bought one to use these large...
by Susan Bancroft | Jan 1, 2018 | Geology, Hiking, Photography, Sierra
The desk clerk said “Monday and Tuesday nights are good nights to stay. The rooms are quiet. There’s no Karaoke in the bar on Monday and Tuesday nights..” I’m guessing that’s a good tip, in a sideways kind of way. I had thought about a trip to...
by Susan Bancroft | Dec 9, 2017 | Geology, Sierra
I’ve had the bug to get back over to the Long Valley Caldera along the eastern Sierra region since I drove through the area a few years ago. On that day, it was a cool June morning. I was heading North on US 395, eastern Sierra on the left, and over to the right I...
by Susan Bancroft | Dec 1, 2017 | Geology, Hiking, Sierra
I’ve wanted to see some alpine lakes in the California Sierra for quite some time but always assumed that would require some serious backpacking and probably a sobering elevation workout to enjoy a classic view of blue water bordered by bold granite features. You know...