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Nowadays I'm doing most of my hiking in the southern Sierras and have focused quite a bit on the Sacatar Trail Wilderness area. The trail starts down near Highway 395 in the canyon north of Little Lake Canyon and meanders south above and then into Little Lake Canyon before hitting the crest and dropping into Sacatar Canyon just east of Kennedy Meadows. It's a pretty good climb and what I did was split it into two hikes initially. I did the bottom half as a hike and then the top half as a hike. Since then I've explored the top half and surrounding areas fairly thoroughly. Abundant obsidian flakes make it clear that the area was used extensively by local Native American groups probably during the summer. I've found a few arrowheads and a couple broken spearheads. There are also some grinding rocks and sleeping circles in the area as well. Although I don't separate out the Sacatar pics from the general South Sierra pics, I have a lot of pics posted here:
South Sierra Pics
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2020-11-13, 02:35 PM
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(2020-11-13, 10:18 AM)blackturtle.us Wrote: Although I don't separate out the Sacatar pics from the general South Sierra pics, I have a lot of pics posted here:
South Sierra Pics
I really appreciate your extensive photo files and how you capture many of the trees along your way. Your closeups and attention to detail add much to your mix.
http://www.ssplants.us/SITES/SIERRAS/OCT....php?id=05
I've never seen this cool take on cement works. Do you think they were being artistic or just practical by using the license plates as forms/moldings for the concrete pour?
BTW - I for am very pleased to see you posting on this new forum.
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(2020-11-13, 02:35 PM)DeathValleyDazed Wrote: (2020-11-13, 10:18 AM)blackturtle.us Wrote: Although I don't separate out the Sacatar pics from the general South Sierra pics, I have a lot of pics posted here:
South Sierra Pics
I really appreciate your extensive photo files and how you capture many of the trees along your way. Your closeups and attention to detail add much to your mix.
http://www.ssplants.us/SITES/SIERRAS/OCT....php?id=05
I've never seen this cool take on cement works. Do you think they were being artistic or just practical by using the license plates as forms/moldings for the concrete pour?
BTW - I for am very pleased to see you posting on this new forum.
That cabin is just over the ridge from my house here in KM. It's a mile and a half or so walk to get to it. That's also where the outhouse in the video is located. Another pic shows the hole before the outhouse was installed. I'm not sure who did it, but I hiked by there on a Saturday and there was no outhouse, just a hole. I came by the next day and there was the new outhouse. The "Stone Cabin" is on BLM land and apparently someone has adopted it. The game camera in the video is a little over a mile up the canyon from the cabin. You can see it all in my most recent YT vid:
https://youtu.be/TM6yRShqo6E
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(2020-11-13, 02:35 PM)DeathValleyDazed Wrote: (2020-11-13, 10:18 AM)blackturtle.us Wrote: Although I don't separate out the Sacatar pics from the general South Sierra pics, I have a lot of pics posted here:
South Sierra Pics
I really appreciate your extensive photo files and how you capture many of the trees along your way. Your closeups and attention to detail add much to your mix.
http://www.ssplants.us/SITES/SIERRAS/OCT....php?id=05
I've never seen this cool take on cement works. Do you think they were being artistic or just practical by using the license plates as forms/moldings for the concrete pour?
BTW - I for am very pleased to see you posting on this new forum.
Seconded! Its great to have you here!
