I went to Region 5 of the Forest Service's Wilderness Ranger Academy held in Lee Vining June 8-11. I left on Monday after work and ran into four bear jams in Yosemite just before dusk. In this photo, there is a bear in the meadow, in the middle of that group of snags near the center of the photo.
There is still a lot of snow in Tuolumne Meadows:
We camped at Moraine campground in Lee Vining canyon. Nice views of the canyon but man was it windy. The first night was not so bad, the second night I got up to stake my tent about six times, since the wind kept ripping the stakes out of the ground, and the third night I slept in the Prius so I could sleep for more than 5 minutes at a time.
On Tuesday, for the afternoon session, I went to a presentation about pack and saddle stock use at the historic Dechambeau ranch, the only one left of many ranches surrounding Mono Lake that served the mining communities in the area. The ranch was active until the 1930s, and was acquired by the Inyo National Forest in a land swap deal. The house, barn, and many outbuildings are still there but are closed to the public and in need of restoration. The house:
Lee Roeser, the packer for the Inyo National Forest and teacher at the seminar said that this building was a small slaughterhouse, and the wheel on the roof was used to dress the slaughtered cattle.
On Wednesday, lenticular clouds over Mono Lake:
On Wednesday, for the afternoon session, I went to a seminar on campsite restoration at a car-camping campground on Lee Vining creek that the Forest Service was closing. Lee Vining creek next to the campsite we restored:
Tioga lake on my way home Thursday:
The Merced River was running at flood stage, so I took a side trip to Yosemite Valley to see it. This area burned in the Big Meadows fire, the controlled-burn-that-got-out-of-control, last year:
Quiz time: what flower is this?
Swinging Bridge over the Merced River in Yosemite Valley:
There is still a lot of snow in Tuolumne Meadows:
We camped at Moraine campground in Lee Vining canyon. Nice views of the canyon but man was it windy. The first night was not so bad, the second night I got up to stake my tent about six times, since the wind kept ripping the stakes out of the ground, and the third night I slept in the Prius so I could sleep for more than 5 minutes at a time.
On Tuesday, for the afternoon session, I went to a presentation about pack and saddle stock use at the historic Dechambeau ranch, the only one left of many ranches surrounding Mono Lake that served the mining communities in the area. The ranch was active until the 1930s, and was acquired by the Inyo National Forest in a land swap deal. The house, barn, and many outbuildings are still there but are closed to the public and in need of restoration. The house:
Lee Roeser, the packer for the Inyo National Forest and teacher at the seminar said that this building was a small slaughterhouse, and the wheel on the roof was used to dress the slaughtered cattle.
On Wednesday, lenticular clouds over Mono Lake:
On Wednesday, for the afternoon session, I went to a seminar on campsite restoration at a car-camping campground on Lee Vining creek that the Forest Service was closing. Lee Vining creek next to the campsite we restored:
Tioga lake on my way home Thursday:
The Merced River was running at flood stage, so I took a side trip to Yosemite Valley to see it. This area burned in the Big Meadows fire, the controlled-burn-that-got-out-of-control, last year:
Quiz time: what flower is this?
Swinging Bridge over the Merced River in Yosemite Valley:
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