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Desolation Wilderness

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Tomorrow I'll be going to the Desolation Wilderness west of Lake Tahoe - my destination is Loon Lake. Water levels are very low, which is normal for this time of year - so I am not sure what I'm going to see. High winds a few weeks ago have taken much of the aspen leaves - so unless I can find some sheltered areas, I don't have much hope for fall color. A tad too early for snow, altho there may be some dusting tomorrow night.

My last Sierra trip about a month ago caught a little snow, and was a tad too early for Aspens - like any other landscape photographic exercise, subject to conditions: the combination of knowing the location, luck of the weather and timing. I was fortunate finding a couple of locations, while not what I had expected, were satisfactory on route 4 - Cascade Creek and just East of the pass. I put almost 300 miles on the vehicle one day, and didn't feel like driving that much the second, so opted for 2 locations on my way back to Felton: Sierra Railroad State Park - Jamestown, CA, Columbia Historic State Park - Columbia, CA and Knight's Ferry, CA. Some of these images have been posted at this time.

Columbia about 8am provided a nice historic location in early morning sunlight. I arrived at the Sierra Railroad around 10 where most of my shots were interiors with slow shutter speeds. I arrived at Knight's Ferry about lunchtime, where all the shots are exteriors. These 3 locations made up for the lack of exciting mountain/panorama/leafer material.

Tomorrow I'm hoping to gather some images, but perhaps find another area to visit on a regular basis.