Pretty things right in camp

After almost a week in Cedar Grove, we moved back "up top" to Grant Grove. The first morning we were up there, I enjoyed taking pictures of the meadow right next to our camp site.

Groundsel past its prime:



A bumble bee out collecting pollen:



Corn Lily flowers in the sun:



We joked that this squirrel was being paid to sit there and look photogenic. He was so cute. My telephoto didn't really zoom close enough to really get a good closeup.



My dad got a great shot with his lens, however, did an amazing job. Look at this!

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Cedar Grove, Part 1

Every year we go camping in Kings Canyon. I have been going since I was a baby. It doesn't matter how many times I have been there, I am still in awe of how beautiful it is. I can see why Ansel Adams spent so much of his career in Yosemite. I think I could photograph Kings Canyon for decades and never be bored.

The first half of our camping trip was spent down in the canyon in Cedar Grove. I got up early one morning to take pictures in Zumwalt Meadow.





I love this flower. It is called a Sneezeweed... what a name.



I wanted to stay longer but about 1,000 mosquitoes mistook me for breakfast so I decided to go. We also got a chance to go on a hike to the site of an old camp and mine that is near the road's end. There is not a lot left of the camp but there is a historic trash pile.



There is also the remains of the cabin the last owner of the camp lived in. I think I'd prefer a tent.



The view of the canyon from the mine was impressive.

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Early July

It seems like we were all over in July. When we weren't away from home, we had family visiting us. Opportunities for photographs were non-stop. Here are several from early July.

Getty Villa in Malibu:





Sweet Spring Nature Preserve:







Montaña De Oro:

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