Sierra Valley by auntietk
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Description
For those of you who need to know where this is:
East side of the Sierra, just north of Bishop, looking across a place called Round Valley off Highway 395.
October, 2013
It looks like this might be a good way through the mountains, but it isn't. It's country like this that makes you think about covered wagons and the Oregon Trail.
Yosemite is a ways to the north, and Tehachapi Pass is pretty far to the south. Between Tehachapi and Yosemite is a whole lot of nothing, as roads go. There's an impenetrable wall of mountains, even today, for the more than 200 miles between Lee Vining, where you can cross at Yosemite, and Mojave, California, where you can pick up Highway 58 across Tehachapi.
Comments (28)
wysiwig
Beautiful but rugged and unforgiving country which brought a lot of sorrow to a lot of people. Glad you had the RV.
Faemike55
Wonderful view there were some very hardy and determined men, women and children.
jayfar
The image is beautiful but not the place to run out of gas !!
Juliette.Gribnau
what a beautiful country you live in !
awjay
super place and shot
Katraz
Lovely landscape.
kaward
A truly beautiful place, expertly captured too!
durleybeachbum
Such glorious colours!
giulband
Very beautiful photo, perfectly taken and composed, beautiful landscape too !!!!
Richardphotos
been there and enjoyed the drive. beautiful place
FredNunes
Rich blue sky.... a fantastic image!
bugsnouveau
Wonderfully composed... gorgeous scene!!!!!!
EyeOfTheBeholder
Beautiful shot,nice composition and exposure.
photosynthesis
I've been on that road a few times, but many years ago. You've caught the expanse of scrub & weeds with the majestic snow-capped mountains behind it in magnificent fashion - an awesome shot...
X-PaX
Beautiful capture. Well done.
bmac62
Ditto Claude. That was some high country! I kept looking for Clint Eastwood to come "drifting through." :-)
RodS Online Now!
A breathtaking photo of this magnificent place, Tara! It's good to see there are still some places where progress hasn't encroached on its primal beauty.
jocko500
very .lovely
bodo_56
An overwhelming view on this beautiful landscape! A brillant shot!
SunriseGirl
As always I am behind on commenting so it has all been said by others...but, I agree with their remarks and I love this photo.
kgb224
Stunning capture Tara. God bless.
CavalierLady
Stunning vista, Tara! So beautiful and I am a tad jealous. But then I can live vicariously through your images. :)
MrsRatbag
This is a beautiful view of the big empty; I've only been to Yosemite once, but I've been through Tehachapi more times than I can count, hot and dry in summer and dangerously icy in winter. I often wonder how the wagon trains found their way through the mountains too, very easy to make a deadly mistake!
helanker
WOOW! It looks absolutely fantastic, Tara. A wonderful shot !
moochagoo
Love those wonderful landscapes. This is America for me.
beachzz
I know right where this is; spent some time at Mammoth back in the day and even went to the town of Tehachapi years ago. It is pretty desolate country; not somewhere you'd want to break down or get lost. I always wonder about those brave souls in their covered wagons---taking their whole families and making that huge trip to find a better place--wow!!
irisinthespring
Marvelous capture!
KarmaSong
This is a photo I've come to watch several times in your gallery, but don't let on ;-) ... It is a superb capture that makes me even more willing to come back and visit your country's Far West and its national parks one more time.