Camping Swanking - June 28 - July 3 - Page 3

€uroMeinke · 02-02-2007, 03:54 PM

Cool - where did you find all those?

Not Afraid · 02-02-2007, 03:55 PM

On the shared drive.

Alex · 02-02-2007, 04:18 PM

I think this link will work but if you'd like a slideshow of my general photos from the area (no campground photos) taken May 2005, here are 85 or so.

Not Afraid · 02-02-2007, 04:29 PM

Great pics, Alex. I didn't notice the date on your post and I thought it was much later than May. Things look a bit dryer than they normally do in May. Although, it does very from year to year.

JWBear · 02-02-2007, 04:31 PM

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May I present Kings Canyon (lower Canyon area)

Yeah, old pics too.

Some of those shots are prime avatar material!

Alex · 02-02-2007, 04:32 PM

Assuming the exif information in the photos is correct most of them were taken May 25 which is later in the month than I thought it had been.

It was beautiful weather (though still cold at night) but the river was still running pretty full.

Not Afraid · 02-02-2007, 04:33 PM

Oh? Dare I ask which ones were especially avatarish?

Not Afraid · 02-02-2007, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup

Assuming the exif information in the photos is correct most of them were taken May 25 which is later in the month than I thought it had been.

It was beautiful weather (though still cold at night) but the river was still running pretty full.

I've been there in August and that river is still churning. Actually, the coldest camping trip I think we've ever done was Tuolume Meadows in mid-August. That was the year they didn't even open up Tioga until July 1 due to the snow. It was 27 at night in Whilte Wolf Campgroud. We were NOT prepared. I think I bought my first polartec that trip.
Oh, that was also the trip Chris saw his first "Large Black Dog" in the forest. It was running.....fast. Luckily it was running away from us because it wasn't a dog.

Ghoulish Delight · 02-02-2007, 04:40 PM

We spent 5 days one July during which there were still large snow drifts all over the place.

Not Afraid · 02-02-2007, 04:46 PM

Yeah, that's why the higher elevations are a bit more of a crap shoot early in the year. You never know just how cold it will be. My brother said it has been unusually cold this year - and he's lived in the Sierras for 30 years.

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02-02-2007, 03:54 PM	#21
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02-02-2007, 03:55 PM	#22
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	On the shared drive.
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02-02-2007, 04:18 PM	#23
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	I think this link will work but if you'd like a slideshow of my general photos from the area (no campground photos) taken May 2005, here are 85 or so.
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02-02-2007, 04:29 PM	#24
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Great pics, Alex. I didn't notice the date on your post and I thought it was much later than May. Things look a bit dryer than they normally do in May. Although, it does very from year to year.
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02-02-2007, 04:32 PM	#26
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Assuming the exif information in the photos is correct most of them were taken May 25 which is later in the month than I thought it had been. It was beautiful weather (though still cold at night) but the river was still running pretty full.
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02-02-2007, 04:33 PM	#27
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Oh? Dare I ask which ones were especially avatarish?
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	We spent 5 days one July during which there were still large snow drifts all over the place. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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02-02-2007, 04:46 PM	#30
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	Yeah, that's why the higher elevations are a bit more of a crap shoot early in the year. You never know just how cold it will be. My brother said it has been unusually cold this year - and he's lived in the Sierras for 30 years.
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