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Posted: 17 Oct 2017

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The "back road" to the park

The "back road" to the park
It became a rough gravel road after about two miles of paving, or, I should say it was really a ROCK road. Since it was too rough to drive on with a normal car, I turned back and went to the main highway. The following few photos are on the pleasant paved part, with many kinds of trees, just not the redwoods, yet.

Smiley Derleth, tiabunna, Edward Bowthorpe, Pano ☼ Rapi ♫✯♫ have particularly liked this photo

12 comments - The latest ones
 Pat Del
Pat Del club
Certainly a great park !
6 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Pat Del club
It is! Thank you, Patrick!
6 years ago.
 Edward Bowthorpe
Edward Bowthorpe
Great photograph Diane,eddie,
6 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to Edward Bowthorpe
Many thanks, Eddie.
6 years ago.
 slgwv
slgwv club
My kinda road! ;) Smith Valley, about 50 miles southeast of me, is named for Jed Smith.
6 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to slgwv club
Oh, really? I need to look him up, I've kind of forgotten what he was about.
6 years ago.
slgwv club has replied to Diane Putnam club
He was one of the early explorers/mountain men/trappers, right up there with the likes of Jim Bridger and Kit Carson. IIRC he was the first Euro-American in what's now Nevada, and was killed in an Indian fight at the ripe old age of ca. 30. He got around a lot in his short life!

PS: And according to Wikipedia, my memory wasn't too bad! ;)
6 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to slgwv club
Hey, you did WAY better than I would have. I would have said, "Oh, he drove his wagon from the east to Oregon and so on and so forth." Yep, those were the days of non-stop action and then you die.
6 years ago.
 LutzP
LutzP club
reminds me on this: Entering Death Valley the unusual way via Hunter Mountain Pass Road, March 1980 (075°)

...we didn't give up!!
6 years ago.
Diane Putnam club has replied to LutzP club
I see what you mean! Whoever spread the gravel on this road used the wrong kind.
6 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
A super set of images Diane..........what an experience to walk close to those magnificent trees. Thanks for sharing.
6 years ago.
 Diane Putnam
Diane Putnam club
It always is, Keith. Thank you!
6 years ago.

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