Tim,
Coalinga is close yes!
Along the 5 runs several power lines and a substation is not far from
Coalinga. Thank you for the interesting spots. I guess the last two is
on my short list, as they are a bit closer than the others.
/ Johan
1 okt 2009 kl. 12.12 skrev Tim Hughes:
> Johan,
> If you truly are half way between SF and LA on the 5, you
> would probably be little south of Coalinga? Coalinga is wired
> up like crazy, for the next big earthquake there , which is somewhat
> overdue!
>
> Yosemite and Kings Canyon are within striking distance, especially
> for two seperate weekend trips. There are other nice forest areas
> accessible by roads to pumped storage dams etc in the southern
> Sierras, but not quite as spectacular.
>
> A long drive from there, but really nice and photogenic is Joshua
> Tree, which is inland from LA, but you would drive to Bakersfield
> and skirt around avoiding LA. It is 8~9hr drive from the Bay Area,
> so maybe 6hrs from where you would be.
>
> Two other places not too far distant are: Los padres forest in the
> coastal range, specifically Arroyo Seco park (off HWY 101 near
> Greenfield) which is very,very nice river hiking/swimming if you
> like the outdoors. The second is pinnacles national monument, dry
> but very nice hiking and pleasant rock climbing if you like that.
> To get to those 2 places, may take longer than it looks on the map,
> because of the secondary roads needed, to get over from the 5.
>
> Tim Hughes
>
>
> --- On Wed, 9/30/09, Jeff Keller <om-list@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Jeff Keller <om-list@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [OM] Trip to California
> To: "'Olympus Camera Discussion'" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 6:08 PM
>
> If you are traveling soon your timing probably isn't very good.
> Towards LA
> there are some very nice springtime flower spots. I've seen fantastic
> springtime photos from Gorman. (similar to
> http://www.desertusa.com/wildflo/ca.html )
>
> The California Poppy Preserve is surely far from its peak and located
> significantly east of 5 but ...
> http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=627
>
> There are good migratory bird spots out in the central valley but
> you're too
> early. Gray Lodge which is too far north is pretty unattractive most
> of the
> year but when the geese are there it can be pretty amazing.
> http://www.dfg.ca.gov/lands/wa/region2/graylodge/index.html
>
> I headed south a couple years ago to check out some of the wildlife
> areas
> near Los Banos hoping they would be like Gray Lodge. My timing was
> off and
> it was very disappointing. At the right time of the right year many
> of the
> wildlife areas can be very worthwhile but otherwise about as
> attractive as
> semi-abandoned farm land.
>
> The DFG website at http://www.dfg.ca.gov/lands/wa/index.html will
> give you
> some names of places to look up.
>
> Guessing from your comments you'll be in Kern County
> http://www.parks.ca.gov/parkindex/results.asp?searchtype=4&county_id=15&sear
> chtext=Kern
> or Fresno County (which only has Millerton Lake listed under state
> parks so
> maybe street photography?)
> http://www.parks.ca.gov/parkindex/results.asp?searchtype=4&county_id=10&sear
> chtext=Fresno
>
> Your trip is probably too early for fall colors nor does California
> come to
> mind when you think fall colors.
> http://www.calphoto.com/fall.htm
>
> In addition to Jim's mention of Yosemite, King's Canyon is good
> whenever you
> can get into it. It doesn't take much hiking to get high into the
> Sierras.
> But "not far or reasonable drive" by California standards often
> includes a
> 200 mile radius. ;-)
>
> Jeff Keller
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Johan Malmström [mailto:jmalmstrom@xxxxxxx]
>
> So I guess I'm back in the loop after standing aside for 8 months.
> Seems like I'm going to California, half way between LA and SF along
> the Interstate 5 is nothing and that is where I'm wanted.
>
> Anybody in the region? Any thing to see? Birding spots maybe?
>
> / Johan
>
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