Trip into Mokolomy River's Salt Spring area - CA Sierra Mnt.
Feb 11, 2016 17:47:06 #
I took this drive a couple years ago _ a long 45+ mi.-1 1/2 hour drive from my house on windy mountain roads but well worth it in number of interesting photo ops. Reflections were plentiful - my one and only decent Hawk capture and unusual water carved holes in granite.
Hawk posing for me
Natural water and stone ground hole in granite
Some of these round holes are 2 & 3 ft deep
Was this the heart of the Sierras
The mountains Heart is Gone
Feb 11, 2016 18:47:50 #
Colorado up at 10,200 feet is nice, but these shots make me homesick.
I do believe the spelling is: Mokuleme.
Story has it that the round holes found in the Sierras were Indian wash basins, but I also hear they ground their acorns (and what not) in these holes, so probably they were multi-purpose, depending on their proximity to the stream. Wow - 2-3 feet deep is pretty far down. . . don't think I've ever seen any that huge!
Man, you are in Pioneer.. . must be almost spring down there by now.
I do believe the spelling is: Mokuleme.
Story has it that the round holes found in the Sierras were Indian wash basins, but I also hear they ground their acorns (and what not) in these holes, so probably they were multi-purpose, depending on their proximity to the stream. Wow - 2-3 feet deep is pretty far down. . . don't think I've ever seen any that huge!
Man, you are in Pioneer.. . must be almost spring down there by now.
Feb 11, 2016 18:48:34 #
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Feb 11, 2016 19:57:44 #
Yes - you are right - spelling is NOT my forte - while typing up a long winded reply - it just vanished on me - LOL - too much info. I am a CO native from Pagosa Springs but only have been back visiting a few times as my family took me on a fantastic tour of the mining towns from Silverton, Teluride and west to Virginia City, NV then into the Gold country of CA along hwy 49 from Angles Camp to Grass Valley.
The holes I photoed are ground out naturally little by little as the spring run off comes cascading down this ravine for 4,000 ft from the ridge along hwy 88 This water is usually about 50% or less.
Now further down the elevation at about 2,000 ft there is Grinding Rock State Park which is a historical Indian settlement/village - http://www.parks.ca.gov/ImageGallery/?page_id=553
That has a lg example of the Indian grinding stone.
The holes I photoed are ground out naturally little by little as the spring run off comes cascading down this ravine for 4,000 ft from the ridge along hwy 88 This water is usually about 50% or less.
Now further down the elevation at about 2,000 ft there is Grinding Rock State Park which is a historical Indian settlement/village - http://www.parks.ca.gov/ImageGallery/?page_id=553
That has a lg example of the Indian grinding stone.
wolfiebear wrote:
Colorado up at 10,200 feet is nice, but these shot... (show quote)
Feb 11, 2016 20:47:23 #
Feb 11, 2016 20:57:54 #
I was going to say something about the holes, thinking that some must be natural phenomena too. . . .
There was a bunch of them at Camp Sierra too, where we used to go every summer. I think he ones there were definitley INdian made . . . I wonder if they got the idea from findikng some in nature . ...
Thank you so much for posting the info! :thumbup:
Way cool.
There was a bunch of them at Camp Sierra too, where we used to go every summer. I think he ones there were definitley INdian made . . . I wonder if they got the idea from findikng some in nature . ...
Thank you so much for posting the info! :thumbup:
Way cool.
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Feb 11, 2016 21:51:28 #
Could be - as you may have seen several water carved/natural bowels along the rivers here in the Sierras where the winter and spring run-off is so rampaging.
wolfiebear wrote:
I was going to say something about the holes, thinking that some must be natural phenomena too. . . .
There was a bunch of them at Camp Sierra too, where we used to go every summer. I think he ones there were definitley INdian made . . . I wonder if they got the idea from findikng some in nature . ...
Thank you so much for posting the info! :thumbup:
Way cool.
There was a bunch of them at Camp Sierra too, where we used to go every summer. I think he ones there were definitley INdian made . . . I wonder if they got the idea from findikng some in nature . ...
Thank you so much for posting the info! :thumbup:
Way cool.
Feb 12, 2016 09:40:25 #
Feb 12, 2016 10:34:54 #
Wonderful series and information. Have only been to the Sierra's one time, but that one time got a hold on me and I want to go back.
Feb 15, 2016 01:30:48 #
Harvey wrote:
I took this drive a couple years ago _ a long 45+ mi.-1 1/2 hour drive from my house on windy mountain roads but well worth it in number of interesting photo ops. Reflections were plentiful - my one and only decent Hawk capture and unusual water carved holes in granite.
Awesome shots Harvey. Impressed with the hawk, he blends in pretty good. :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Feb 15, 2016 13:21:39 #
ggiaphotos wrote:
Awesome shots Harvey. Impressed with the hawk, he blends in pretty good. :thumbup: :thumbup:
Thank you - this was a very difficult photo - it came gliding down the stream and landed directly across from me on that shaded limb - I could not see it with the naked eye it took the telephoto lens to find it and PP work in PS to bring it out in this image.
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