30 May 2018 Sagehen

IMG 1927 check in to the Truckee River Watershed Council Donor breakfast IMG 1929 at the Ritz-Carlton halfway up Northstar IMG 1931 pitching TRWC activities to the assembled monied class IMG 1932 the massive central fireplace channels 1930's WPA structures
IMG 1934 stacks of firewood in Sagehen Basin IMG 1935 disturbed for probably 130 years IMG 1936 still it persists on the landscape IMG 1937 searching for a foundation we swore we could see on Google Earth; I think it was an illusion
IMG 1938 Phlox IMG 1939 Frank carving up an orange for lunch IMG 1940 with Faerthen near the top of the Basin IMG 1941 an eight bin RFID activated chick-a-dee feeder: research
IMG 1945 Even after a poor winter, still snow up there IMG 1947 Red fir and Faerthen IMG 1948 sun cups in soft snow IMG 1949 the headwaters of Sagehen Creek
IMG 1951 tree well IMG 1952 melt pond/meadow IMG 1953 on our way down IMG 1954 proto-lenticular clouds above the Crest