Tahoe City, CA (Part 3) - Truckee/Tahoe February 2016

Back in February 2016, I took at trip to Truckee, CA and Lake Tahoe (both California and Nevada side). Most of the photos are of snowy winter scenery. I visited places such as Donner Lake, Tahoe City, Kings Beach, Abandoned Historical Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) Tunnels, and more. I took many photos and are here to share with you. The photos will be split over several blog posts. If you have been following me on here, you'd know there has been a ton of stuff happening in my life such as my old computer breaking down and health issues I've had to deal with. This delayed my photo processing by a very long time which is why I am only posting them now. I also did vlogs on this trip. If you are interested in viewing them, you can do so here.

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The photos for today are from day 2 of my trip and were taken on 2/20/2016. After visiting Donner Lake in Truckee, CA, I headed towards Lake Tahoe. The photos for today are from Tahoe City, CA. You will see winter scenery photos of snow, Commons Beach, Lake Tahoe, and Tahoe City Marina.

While on the drive from Donner Lake to Lake Tahoe, I pulled out at a turnout to get a photo of Truckee River. This is already considered to be in Tahoe City, CA on Google Maps. This is shot on the side of SR-89 near the Truckee River Bike Trail. I slipped and fell trying to get down from the turnout to get this photo. I lost my lens cap somewhere here I think... By the time I got to Lake Tahoe, I noticed I didn't have my lens cap on my lens and it wasn't in my pocket either... What luck! I did order replacements from eBay later that day though. I'm guessing no one found that lens cap because I had my phone number and email written on it. Another guess is maybe they kept it as a souvenir from the all famous Sunny Wu. Just joking around, I'm not that much of a celebrity. :)

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 10 27 N 120 11 23 W 

Black and white process of the photo above. 

Another photo of the Truckee River shot from almost the same spot as the photo above facing the other direction. 

 Black and white process of the photo above.

Now I arrive at Commons Beach in Tahoe City, CA. This is a photo shot towards Lake Tahoe and Tahoe City Marina. As you can see, the entire beach is covered by a thick layer of snow. It was very hard walking through it. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 10 15 N 120 08 24 W 

Black and white process of the photo above. 

Another photo of Lake Tahoe shot from Commons Beach in Tahoe City, CA. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 10 15 N 120 08 24 W 

 Black and white process of the photo above.

A photo of Commons Beach. The footprints in the snow are mine. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 10 14 N 120 08 24 W 

Black and white process of the photo above. 

A photo of Tahoe City Marina as seen from Commons Beach. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 10 15 N 120 08 24 W 

 Black and white process of the photo above.

A photo of Lake Tahoe shot from Tahoe City Marina.  

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 10 15 N 120 08 14 W

Black and white process of the photo above. 

The photo of the docks and boats at Tahoe City Marina. Had some awesome clouds in the sky that day. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 10 15 N 120 08 14 W 

 Black and white process of the photo above.

Another photo of Lake Tahoe shot from Tahoe City Marina. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 10 16 N 120 08 09 W 

Black and white process of the photo above. 

A photo of Tahoe City Marina. I liked the door and sign design. 

Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 10 17 N 120 08 17 W 

Black and white process of the photo above.

This is all the photos for today! I hope you have enjoyed the photos! In the next blog post I will have photos of Agate Bay in Lake Tahoe shot from Kings Beach, CA. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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Father Crowley Point/Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes - Death Valley National Park (Part 4)

At the end of November last year (2012), I took a trip to Death Valley National Park. This is the second trip there in my life. The 1st time I went, I was still a little kid, and I didn't start taking photos yet. This time, I have a pro camera and I am ready to shoot the scenery. Death Valley National Park is known for its "out of this world" scenery, UFO sightings, and many other things. The desert is a very mysterious and beautiful place. In this chain of blog posts, I will be showing you mainly photos of Death Valley National Park, but also photos from surrounding areas like The Mojave Desert, Alabama Hills, and Rhyolite Ghost Town. I have picked out over 400 photos from my trip to show you guys and I will be dividing them into many blog posts. Unlike blog  post chains before, I obviously can't put a link of ever blog post on every single blog post, so instead, I will do the same thing I did for my Yellowstone National Park photos before, by sticking a link of the Next and Previous post on each blog post instead.

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Message from the Photographer: Happy Chinese New Year people! 新年快乐！恭喜发财，红包拿来！:P For those of you who can't read Chinese, it says: Happy New Years! Gong Hay Fat Choy, Bring me red envelope. Anyways, so I had guests over yesterday to celebrate so I didn't find much time to write up a blog post, plus I got 2 tests coming up in class so I have to really start reviewing. But before I do, here is a blog post for you people since I didn't post yesterday.

Today I have the rest of the photos from Father Crowley Point, photos from Mesquite Dunes, and a few photos I shot on the road to Scotty's Castle. I will not begin my Scotty's Castle photos until next time. Hope you enjoy.

There are a lot of abandoned mineral minds in Death Valley National Park. Look at the red dirt on the ground. Must be full of minerals.  

Father Crowley Point 

 Father Crowley Point

A shot of the highway in Death Valley National Park as I head to Mesquite Dunes.  

Here is Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes! What a lot of people think the desert is. Just filled with sand. Lots and lots of sand. But this is only part of the desert. 

 Here is a panorama at Mesquite Dunes. The lighting changed dramatically (due to the clouds moving) when I shot this so the colors ended up a little bit awkward when I combined them. 

 More Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes.

I wanted to get a low angle shot of the place. Got a bit too low I guess. The front part of the sand is blurred out.  

Vegetation in the desert. Even in the sand.  

More vegetation in the desert.  

Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes

Animal foot prints in the desert sand.  The desert is full of life. 

On the drive to Scotty's Castle. I didn't take my photos on the route because I was a bit late! Trying to get there before the last tour of the day! LOL I got there in time by the way. :) First time when I went to Death Valley National Park (when I was still a kid) we didn't know the closing time for Scotty's Castle. We got there when it was dark and the ranger was like we are closed. HAHA I was happy I got a tour this time. 

Another shot of the highway. 

These are all the photos for today! I hope you have enjoyed viewing them! Like I said last time, I have 70 photos from Scotty's Castle, so I will begin those immediately next time. It will span over several parts. I hope you have enjoyed these shots for today. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Google+. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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