Contributions of the group Seen from a Bicycle

Dropping into Red Canyon!

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 16:34:08 +0000

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Looking west. Red Canyon (which drops off ahead beyond the obvious break in slope into the red rock exposures) holds Utah SR 12, the main highway into Bryce Canyon National Park. (The turnoff into the park is a couple of miles behind the photo point.) UT 12 thru the canyon is paralleled by a paved bike trail, seen here, and it's a really mellow bike ride. Or at least it is if you do it in the downhill direction, with a car waiting at the lower trailhead, as we did. ;) The insets show various views along the trail. When this pic was taken the Park Service was in the process of extending the bike trail into the park, which would be a nice ride too!

flower delivery

nobody@ipernity.com (Wierd Folkersma) — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 08:05:16 +0000

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SSC: flowers

Dolores Canyon

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 15:00:01 +0000

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Colorado, south of Paradox Valley. Looking upstream (south). The petroglyphs we were trying to reach are supposed to be below those cliffs in the distance, but we were out of time--and the old Jeep trail did not prove to be practical for bicycles! In fact, it's pretty much washed out thru here, even tho Google still shows it as a "road." The partly bare shrubs along the river, to the left, are tamarisk (Tamarix spp.), which are showing the effects of the tamarisk beetle, imported to control them!

Truckee River

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Mon, 16 May 2016 13:40:33 +0000

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Looking upstream from off the Truckee River Trail in the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation, Nevada. Here the trail follows an old railroad grade that highlights the bench on the right. The Truckee has incised a channel in Pleistocene Lake Lahontan sediments in this area. Lake Lahontan was the ice-age lake that filled many of the basins in western Nevada, up to about 12K years ago.
The Truckee rises from the overflow from Lake Tahoe, in the Sierra Nevada, and ends at landlocked Pyramid Lake, flowing thru Reno, NV along the way. The Truckee River Trail is intended eventually to follow the river along its entire length, but there are still gaps at present due to landowner issues. You can buy an online parking permit from the tribe to hike or bike on the parts of the trail that are on the Rez. Just leave the permit on your dashboard.

Yakima River

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:05:58 +0000

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Iron Horse State Park trail, Washington state, USA. This is the route of the old Milwaukee Road railroad, now a hiking/biking/horse trail. Scanned from a slide. YAK-ih-mah, btw.

Lake Sammamish

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:48:38 +0000

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Separating the eastern suburbs of Seattle (Bellevue, Redmond, etc.), from points farther east. It is parallel to Lake Washington, which separates Seattle from the eastern suburbs, but much smaller. Like Lake Washington, tho, Lake Sammamish is a natural lake occupying a glacially scoured basin. Looking northwest from the East Lake Sammamish hiking/biking trail, which follows an old railroad grade. As usual map location is approximate.

Radfahren im Frühling - bicikli en printempo

nobody@ipernity.com (Elbertinum) — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 09:02:47 +0000

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Die Elbe bei dem kleinen Städtchen Rathen mit der Fähre -

Radfahren im Frühling - bicikli en printempo

nobody@ipernity.com (Elbertinum) — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 09:17:37 +0000

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Wer die Wahl hat - hat die Qual - 14 Möglichkeiten gibt es :-)

Radfahren im Frühling - bicikli en printempo

nobody@ipernity.com (Elbertinum) — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 09:44:14 +0000

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Mit dem Elektrofahrrad macht das Radfahren wieder Spaß -
ob Gegenwind oder eine Steigung - immer fährt es sich mit 'Rückenwind'
Ein junger Mann fotografiert mich - wir haben uns noch gut unterhalten -
ihn zog es ebenfalls mit seinem Elektrofahrrad in die Sächsische Schweiz -

Radfahren im Frühling - bicikli en printempo

nobody@ipernity.com (Elbertinum) — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 12:16:41 +0000

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Fahrt zur 'Bastei' - 12km von meinem Haus - durch den wildromantischen 'Kohlgrund' bei Wehlen -
ohne das Elektrofahrrad würde ich den Weg nicht schaffen - ich musste nicht absteigen aber einigemale brauchte ich den 1. Gang -
'Elbe' 110m - 'Bastei' 305m :-)
Bicikli supren al la 'Bastei' - 12km de mia domo - tra la ege romantika 'Kohlgrund' apud Wehlen -
mi ne povus veturi sen elektrikbiciklo - mi ne devis puŝi sed kelkfoje mi bezonis la unuan rapidumon -
'Elbe' 110m - 'Bastei' 305m :-)

Radfahren im Frühling - Polenztal - Märzenbecher - Bastei

nobody@ipernity.com (Elbertinum) — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 08:22:41 +0000

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Zum Abschluss ein Abstecher zur Bastei - von dieser Stelle aus werden die meisten Fotos gemacht -
ein junges chinesisches Paar macht ein Selfie :-)

Radfahren im Frühling - Polenztal - Märzenbecher - Bastei

nobody@ipernity.com (Elbertinum) — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 08:33:51 +0000

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40km sind wir nun gefahren - ein schöner Blick auf die Sächsischen Schweiz (und mich) :-)

Radfahren im Frühling - Polenztal - Märzenbecher - Bastei

nobody@ipernity.com (Elbertinum) — Fri, 20 Mar 2015 09:08:26 +0000

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Ein schöner Frühlingstag ist angebrochen - ich fahre mit Wolfgang in die Sächsische Schweiz zum Polenztal - Das Tal ist berühmt wegen seiner ausgedehnten Märzenbecher - nach 25km Fahrt bergauf und bergab sind wir angelangt - im Tal ist eine kleine Völkerwanderung - etwa 100 Autos parken oben auf einer Wiese und 3 Busse sind zu sehen - das Tal ist eben und deswegen besuchen viele ältere Leute diesen schönen Platz - auf der Südseite ist es sehr warm - etwa 25°C -
ich habe den Eindruck - dass in diesem Jahr weniger Märzenbecher blühen -

www.meinsachsen.net/poi/166/maerzenbecherbluete_auf_den_maerzenbecherwiesen_im_polenztal.html

Iron King Trail

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 07:31:09 +0000

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Prescott, Arizona, USA. A hiking/biking/horse trail along the old route of the Santa Fe, Prescott, and Phoenix Railway, originally built in the 1890s. This part is on the east side of Prescott and is part of a city park and wildlife area. Rail service to Prescott along this route was finally discontinued in 1984. The route passes thru the Granite Dells, seen here, a picturesque set of rounded granite outcrops, and along the east side of Watson Lake, a reservoir on Granite Creek.

Watson Lake

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 07:27:49 +0000

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Another view. In the Granite Dells, Prescott, Arizona, USA, off the Iron King Trail.

Watson Lake

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 07:31:38 +0000

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A reservoir on Granite Creek, Prescott, Arizona, USA, in the Granite Dells. Off the Iron King Trail, an old railroad grade that's now a popular hiking/biking/horse route. Looking west; Granite Mountain on the skyline.

Navajo Lake

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:45:37 +0000

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Utah, USA. Looking back west from the basalt flow that dams the valley. The lake is natural, and seen here during a much better water year!

only the sky is the limit

nobody@ipernity.com (Wierd Folkersma) — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 17:33:42 +0000

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NTSC: pushing the boundaries

Beaver stump

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:42:08 +0000

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Aspen gnawed off by a beaver. Burt Canyon, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. In the headwaters of the Little Walker River. This was off a mountain bike trip into the canyon up to the edge of the wilderness area, where bikes aren't allowed. As I've mentioned elsewhere, the beaver have made a big comeback since being hunted nearly to extinction by the early 19th century.

Sweetwater Creek

nobody@ipernity.com (slgwv) — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 01:17:13 +0000

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Sweetwater Mountains, just into California from Nevada.