Over the last week or so, we have been slowly starting to explore the trails here in the Galena Creek Regional Park and the Mount Rose Wilderness. We enjoyed hiking the popular 9.2 mile Jones Whites Creek Loop trail last week, and yesterday after completing a First Aid and CPR course that lasted until about 3:30, we headed out for another long hike, starting up into the mountains at about 4:30pm on a hike out (and up) to Church's Pond along the Jones Creek and Church's Pond trails.
The weather here is consistently pleasant, sunny, dry and often with a pleasant breeze at the higher elevations. It is light until almost 9pm, so we had plenty of time to get the 3 hour hike in before dark. Here are some photos to give you a taste of our new environment. The first group of photos were taken on the short hiking path just behind the visitor center that we work at. The second group were taken yesterday afternoon/evening on our 3 hour hike out to Church's Pond.
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| Trail head just behind the Galena Creek Visitor Center |
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| The trails are pretty, but dry and dusty here in June |
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This piney landscape also has pockets of Aspen trees that rustle softly in the breeze.
In this photo, they are growing around a dry creek, under and around this walking bridge. |
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One of the giant pine cones from the tall Jeffrey Pines
that abound at this elevation in the Sierra Nevada's |
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| Church's Pond, nestled in the Mt. Rose Wilderness at about 8200 ft elevation |
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