Category: California
The Rocky Mountains Compared to the Sierra Nevada Mountains
This comprehensive guide compares the two mountain ranges in size, location, historical and cultural influence, and the present condition and future outlook of human impacts. Physical Comparison Length Width Highest Peak Sierra Nevadas 400 miles 40-80 miles 14,505 Mt Whitney Rocky Mountains 3000 miles 300 miles 14,440 Mt Elbert About the Author Gloria worked as…
Truckee, California: Why Are There So Many Lost Dogs
After a week long road trip with no lost dogs in site except for a rogue mouse in my engine, we arrived in Truckee, north of Lake Tahoe California. It’s beautiful, forested, dense, humid, leaks water everywhere, and seems to have a lot of… lost dogs? I’m not sure if this happens everywhere and people…
Living Seasonally in Truckee, California
Arriving We arrived in Truckee in late May after road tripping from Denver Colorado to the west. We pulled into the small railroad town after driving up a mountain pass from the deserts of Nevada. Truckee sits north of Lake Tahoe surrounded by mountain passes on all sides to get to it. It’s nestled between…