PG hasn’t posted any photos recently.
This one was taken a little way into the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California before the peaks become really high. Evidently, it’s been a wet spring because this much green is unusual for the location.
Sierra Nevadas
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Beautiful picture, but somehow not this foreigner’s image of the USA, softer and greener than I expect (though I realise it’s foolish to react this way given your size and the range of your environments).
There really is life west of the Hudson and east of the San Fernando valley, regardless of what the mass media would have you believe. 😉
True, but I’ve probably watched too many westerns and visited too many places like the grand canyon so my image is for harsher, browner and drier.
Next time, try the Cascades or the Smokies. The Ozarks. The Carolinas. Most anywherd in spring.
Just bear in mind most of those regions are essentially untamed once you venture off the beaten path. (No millennia of armies trampling back and forth.)
Even the view from the interstates is humbling. Big country, small species.
One reason the southwest is so touristworthy is because it is so different from the bulk of the continent:
https://swimmingthedepths.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/smoky-mountains-fall-colors.jpg
There are definitely some green areas in the Sierra Nevadas, Mike, particularly in spring and on the Western slope (wetter) side of the mountains.
Sigh. A glimpse of home. Thank you!
You’re welcome, Deb.