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My fav BARF Rally every year is the two wheel tramp-organized Weaverville HoHo Magic Rally, but this year it had to be unofficial due to Covid-19 concerns.
So, some of us attended the "outlaw," unsanctioned version, scheduled for July 24th - 26th, 2020.
As is my wont, I left five days in advance, on Monday July 20th, so I could get to Weaverville a day early after a Grand Tour of the eastern side of the Mendocino National Forest.
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Here's a Relive link to my Monday route, Lower Haight to Anthony Peak. Anthony Peak is at around 7000 feet in elevation and is four or five hours from San Francisco. The Relive vid shows I-80 east to Pleasant Valley Road to Winters and Capay and Hwy 16, Bear Valley Road, Stonyford for gas, Elk Creek to left onto Rd 308 and up to Ivory Mill Saddle and M-3 to FH-7 to right onto M-4 and left onto Forest Rt 23N60 up to the watch tower.
When I got up to Anthony Peak, there was someone else there which is unusual, in my experience. Generally have the place to myself on a week night, as the USFS rangers work the tower on a strictly 9am to 5pm basis.
My new friend's name was Brian. “This is one of the darkest places in the USA and I’m here to photograph the comet” he told me. He had four camera rigs, three for the comet and one for the Milky Way.
My campsite and tent all set up for the night, with Brian preparing one of his cameras for still shots ...
Brian taught me a lot about the incredible stars we were looking at, and promised to send me links to his time lapses of the comet and Milky Way. We also saw a bunch of shooting stars and satellites ... he was good to his word:
The twin peaks in the morning of the comet time-lapse are in the Yolla Bolly Wilderness. The time-lapse itself was over the course of the night.
The cars you can see on the right of the Milky Way time-lapse is traffic around Covelo.
We enjoyed a spectacular show from the comet and Milky Way. :gsxrgrl
Here is a link to Brian's photography website. It is worthwhile, imo, to click through to his Vimeo stuff, pretty awesome.
After waking up at 5:30am to view the sunrise, we said our goodbyes, and I was off toward Red Bluff for gasoline ...
My favorite view of Black Butte in the distance and the road to Weaverville, on the way down from Anthony Peak ... :ride
So, some of us attended the "outlaw," unsanctioned version, scheduled for July 24th - 26th, 2020.
As is my wont, I left five days in advance, on Monday July 20th, so I could get to Weaverville a day early after a Grand Tour of the eastern side of the Mendocino National Forest.
arty
Here's a Relive link to my Monday route, Lower Haight to Anthony Peak. Anthony Peak is at around 7000 feet in elevation and is four or five hours from San Francisco. The Relive vid shows I-80 east to Pleasant Valley Road to Winters and Capay and Hwy 16, Bear Valley Road, Stonyford for gas, Elk Creek to left onto Rd 308 and up to Ivory Mill Saddle and M-3 to FH-7 to right onto M-4 and left onto Forest Rt 23N60 up to the watch tower.
When I got up to Anthony Peak, there was someone else there which is unusual, in my experience. Generally have the place to myself on a week night, as the USFS rangers work the tower on a strictly 9am to 5pm basis.
My new friend's name was Brian. “This is one of the darkest places in the USA and I’m here to photograph the comet” he told me. He had four camera rigs, three for the comet and one for the Milky Way.
My campsite and tent all set up for the night, with Brian preparing one of his cameras for still shots ...
Brian taught me a lot about the incredible stars we were looking at, and promised to send me links to his time lapses of the comet and Milky Way. We also saw a bunch of shooting stars and satellites ... he was good to his word:
The twin peaks in the morning of the comet time-lapse are in the Yolla Bolly Wilderness. The time-lapse itself was over the course of the night.
The cars you can see on the right of the Milky Way time-lapse is traffic around Covelo.
We enjoyed a spectacular show from the comet and Milky Way. :gsxrgrl
Here is a link to Brian's photography website. It is worthwhile, imo, to click through to his Vimeo stuff, pretty awesome.
After waking up at 5:30am to view the sunrise, we said our goodbyes, and I was off toward Red Bluff for gasoline ...
My favorite view of Black Butte in the distance and the road to Weaverville, on the way down from Anthony Peak ... :ride
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