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Little known by the public, Mountain Home State Demonstration Forest contains aobut 5,000 giant sequoias and a collection of mysterious "Indian Bathtubs." Our group spent a weekend exploring this beautiful corner of the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains.


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Sierra Bathtub - An Enduring Mystery
What are the Sierra Bathtubs (also known by several other names, including Indian Bathtubs)?

Are these naturally formed holes in the relatively solid granite (this one partially filled with mud and rainwater), or were they created by the conscious efforts of American Indians? And if they were created by humans, to what purpose? The answers are not known. We do know the bathtubs seem to be associated with Sequoia groves and often enough seem to set in a more or less straight line. This is one of perhaps a dozen found on the western edge of Mountain Home, and other bathtubs are scattered around the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains.

We also know humans seasonally inhabited this portion of the Sierra Nevada, in a place we today call Sunset Point, for several thousand years. These people largely disappeared from this region of the Sierra Nevada a few years after the 1848 Gold Rush brought thousands of immigrants into Califoria.
Bear Clover Blossom and a Beetle
Bear Clover
This little fern-like plant grows on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. It is also known as Mountain Misery, probably because it is not difficult for a hike to catch a boot in it.
Bigalow Sneezeweed
Cone Flower and Bees
Dandilion Floater
Indian Paint Brush Against a Dandilion Backdrop
Dandilion and Indian Painbrush
A bit of out of focus green and red color complements the rather monochromatic dandilion.
Dandilion
Giant Dandilions
I have often seen large dandilions while driving up to Mountain Home. But these dandilions were something special because they truly were enormous. We found them after taking a wrong turn on a dirt road while searching for the Genesis Tree, reputedly one of the largest of all sequoias.
Near Hidden Falls
The little pool next to the roadway in the Hidden Falls area is perhaps the most visited spot - outside the campgrounds - in Mountain Home.
Spring Near Hidden Falls
Fern, Shadow, Rock
Tack Room Coats
Tack Room Saddle
In the Tack Room
Reflection In An Eye
The Eye
Horse at Close Quarters
Balch Park Stable Horse
We photographing at the wonderful Balch Park Pack Station.
Leaf and Insect
Backlit Leaf
Wildflower
I have no idea what sort of wildflower this is - I found the flower, with its particularly tiny blossoms, growing beneath a giant sequoia.
Bee on a Thimbleberry Blossom
Thimbleberry Blossom
Shroom
Indian Paintbrush - Closeup
Indian Paintbrush
Diffracted Light on a Spider Web
I could see the prismatic colors on the spider web with my naked eye. To photograph the colors, and view the curved shape of the web, I had to look through my camera lens, with an attached +4 diopter close-up lens. I've never seen a spider web look like this, but I'll keep an eye out for another one.
A Spider, its Web and Diffraction
Sidelight on a Spider Web
Ferns
Ferns are part of the understory of the forest - those plants that grow beneath the canopy of pines and sequoias. In Mountain Home, some species of ferns stand several feet tall.
Sierra Lilly - Close-up
Sierra Lilly
Dogwood Leaves
Sunlit Tree
A burned Sequoia stump provides the dark background for this backlit pine.
Dogwood Beneath the Genesis Tree
The Genesis Tree is quite possibly one of the most massive sequoia in existence. Some say the third largest, some the seventh. Who knows?

The Genesis Tree lies just outside the boundary of Mountain Home, in Sequoia National Forest. It's not easy to find, as it is not marked on the official Mountain Home map, and even some Mountain Home forest managers have never heard of it (I'll take you there on next year's trip!).
Sequoia Base - Dusk
I made this photograph about 9 p.m., in near darkness. With the help of a tripod, my camera had no problem seeing and recording the soft light filtering into the forest.
Sequoia Dawn
Texture and Color
Sequoias
These three sequoias are part of perhaps 5,000 of the Big Trees found within the boundaries of Mountain Home. Relatively few people visit this portion of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, east of the San Joaquin town of Porterville.

These trees - sequoia giganteum - can live for more than 2,000 years and reach heights of 200 feet and more. (They are a separate species but in the same family as their redwood cousins - sequoia sempervirens - on the coast of California.)
Sierra Bathtub - An Enduring Mystery

Sierra Bathtub - An Enduring Mystery  336 views

Bear Clover Blossom and a Beetle

Bear Clover Blossom and a Beetle  316 views

Bear Clover

Bear Clover  316 views

Bigalow Sneezeweed

Bigalow Sneezeweed  315 views

Cone Flower and Bees

Cone Flower and Bees  321 views

Dandilion Floater

Dandilion Floater  315 views

Indian Paint Brush Against a Dandilion Backdrop

Indian Paint Brush Against a Dandilion Backdrop  321 views

Dandilion and Indian Painbrush

Dandilion and Indian Painbrush  314 views

Dandilion

Dandilion  316 views

Giant Dandilions

Giant Dandilions  317 views

Near Hidden Falls

Near Hidden Falls  318 views

Spring Near Hidden Falls

Spring Near Hidden Falls  314 views

Fern, Shadow, Rock

Fern, Shadow, Rock  319 views

Tack Room Coats

Tack Room Coats  313 views

Tack Room Saddle

Tack Room Saddle  313 views

In the Tack Room

In the Tack Room  115 views

Reflection In An Eye

Reflection In An Eye  115 views

The Eye

The Eye  115 views

Horse at Close Quarters

Horse at Close Quarters  120 views

Balch Park Stable Horse

Balch Park Stable Horse  116 views

Leaf and Insect

Leaf and Insect  114 views

Backlit Leaf

Backlit Leaf  113 views

Wildflower

Wildflower  114 views

Bee on a Thimbleberry Blossom

Bee on a Thimbleberry Blossom  114 views

Thimbleberry Blossom

Thimbleberry Blossom  115 views

Shroom

Shroom  111 views

Indian Paintbrush - Closeup

Indian Paintbrush - Closeup  112 views

Indian Paintbrush

Indian Paintbrush  112 views

Diffracted Light on a Spider Web

Diffracted Light on a Spider Web  115 views

A Spider, its Web and Diffraction

A Spider, its Web and Diffraction  116 views

Sidelight on a Spider Web

Sidelight on a Spider Web  95 views

Ferns

Ferns  96 views

Sierra Lilly - Close-up

Sierra Lilly - Close-up  95 views

Sierra Lilly

Sierra Lilly  93 views

Dogwood Leaves

Dogwood Leaves  91 views

Sunlit Tree

Sunlit Tree  98 views

Dogwood Beneath the Genesis Tree

Dogwood Beneath the Genesis Tree  93 views

Sequoia Base - Dusk

Sequoia Base - Dusk  99 views

Sequoia Dawn

Sequoia Dawn  95 views

Texture and Color

Texture and Color  93 views

Sequoias

Sequoias  95 views

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