We have crossed the California Sierra Nevada mountain range many times, even climbed Mt. Whitney way back in 1972. They are much higher, larger, more rugged than their namesake,
The Sierra Nevada here in Spain. In winter especially, the Sierra Nevada are an impressive brilliant white backdrop for Granada, and seeing them we decided to risk crossing them en route back to the coast near Almeria. It was a gorgeous drive, superb highway, not all that much snow really, and none on the road. The terrain east of the mountains was equally interesting.
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Sierra Nevada from Granada
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Higher up on the west side
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At the pass, about 4,000 feet
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Looking back from the east, still up high
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In the high valley east of the mountains
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Ditto
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We cross a hill, see a flash in the distance,
and then this large fire; never did find out
what it was about
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Castle in the valley foothills
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Forest of windmills encroaching another white town
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