Its moving day

Monday, January 19, 2009


After a bit of frustration with Blogger I have decided to move my blog to a different host. Thank you to everyone in the Blogger community for visiting my site. My hope is that you will come and visit me on the new site. http://www.mrmapper.wordpress.com/


Blog with you soon!


Mr. Mapper

Foundations

Tuesday, January 13, 2009



Over the weekend we did a little exploring on the Folsom Lake (puddle) lake bed. The current water level at the lake is VERY low due to little rain over the past two seasons. This low level has exposed the foundations of buildings that have been covered with water over the past 60 years. Mormon Island, the exposed city was a thriving mining town during the 1850's gold rush. At it peak it had over 2500 residents 4 hotels a large dairy and large scale winery.

When Folsom dam was built in the 1950's the town was razed and the area was filled with water to form what we know today as Folsom lake. During our exploration we found many "treasures" that have been submerged during the past 60 years. Explorers before us had started to make treasure piles on tree stumps and flat surfaces to display their findings. Since Folsom is a state park you are not allowed to remove any of your findings from the park. We did our part to contribute to the piles.

One of the "treasure" piles.

A very low Folsom Lake. Folsom Dam in the background.

Yosemite half moon under bright sun

Wednesday, January 7, 2009


Yosemite in Winter

Monday, January 5, 2009


I spent this weekend in Yosemite with some of my photo friends. We spent many hours standing out in the cold having a great time taking in a the beauty Yosemite has to offer.