Red-necked Phalarope: Near the Town of Lee Vining Close to Tioga Pass ~ Music

Near the Town of Lee Vining Close to Tioga Pass


Near the town of Lee Vining
close to Tioga Pass
in the eastern Sierra
a bluegrass music group
played in the evening
for many, on Thursday.

What a surprise to come upon this.
Most of the people,
eating good food there,
were young, rock climbing oriented -
this being close to Yosemite -
and many were living outside,
for the summer.

A lot of us
were just hanging out,
California-wise,
and dancing in the evening.

Sarah, with a Scottish
last name and I,
flirted and danced.
She's a Ph.D. student,
studying beetles.

I slept nearby that evening,
heading for Yosemite the next day.

In the morning,
I went up to the nearby vista,
overlooking Mono Lake,
and at around 7 am,
I came upon musicians -
one playing an upright base,
and two playing guitars -
in the parking lot,
playing near their cars,
with other folks on the road,
hanging out, listening.

This freedom
and beauty
in California
are great,
and the sun is
so bright here.

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Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus, 1758)


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Red-necked Phalarope