Super photo and story. evoking ancient landscapes. beautiful. On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 3:06 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > This second photograph shows mossbrae falls, Dunsmuir. This interesting fall > is not in advertised in tourist maps of California but is known to many > enthusiasts. To reach to the fall, one has to travel on the rail track for > nearly 2 km. You have to be always to keep watch about the train and you are > advised to keep your ears alert to train sound to leave the tracks although > there is hardly any space on the side walks, with stream on one side and > mountain slope on the other. We had to walk the whole distance on track of > nearly 30 cm thick snow. > The fall has thick layer of moss (hence the name mossbrae) and luxuriant > growth of Watercress (Nasturtium officinale) a tasty wild vegetable sold in > stores of California. The plant grows luxuriantly in hill stations of India, > but not exploited commercially as much as in California or Europe. > This photograph was also processed by my son Manpreet Singh. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > >
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