Photo Op-No. 1 -Horsetail Falls

      Many Tahoe visitors pass through Truckee on their way to the Lake.  Often they will stop for lunch and a stroll through Old Town to soak in some local color, watch a train labor out of the station/depot.  Some make it to the Carmel Gallery at the east end of town.
     The Carmel Gallery is a is a visual feast of landscape photography, the work of Robert Carmel and his wife.   Both are noted photographers, specializing in natural landscapes, especially here in the Sierra, and of course, Lake Tahoe.
     As noted in today's Chronicle(Sun. 2/17), Horsetail Falls in Yosemite Valley puts on a brief but spectacular visual show.  For about a week, until next Sunday, the 23rd, the setting sun rays illuminate the falls briefly, resembling molten metal.  It reminds us oldtimers of the famous firefalls that occurred(with help from hotel owners) on summer evenings from 1872 until 1968.
      If you can't make Yosemite, find a copy of the Carmel photos: any one would be amazing, especially if there's a bit of snow on the shoulders of El Capitan.