Maile Brossa taking her first solo paragliding flight, Cronan Ranch Regional Trails park, Pilot Hill, California.
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Group of women horseback riding at the Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, Pilot Hill, California.
Wow, I didn't realize there was more than 1 all female group out for a trail ride that day.
If I remember correctly, this group does this every year on New Year's Day. Sounds good to me. Anyone have an extra horse for next year?
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Woman paragliding over the Cronan Ranch, Pilot Hill, California.
There were horseback riders; lot's of them. There were mountain bikers. There were hikers. Then, there were the paragliders.
Come to find out the Cronan Ranch is quite the popular spot for paragliding. There were several paragliders leaping off of the ridge the day of our hike. I think the most interesting thing about it was watching the horses watch the paragliders.
The woman in this photo was having the best ride while we were there. She was also the most colorful and photogenic.
I don't know who she was, but I hope she or someone she knows stumbles across this photo of her someday!
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Update: I was just contacted by Philip Green, who knows who this woman is. Her name is Maile Brossa. She was here visiting from Paris France with her instructors the Acrotwins, who just happen to be the #1 acro paraglider pilots in the USA. To top that off, this was also Maile's first solo flight!
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Movie location at the Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, Pilot Hill, California.
I have a few more photos to share over the next few days, that were taken during our recent hike at the Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park.
This photo shows the whole movie set where "Love Comes Softly" was filmed. It reminds me of the television series "Little House on the Prairie!" That was one of my favorite shows when I was growing up.
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Group of women having fun riding their horses, Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, Pilot Hill, California.
Donna & Maya Bussinger looking through the window of the cabin at Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, Pilot Hill, California
Thanks to PhotoShop CS3, we were able to get one good photo from the two that I took of this scene.
In most cases, I take at least 1 horizonal and 1 vertical of everything I photograph. It's always a good idea when you have a good scene in front of you to take more than 1 photo of it. You may never have a 2nd opportunity. This time it was absolutely vital that I did take the 2nd photo.
This is what happened. The horizontal photo was really good of Maya (girl) and the vertical photo was better of Donna (Mom). Now, here is where PhotoShop CS3 came to our rescue. We were able to cut Donna's face from the vertical shot and replace her face in the horizontal with the good one. This is something we have never tried before until now. We are really pleased with the results.
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Cabin at the Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, Pilot Hill, California.
Donna & Maya Bussinger hiking at Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park, Pilot Hill, California.
A hike on one of the newest trail systems in our area was the perfect way to spend New Year's Day!
Jeff & I have known about this park for a couple of years or so (opened in 2005), but we hadn't checked it out until this week. We spent the afternoon hiking with our friend Donna and daughter Maya, at highly recommended Cronan Ranch Regional Trails Park. If you are looking for a great place to hike, run, mountain bike and horseback ride (to name just a few) in the Sierra Foothill's, this is the place! [click to continue…] 
Fallen Leaf Lake (foreground) and Lake Tahoe, California, taken from the Mount Tallac Trail.
After leaving Blue Lake, we drove south on 395 and headed for Fallen Leaf Campground, in South Lake Tahoe.
Some of our friends joined us there for the last leg of our road trip. While we were there, we hiked the spectacular Mount Tallac Trail.
This photo was taken during our hike. There are so many photos of Lake Tahoe that all look pretty much the same. I wanted to capture a more unique shot of this very popular subject.
Here is another post I wrote about our visit to Lake Tahoe.
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View of Fallen Leaf Lake and Lake Tahoe, from the Mt. Tallac Trail, South Lake Tahoe, California
Our final destination during our road trip was Fallen Leaf Lake Campground, in South Lake Tahoe, California. We live less than 2 hours away from the most popular lake in the country (also known as "Lake in the sky"), but we usually avoid it because of the crowds.
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