What is "sierras"

Usage examples of "sierras".

At five in the evening they stopped in a gorge of no great depth, some miles above the little town of Loja, and encamped for the night at the foot of the Sierras, the first steppes of the great Cordilleras.

Or any miner that comes wandering out of the Sierras, making their way to Reno or Virginia City.

Just as quickly she pictured herself starving in the Sierras for days, while Trahern remained as content as a fat cat, consuming all the protein himself.

They were entering the Sierras, and she swallowed a few times as the altitude blocked her ears.

CHAPTER XVIII IN SEARCH OF WATER LAKE SALINAS ends the string of lagoons connected with the Sierras Ventana and Guamini.

He looked out to the blue sierras to the south and he hitched up the shoulder strap of his overalls and sat with his thumb hooked in the bib and turned and looked at them.

Barbara, when they had shared the grandeur of the Sierras and the shimmering beauty of Lake Tahoe along with the excitement of gambling.

In a luxurious white leather booth in softly lit, romantic surroundings, she gazed at Lake Tahoe and the Sierras, watching a sunset that reduced even Vivian to silence.

Then she stared out the window at the dark shapes of the Sierras, and for the first time in two days, thought of Jack.