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Exploring Idaho and the Sawtooth Mountains

2020-11-25T14:46:07+00:00

Three of us were up at the crack of dawn to begin our hike to hell roaring Lake. Our original plan was to hike up to Alice Lake, but was called off due to deep snow still on the trail. This was still mid July and there was still too much snow pack on that trail. So we settled for Hell roaring Lake.

Round trip this hike is about 10 miles with 607 feet of elevation gain. We started out at the Hell Roaring Creek trail head. The trail starts out with a series of switch backs which finally levels off for most of the way on to the lake. You are pretty much following to the right of Hell Roaring creek most of the way with a series of marsh bogs full of mosquitoes attacking you most of the time. They were really bad this year and never let up and were even worse at the lake. Take a few cans of repellent, because you are going to use every bit of it.

I seem to always be overloaded with gear […]

Exploring Idaho and the Sawtooth Mountains2020-11-25T14:46:07+00:00

Burney Falls, McCloud Falls, Hedge Creek Falls and Mossbrae Falls

2020-11-24T03:40:08+00:00

Took a whirlwind trip to see some waterfalls in northern California. Basically flew into Sacramento, rented a car and drove all night to get this trip started. I arrived at McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park at 4:30am and started shooting around 5am. No sleep from Thursday night on. I had too much to do and too much to see.

Burney Falls, McCloud Falls, Hedge Creek Falls and Mossbrae Falls2020-11-24T03:40:08+00:00

Heading back to Caddo Lake

2020-11-24T03:46:15+00:00

Finally spring is here and it’s getting green. First mini trip is planned to explore more of Caddo Lake.

We have a flat bottom boat this time so we will be spending the entire weekend venturing into the nooks and crannies of Caddo Lake. Not only do I want those perfect vantage points of unique areas of the lake for sunset and sunrise. But also hope to see a lot of wildlife far away from where most of the people gather on this lake.

Should come back with great images. I will be also shooting infrared images with the newly converted Canon T1i I sacrificed and sent off to Life Pixel.

Heading back to Caddo Lake2020-11-24T03:46:15+00:00