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Pahto (Mount Adams), seen from Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Last weekend I decided to meet up with a friend for a sunset hike at Mount Rainier National Park. We made detailed plans ahead of time for both the hike and sunset watching, and then ended up both arriving later than planned, doing a different hike, and hiking more slowly than anticipated due to snow (yes, more snow!) on the trail and a stop to search for my friend's dropped phone. But sunset wasn't until 8:51pm so we figured we still had plenty of time.
We were hiking with the sun behind us, and time was flying by as it has a way of doing when we hike together, so when we emerged from a forested section of the trail into a meadow, we suddenly noticed that the sun was starting to drop into the trees, and realized we had to turn around and hustle back down the trail to where we had planned to watch the sunset over Tahoma (Mount Rainier).
As we hiked at a quick pace back, through every break in the trees, my eyes were drawn to this view of Pahto and the south Cascades. In the evening light, with that fog rising from the forest below, I finally decided it was necessary to stop for photos, despite our time constraints.
Note: Pahto is the second highest peak in Washington, standing 12,281 feet/3743 meters tall and is considered one of the 5 active volcanoes in the state, although the last eruption was 1000 years ago. It is one of the five sacred mountains to the native Yakama peoples and part of the mountain is territory of the Yakama Nation.
The Belmont Stakes -- nicknamed The Race of Champions -- ran Saturday, June 10. . .the last race in the Triple Crown. Mo Donegal won the 154th running at Belmont.
Will try to catch up with everyone this week -- finally got all the gardens planted.
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We had made a stop alongside Loch Shin where we had finally found calm water and some stunning reflections. In the 2-3 minutes it took to grab the gear the breeze was up and the reflections were gone. Mindful of this, when we arrived at a still Loch Stack, I raced across the marshy shore to capture not only a near perfect reflection but also some lovely fleeting light on Arkle and the foreground reeds. I managed just 3 exposures before the breeze once again returned, the water rippled and this was to be the last reflection we would capture that afternoon.
I'm sure they weren't but the driver of the far vehicle was moving quicker than the nearby Buick, hence being a little blurred.
This is another very early morning shot.
A low fog event developing under the Golden Gate Bridge at twilight the night before Thanksgiving
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I'm not sure what type these little dinghies are - but the flourescent sail stood out wonderfully against a rather threatening sky.
We never slow down, we're always racing to some place where we make money or spend money. We rarely ever stop and enjoy being here.
I had been on Steelton hill and heard a track warrant given to a "UP4523 south." A quick look that the map found where his warrant began. A more detailed look set forth a race against time as it was about 20 miles of hard driving over country roads to reach an open spot. Without really knowing where the train was and how fast it would be moving, I elected to stay at this spot. Turns out I had about 5 minutes to spare. Making 40 mph, MITDM is southbound at Deadham, WI.