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Wint-Its a four letter word. (For those of you who are not Anglos, a four letter word is a bad word. lol) Wint, it sucks the life out of you. Wint, it sucks the colour out of the world. "WINT!!! What is it good for? A-a-a-bsolutely nuthin'." (Apologies to Edwin Starr.)
Sol Duc Falls, Olympic National Park, Washington
The Full Story
I've been wanting for a long time to plan and carry out my own mission of a gorgeous waterfall from a far away land. This was very important for me to do, something that I'm wanting to learn. I made a few mistakes, but have learned a lot about a mission like this. This was originally supposed to be a secret mission just for myself. Of course I couldn't keep my mouth shut so I blabbered, and even invited a couple of people. Sol Duc Falls has been in my mind for a long time.
To start, I had my 1:30am wakeup call and took off for Point Defiance Park in Tacoma. I got me a cloudy sunrise. I kept seeing the occasional sun rays break through, so I make a stop at a small park on the other side of the Hood Canal Floating Bridge. The sunrays were fading fast, so I didn't get too much as far as shots go. I did get to see clams spitting water six feet in the air. I will say the view in this area of the Olympic range is breathtaking.
I'm getting low on gas, so I see signs pointing to a gas station. I turn and follow the signs to Port Ludlow. Unfortunately, that Chevron station is a little hidden so I ended up driving around on fumes for 45 minutes before finding the dang thing. I then continued on and made my way to Highway 101, the Olympic Highway. The views are just so gorgeous and jaw dropping along here. When I get to Port Angeles, I miss the turnoff, and it takes me 10 minutes before I caught on to that. So I turn around and make my way back to the highway turnoff.
I finally make it to Sol Duc Road, and was so happy I finally made it here. I started my hike down the short trail and come across this amazing cascade. I wanted to stop, but there was already a photog making his way up so I head to the falls instead. I'm glad I did, because as soon as I am in view of the falls I run into Seattle Miles just on her way back from shooting it. She was in the forest by herself with a can of bear spray. Instant Flickr hookup. She text little m:) and Vinny, so my secret mission was no longer secret. We talk for a bit, then she heads back to the cascade while I go get me a Sol Duc Falls shot. I then make my way back to that cascade and ran into that photog leaving. Dene was shooting below the bridge, so I went shooting above it. After we were done, I follow her to Marymere Falls, another falls that was on my list.
We are both tired at this point, so Dene suggest staying at a hotel in Forks. She calls around and finds good rates at Forks Hotel. We got rooms right next door to each other. Little did I know there are vampires in that area. We go get dinner, then crash for a little while. Dene then takes me to 2nd Beach. It was cloudy, and right at high tide, but I was really intrigued with the sea stacks. I was happy anyway.
We called it a night and decided on Ruby Beach for a sunrise. Unfortunately, it was pouring like crazy then, so Dene decides to call off the sunrise and sleep in. I was in for sleeping in. I got up a little later and let Dene know I was taking off. By the time I made it to Ruby Beach, the rain had stopped so I made my way down to check it out. I got my Ruby Beach.
I finally made it back home, during the early afternoon and went shooting with Lynn and Larissa that evening. When they saw me, all I was, was smiles. What a great, full weekend. Thanks Dene for an awesome random adventure.
Have A Happy Waterfall Wednesday Everybody!
I'm wanting to go back, badly.
I have taken this pic out of my window... It was early morning I saw this bird sitting on the tree and chirping... It's always good to be surrounded by beautiful nature. Isn't it? I reckon UK is one of that kind. Then it's shooting time, I shot this image.
TBH this isn't the original image I have modified the Colour Vibration and darkness to this image which gave me this beautiful picture. Keep trying with the options - is what I would say!!! Just play around...
a beautiful morning..i just love this starting autumn-light...;-) (ok..i know.. a old sentimental fool ;D)
Now that it's April 1st 2010, I've decided to share the bliss of pranks, in Lego!
So what do you do when the pots and pans are not being used, and your desperate for attention?
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! Wake up Grandpa! Wake up! Hehehe....
Despite the agressive looks there was nothing to worry about: this wild dog was just yawning as part of its pre-hunt wakeup ritual...
... o una horita más... o dos...
(que sueeeeeeeño, por favoooooorr!!!).
Un lunes muy lunes, en el blog.
Para LVM: Historias en la cama
Y hoy, una colaboración especial, en Capturando Momentos