Bowns Canyon

That was an awesome trip. Nice writeup, Nick. I'll post some shots later, after I've sorted through them all.

You are officially overdue to contribute your photos! I'm already day dreaming to return and I want to see this trip from your perspective!
 
Umm... Oops! Looks like I never added my pix. I've whittled it down from about a 2000 to under 50. Sorry if that's a lot :)

Heading out, with no place to go:
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Scored an amazing camp site by a little waterfall. The waterfall was just a wet spot on the rock:20140523-Nilauro-Markus-Lake-Powell-8294.jpg
Nikita not too impressed with the waterfall:
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And then the rain decided that our waterfall should be more majestic:
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On the edge of the cliff, after hiking up the scree pile at Lower Bowns Canyon:20140524-Nilauro-Markus-Lake-Powell-8511.jpg
@Nick and Sage, right above our campsite:
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Hanging out above the waterfall in Lower Bowns Canyon:20140524-Nilauro-Markus-Lake-Powell-8602.jpg
Nice little waterfall. I hadn't taken my tripod this time, and it was full sun anyway... I cam back here the next day, when it was more overcast, and had a tripod then... More below.
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Magical place:
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Nick the otter:
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Looking for the cave with the mammoth dung:
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Found it!
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Ceiling texture:20140524-Nilauro-Markus-Lake-Powell-8943.jpg

We went up canyon just a bit further to a 2nd, smaller cave:20140524-Nilauro-Markus-Lake-Powell-8959.jpg
Approaching storm, as we hustled back to camp:
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I hung back to capture that awesome storm:20140524-Nilauro-Markus-Lake-Powell-9106.jpg
Canyon wall, the next day:20140525-Nilauro-Markus-Lake-Powell-9224.jpg
I headed up the pile of scree again, this time with Melissa, to the waterfall at the bottom of Bowns Canyon. Looking down at Nick and Audra, fishing off the boat:20140525-Nilauro-Markus-Lake-Powell-9274.jpg
Full throttle:
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Tripod this time:20140525-Nilauro-Markus-Lake-Powell-9371.jpg
I had photographed this plant the day before, because I loved the way it hung from the underside of a ledge by the waterfall. I took maybe a 100 pictures of it the previous day. This time, Melissa calls out that I should come take a look, and sure enough, there were birds in a nest in that very plant. I was convinced they had built the nest overnight, but looking back, my shots from the day before all had the nest and birds in it, but they were all out of focus. I had just not seen it. Crazy. And I call myself a photographer!20140525-Nilauro-Markus-Lake-Powell-9378.jpg
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Playing with the Kayak back at camp:20140526-Nilauro-Markus-Lake-Powell-9645.jpg
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Hey, Nick, the light's nice. Let me take a shot of you!20140526-Nilauro-Markus-Lake-Powell-9815.jpg
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Heading home:20140527-Nilauro-Markus-Lake-Powell-9838.jpg
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Playing with very high shutter speeds and the wake:20140527-Nilauro-Markus-Lake-Powell-9972.jpg
 

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