dfcooper
Dave
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- Jun 11, 2015
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I mentioned that those of you who shared your reports and photos had inspired me. Last Spring I talked a redneck friend of mine (not sure if he's still married) and a couple hillbillies from Kentucky into joining me on a loop beginning at Pettit Lake, wandering past Alice, Toxaway, Edna, Farley, and back again to Pettit. It's an understatement to say we had a grand time. I'm envious of all of you who have relatively easier access to the wide, open spaces of the West. In the East we obviously don't have the terrain and vastness you enjoy. The Appalachians are pretty, especially in the Fall, but the Sawtooths are just stunning in comparison. I hope you'll indulge my poor photographic skills... 
Lake Pettit
My daughter. In some of the photos there's a hint of smoke from the fires in Oregon.
El Capitan approaching Alice Lake.
The deer were a pleasant surprise and for the most part indifferent to our presence. We saw them throughout our trip.
I'd planned to do a time-lapse of the Milky Way but erred in calculating the number of exposures and volume of memory required. The photo above was made while setting up and the one below is the last shot taken. If you look closely, slightly below center right we caught a meteor.
Twin Lakes.
Stopping for lunch.
Toxaway Lake.
Looking back on Toxaway enroute to Edna Lake.
Atop the pass heading for Edna Lake.
Waiting for our wounded.
Edna Lake had the most and largest of the fish we caught.
Rendezvous Lake.
Edith Lake.
One of us was a little slow.
Farley Lake was gorgeous.
Our last morning on the trail.
...and back to Pettit Lake.
Lake Pettit
My daughter. In some of the photos there's a hint of smoke from the fires in Oregon.
El Capitan approaching Alice Lake.
The deer were a pleasant surprise and for the most part indifferent to our presence. We saw them throughout our trip.
I'd planned to do a time-lapse of the Milky Way but erred in calculating the number of exposures and volume of memory required. The photo above was made while setting up and the one below is the last shot taken. If you look closely, slightly below center right we caught a meteor.
Twin Lakes.
Stopping for lunch.
Toxaway Lake.
Looking back on Toxaway enroute to Edna Lake.
Atop the pass heading for Edna Lake.
Waiting for our wounded.
Edna Lake had the most and largest of the fish we caught.
Rendezvous Lake.
Edith Lake.
One of us was a little slow.
Farley Lake was gorgeous.
Our last morning on the trail.
...and back to Pettit Lake.
