Lake Dorothy - Backpacking

C and I got away for the weekend to Lake Dorothy. The weather was perfect, the hike was relatively easy, and the food was delicious. We drove down what has to be the best maintained 9 miles of gravel road I've ever seen to the trail head. 15 minutes into the hike we crossed a photogenic bridge where a few rivers seem to meet. Then we climbed stairs for an hour to get to the lake. We went to the far side of the lake, about 2 miles, to set up our tent. Then I walked around in the freezing water while C read a book on the shore. I think we both fell asleep on the rocks and C claims I snored once, but I don't believe it. After we wore ourselves out relaxing we ate dinner and went to bed.
I was shocked how many people bring inflatable rafts and paddle around on the lake. I was only a little jealous because there are many small islands in the middle of the lake that look like fun.
On the way out we stopped at the bridge near the trail head and C read some more while I took hordes of pictures and went swimming. The rocks are mostly flat and slippery but I couldn't seem to slide very well. I definitely want to go back and shoot those low falls with a tripod sometime.







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Talking Yoda Portraits

I got a dashboard Yoda for a friends' birthday. But before I wrapped it I got to shoot it with a 60mm Macro lens in one hand and a flash in the other. I tried lighting him from different angles and am impressed with how good he looks for being so small. The phrases he repeats are awesome.

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Aerial Photography

I had the fabulous opportunity to ride in the back of a Citabria for a half hour one afternoon. We circled Seattle and I even pretended to fly a bit. Unfortunately I was busy doing that during the most impressive rainbow fest I've ever seen. But I did get a few interesting photos.

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Mukilteo Waterfront

On a rare, beautiful day in the Pacific Northwest, I got to hang out on the Mukilteo waterfront to watch the sun set. I only had my infrared camera at the time though.

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Kirkland Waterfront

I had some time to kill in Kirkland one afternoon, so I wandered around and shot up the waterfront.

Snowshoeing at Longmire, Mt. Rainier

The road to paradise was closed when we arrived so we had to snowshoe around Longmire instead. That was just fine because we were all still a little worried about avalanches in paradise. We followed the trail along the river and ate lunch a couple miles up where the view was excellent. It was seriously cold. By the time we got back, they’d opened the road. So we drove to paradise to see the view for 5 minutes before heading back home.

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Christmas Dinner 2007

C and I went to Marc & Heidi's on Christmas Day. They have two really cute kids and two fabulously friendly cats. Purvis is grey, and Cooper is orange. C says her arm is sore from carrying Isadora around. It snowed an inch or two while we were there so we were all excited. I spent a lot of time shooting the cats.



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