Black-Eyed Susans
Getting some time with my Nikkor 200mm f/4 macro in my back yard.
Personal Photography and Work
Getting some time with my Nikkor 200mm f/4 macro in my back yard.
I decided that some of the shots from my excellent vacation could use a black & white film emulation. These are digital shots converted to b&w with a (real) TMax 400 film texture.
The always terrific Silence Kit played a great set in Philly at the Northstar, with my three favorite TSK songs included in the set list.
We had already completed two hikes which to us were special – our one-way traverse of Gothics & Sawteeth and our first “unmaintained” hike up Street & Nye. After making them both easily, our new 46er mentors gave us a new challenge, for a secret passage up the back of Phelps Mountain.
Having successfully navigated a one-way traverse of Gothics & Sawteeth, and with the encouragement of our new 46er mentors, we decided to hike our first “unmaintained” trail to Street Mountain and Nye Mountain.
The views from 4,736-foot Gothics were wonderful. We had a perfect day again.
Mount Marcy, at 5,344 feet, is the highest mountain in the Adirondacks. It is also the most hiked of the 46 high peaks, which is a little odd to me since it is a 14.6-mile round trip taking the usual way from the Adirondack Loj (pronounced ‘lodge’).
On two of our rest days, we had nice intermittent cloud cover making for dramatic infrared shots. The last shot is the view of Hurricane Mountain from our rental, and you can see the fire tower in the distance.
We made it fairly easily up to 4,173-foot Lower Wolfjaw which offered better views on the way than on the top, and then went back down-and-up to get to 4,173-foot Upper Wolfjaw. After lunch on Upper Wolfjaw, we easily had enough in us to make it down-and-up again to 4,400-foot Armstrong.
Wanting to ease into 2012, we decided that our first hike was up 4,240-foot Big Slide. The scenery on the hike up to Big Slide was varied and had enough climbing to be interesting and challenging.
The Warriors’ Watch and A Hero’s Welcome welcomed home Navy Corpsman Alex Poli today. About 40 bikes (and a dozen cars) rolled in to Corpsman Poli’s party just to say Thank You and Welcome Home!
The Spinners played a great game today (so did the Rhode Island Rampage) en route to a 29-20 win. Next game is August 4th for the Eastern Division playoff, then on to the finals in Detroit!
The Warriors’ Watch met Sgt. James Ritter Jr. at a local fire house and escorted him home, where a great neighborhood crowd was waiting.
The Warriors’ Watch and A Hero’s Welcome showed up for our famous ‘mug & hug’ for LCpl. Thomas Buseman, who is home on leave from Afghanistan.