Jul 17 2008
Tangled Up In Blue
Hi, friends. Sorry I haven’t written for a long time. I’ve become increasingly aware of how boring this blog is.
However, newly returned this afternoon from a short backpacking trip to the Trinity Alps, I will succumb to the desire to show-and-tell. Actually, I don’t feel like writing so I’ll put this up in the form of a gallery with plain old captions. I’ve edited the photos down from 400-plus to 36 images.
As you probably remember: click on a thumbnail to see a medium-sized view. When the medium-sized view is visible, click on its white link below to see the big picture.
Note: Before we left for our trip, a ranger told me that the fires and air quality weren’t a major problem where we planned to visit. But by the time we arrived, the south road into the wilderness had been closed. We took a three-hour detour and dropped in from Callahan. You’ll see from the photos that there was a lot of haze but, except for some stretches when the wind changed and our eyes and throats burned, it wasn’t bad.
Another note: All the photos of me are thanks to Jill.
Next entry after this: three videos from the trip.
Okay, here ya go — pictures of Tangle Blue Lake and environs.
I got a call from our fancy-schmancy “close firefighter friend” not an hour after you were due to leave. He’d just gotten back from, you know, fightin’ fires, and his first words were a breathless “she really shouldn’t come out here. Please. It’s hot as hell. People are dying and shit.” I’m glad you didn’t.