Goat Rocks Wilderness Sept 13 - 14

Ann and I did a two night 21 mile backpack trip to Goat Rocks Wilderness in Washington state.

First glimpse of Goat Rocks

Campsite view

View south to Mt Adams

Goat Lake

View from Old Snowy Mountain

View of Goat Lake and north to Mt Rainier

Mt Adams from campsite

Reflection in Snowgrass flats

Reflection in Snowgrass Flats

Mushroom grotto

 

Someone posing for picture

Marmot

Huge marmot

Goats above Goat Lake

 

Sunrise over Mt Adams

Sunrise over Mt Adams

Sunrise over Gilbert Peak

 

Sunset at campsite

Sunset with Mt Adams

 

Moonset

Looking up with the Andromeda galaxy.

Night sky from campsite

Mt Adams in Black and White

Muddy Fork loop on Mt Hood - Sept 7-8

Ann and I did an overnight backpack trip up to the Muddy Fork on the Timberline trail.

The colors at sunset can turn to a golden hue quickly on the west side of Mt Hood

The clouds kept moving in and out around the mountain, but even when cloud cover, there was color.

Some night shots.

Morning light on the Muddy Fork

While eating our breakfast after our river crossings, the sun popped up over the mountain very quickly, I only had 1 minute to grab my camera and take some pictures.

The clouds were again moving in on Mt Hood but it was still peaking from above the clouds.

It again cleared up as we made it back to our car.

 

It is mushroom season, there were signs posted about obtaining a daily mushroom gathering permit from the Forest Service.

Timberline Lodge to Mt Hood Meadows - Labor Day 2013

My wife, daughter and I did a short overnight backpack trip from Timberline lodge, camped on Boyscout ridge and then day hiked to Mt Hood meadows.

While taking my night shots, my daughter and I played with lights on the long exposure pictures.

They had the lights on Mt Hood at the foot of Palmer glacier lit up all night, think it was a snow cat.  I wish they would have turned them off so people could get star pictures without the glare. 

 I used Nite Ize led lights to light up the tent.

They are a 1 led small carabiner light, here is the link for them at REI 

nite-ize spotlit led carabiner light

They do a great job of lighting up the tent with a glow.