Saturday, August 10, 2013

our summer holiday...











... through the lens of a garage sale find Pentax K1000 35mm SLR I had sitting up on a shelf and an old roll of long-expired Kodak Portra 160 colour film ...











Lunch rest stop along Oregon Highway 97 next to the Klamath River...


Me... outside the Mono Basin Visitor Center (where we always stop to eat lunch and get our wilderness permits since it seems like by the time I actually plan our route all the reserved permits are - well - reserved... )...


J...


Mono Lake...


Yeah... this place is definitely nostalgic (we also always buy a souvenir and postcards here)...


Stanley and George take in the view on the drive...


J walking along 395-slash-Main Street in Bishop... we love that little town!...


... and trying on a Black Diamond pack at the cool Bishop outdoorsy store...


Swimming at the good ol' Days Inn (we always stay there before we head into the backcountry)...


Umm... we thought the font was über-cool...


Downtown Bishop...


Reading in bed...


Cottonwood trees and sun whilst sitting and relaxing at the city park reading the day we returned from six days in the backcountry (and after swimming in the Bishop pool!)...


The same cottonwoods...


Long shadows...


Spencer...


Cool metal mountain sculpture at the best coffee house between Bishop and Portland... the Looney Bean! (made especially delicious after not having any for six whole days!)...


Driving out of Bishop north on 395 towards Mammoth... kind of hazy from the Aspen fire (but also just funky expired film)...


The town of Bridgeport (where from you reach the Twin Lakes trailhead sixteen miles or so south... or the northern terminus of the High Route... )...


Uhh... yeah... driving...


Swimming... : )


Best pool in Redding...


Whilst sitting in traffic in Portland...


Spencer after 1800 miles!!!...


And Stanley and George... glad to be home!...








And despite it being a spectacular holiday... so were we...




... so were we...














(Parting shot... - not taken on the Pentax -... of J staring off to Feather Peak in Bear Lakes Basin... )











No comments: