Overdue Photos

I know it's not a Friday, but I wanted to post these before I forget to forever. These are the pictures I took with a disposable camera when Robinson and I went to Thirteenth Lake.

Above is the view from Gilead Mt., it is really the only direction you can look out at (SW) but it is really very nice. The body of water you can see below is the South end of Thirteenth Lake, you can just make out the marshy area at the end.

This is a shot of the cross country ski trail we went down in hopes of finding the Old Farm Clearing. Despite the added mile it gave to our hike, and the increase of annoying bugs, it was actually a really interesting walk.

There was quite an interesting arrangement of flora and fauna, and it was just swampy enough in places to eat your shoes. I almost sank up to my ankle at one point when I made a careless assumption. :-/

I wish that the vibrant greens transferred well into the photo. Anyways, next we went to William Blake Pond, and as I said, trees obstructed most of our views, so I couldn't really get a good shot of the whole pond. I think this picture actually show that well, lol.

I had another picture that I managed to get while leaning out over the pond, but the flash was on (on the disposable camera) and kind of highlighted the plant life to the left of the shot so the pond doesn't look too swell.

After this, we headed over to the Hooper Mine. As we reached the top of the trail, we were greeted by a large, orange obelisk directly in front of our path.

In reference to the panoramic, the trail opens up on the right and was looking directly at the point on the far left. As with all pictures, this one does not do the scale justice and I suggest you go to check the mine out first hand.

It was really pretty cool to see the pockets of granite in the rock (like perfect little circles), and the rim of the mine just looms overhead.

Not to be outdone by the elements, Robinson and I mountain goated up a looser section just to the right of the giant outcrop on the left (the spot isn't really pictured here). We then proceeded to walk long the rim to the point. The top most part of the point, we are such thrill-seekers, no? ;)

So there you have them finally. I hope they were worth the wait.
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