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You can't get the angles you want. *sigh*
Anyway, pictures with less interesting backgrounds than I wanted.
This is a little better.
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Excellent hair shot of course. Where are you this time?
Bumpass Hell in Lassen Volcanic National Park.
Excellent place! Its always nice when a fellow member of the
MLHH gets to enjoy one of Northern California's many natural
wonders. I was going to say fellow longhair but comparing
my hair to yours is like comparing a mole hill to Mt. Shasta.
It was amazing to have Bumpass Hell to myself, not even footprints on the trails. But only the long way in was passable through the snow. The regular trail is 1.3 miles and not even the trail route was visible under the steep snow banks. The back way is 3 miles, and probably had a half mile of snow cover. Even my 6.5 mile route in from the Entrance Station ended with substantial snowfields. And this is on a bone dry winter...normally these conditions would be in July or August!
And longhair is a state of mind.
Wow, sounds like the reports about CA are correct in what they are stating about the snow pack. Ouch, it's gonna be a hot dry one there for sure. I hope the Santa Anna's don't blow too hard this year, lots of property damage potential from the looks of it.
As regards your hair, the phrase, "Go long or go home" comes to mind :). Glad you enjoyed your hike. :)
Hi Trolleypup,
That looks like a fantastic hike form what I can see in this one image:) Must be awesome to be able to find so many beautiful places to hike in so nearby you.Did you have to travel far for this particular location?I'd love to try one of those hikes during one of my trips out west :) Cheers
Mârk
Lassen is the nearest non-inactive volcano to San Francisco. Absent traffic the drive is about 4 hours. Going beyond the local stuff (less than two hours) There are big name destinations in the 3-5 hour range: Big Sur, Yosemite Valley and High Country, various Wilderness areas, Lassen, North Coast, Mono Lake and the East Side, Shasta, Sequoia and Kings Canyon (in approximate order of time).
Certainly there is plenty to pick from in that list but based on those drive times they are far enough away to be more than a day trip I'm assuming.Especially if you want to view a sunset from a particular location.Still I'm sure each is unique is their own way:)Cheers
Mârk
Depends on how much you dislike driving at night. I agree though that two 4 hours drives plus a day's worth of activities is a bit much.
I did a whirl-wind weekend loop trip once with a friend of mine during the '90s, leaving SF on a Fri. morning up to Lassen, then staying overnight near Burney Falls; leaving Sat. for the coast straight-shot over to Eureka; then Sun. a leisurely drive south through the redwoods, arriving back at the Marin Headlands just in time to see the sunset with the view of SF and the GG Bridge. Truly amazing what diversity of scenery can be witnessed not all that far away from the big city!
Oh yes! I have to make time for roadtrips. The last one I did like that was up to Lassen, over to the Truckee area to overnight, then down 395 and back over the Sierra Nevada on Hwy 4!
The best I usually do is dedicating an extra 3 or 4 hours of driving time to taking interesting back roads rather than following the same old beaten path.
Hi Mark,
Check out my reply to Trolleypup (re. "whirl-wind weekend trip"); but also know that there are plenty of easier one-day trips that are worth a few extra miles' drive. One of my favorite day trips I've done many times is to go up to the Russian River town of Guerneville (approx. a 2 hour drive each direction), hiking around Armstrong Redwoods. I've done it in a "loop" trip by going up Hwy 101, then cutting over through Sebastapol to get to the R. River; then over to the coast to Jenner-by-the-Sea, heading back south along the coast until ready to go home to SF... Yes, that's a VERY full day; but with enough coffee in the morning (LOL), and an early enough start, it's a very beautiful scenic loop drive.
- Ken (typing on my boss's computer at work at 2:30 AM - LOL)
Awesome Trolleypup. Just awesome. Your mane might be growing slowly, but is IS growing. :)
I'm certainly not turning down an inch or two a year!
Awesome hair anyway. so looonnngg.
Thanks! Patience and benign neglect works for me.
As always, your hair looks fantastic. Hope I reach your length one day...
Two days of being up in a sweaty ponyscrub pretty much did in any wave pattern I have.
Good luck with the length, hope your genes say you can!
I know what you mean about trying to get interesting backgrounds, as I aim for that too whenever taking outdoor hair pics; but, with hair like yours, nobody's looking at any background -- we're all too preoccupied picking up our jaw bones off the ground! (LOL)
I always enjoy seeing your pics, Trolleypup!! And you DO usually have interesting backgrounds that compliment your hair very nicely as well, Lassen Park being an amazing place to visit as an excellent example (I haven't been there in quite awhile myself; but I remember it fondly -- as well as nearby Burney Falls... now there's a great idea for a beautiful background for long hair pics)!
- Ken
I have to agree. All the various streams or falls of water
coming down the rocks would be the perfect background scenery
for a long hair pic.
Thanks for the heads up on great places to get stunning photos. I am not to far from Silver Creek State Park a day trip out of Portland where you find 14 water falls over 100 Feet in a 12 mile trek following 2 of the 3 creeks feeding the Canyon. Will see if I can get some great shots this summer for my 3 year anniversary of becoming a real long hair. - Silverthorne (AKA Daniel)
Thank you! You always say the sweetest things!
I'm self-centered enough that if the background is boring, I probably won't take the picture.
Silverthorne & MG:
Waterfalls make great backgrounds when the light is good...but man 'o man is it hard to find good light at waterfalls. I think I've gotten three really nice ones over the years, one was my old userpic, one is attached here, and the other...well, isn't for public consumption.
Get out there and play with the locations and photography, don't be shy!