8 miles of hiking • 1750' elevation gain •
The ongoing destruction of this trail is a serious disappointment to me. Yes, they've improved the viewpoint of the upper falls. But they've also removed a good number of other viewpoints, some of them seemingly entirely senselessly. Case in point, the railroad overlook! W.T.H...??? I swear, I was mumbling much of the loop about how boring they'd made it. The word "gentrified" kept coming to mind. Really a sad, sad situation. :-(
Anyway, got tied up in traffic, so wasn't able to head out hiking until 3pm. Just loaded Harleigh up, and hit the closest trailhead to home! Had some dramatic skies, and got to play with a new camera! (Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS40)
Comments
Karl
September 6, 2015
Thanks! To my delight and dismay, the new camera was perfectly able to focus lock on the clouds. :-)
Roman
September 7, 2015
So they ended up closing a spur trail to RR viewpoint? Sad (well at least this one is not visible from trail, will make a quiet lunch spot)... Glad I got to see the trail before all the reroutes.
Karl
September 7, 2015
That is a silver lining, yes! It'll be far easier to enjoy it in peace, now. (Assuming people don't keep clearing the brushed over trail.)
Jim
September 12, 2015
I looked at that same camera a couple months ago then decided to put if off a little longer. I see Costco has it for $299 after rebate. Any complaints so far? Pics look great but then yours generally do.
Karl
September 12, 2015
Biggest complaint so far is that my fat finger can't seem to differentiate between the power button and the movie button. I keep starting videos unintentionally. Hopefully, that'll work out. Otherwise, no, I gotta say I'm very happy with it! (Not a complaint, but I'm not fully convinced the manual focus capability is all they crack it up to be, but I really haven't had enough time to play with it at length yet.) $299 is a good price! I paid about $15 more on Amazon.
Woodswalker
September 6, 2015
The quality of that cloud shot is great!