Quick Echo Lake Mission

Chase, Lauren, Riley, Derby the Dog, and I made a quick blast up to Casa Hancock at Echo Lake (gateway to Desolation Wilderness) last Wednesday. We got there mid-afternoon for 24 hours of fun, mostly encompassed by swimming, cooking, eating, and going on little side-hikes in the neighborhood. Oh yeah, and taking loads and loads of photos. Go ahead and call it a photo camp. Between us, enough film was exposed and enough data stored to keep a darkroom in business for the duration of the economic downturn.

So instead of telling some roundabout story to narrate all of these, we'll just kind of group them together and let them tell their own story.

Photos I got to take with Riley's stonkin' 5DMkII and his ripping cool 15mm fisheye:







Rock:








Think this one's getting framed

Tree:












The Wedge


Ralston Peak in the background



Dog:








Coolin' them feet off

Human:


Testing the waters with Derby


Mmm, cold








This is fast becoming one of my favorite photos ever - Lauren, Chase, and Derby



Water:


@ 1/4"

Cloud:


Cloud perfectly mimicking Flagpole Peak




Shimmery goodness


More shimmeryness

Star:




Big Dipper front and center

Riley got some awesome photos, and I've seen a couple of Chase's negatives, too. All awesome. Save for the dead battery in Chase's car when we got back to the parking lot (which was salvaged by fresh raspberry milkshakes), the trip went off without a hitch. It's a shame to spend so little time in such a special spot, but we gotta take what we can get!