I'm breaking the rules. The tenth picture in my first folder is of me and my roommates during our first year of college. I have toilette paper wrapped around my head and draping from my ears...
So we're going to folder number two!
Much better.
I took this picture eight years ago on my first backpacking trip. (Yes, on a trusty disposable camera.)
This pond sits somewhere between Bear Trap Lake and Rainbow Meadow, just outside of Yosemite. (The actual name of the meadow isn't Rainbow Meadow, but everyone I know who travels through it calls it that. Just don't call me on it if you're on a trip in California and can't find it on a map.) This section of wilderness was just incorporated and protected as part of the Hoover Wilderness last year.
This trip was my catalyst to a lifetime of longing for wild spaces. While I can't look back and point to single events that changed the course of my life, this is one of those experiences that makes me wonder.
Where would I be today if I hadn't walked those miles, if I hadn't climbed that boulder, to watch the reflection of rocky peaks and open sky?
5 comments:
That's a gorgeous picture. I'm glad you broke the rules and showed it to us!
You sure do have a love for the wilderness - you're lucky to experience it so often.
very cool, and what a great background behind the picture.
Stunning! Those mountains out west are unbelievable. Breathtaking. Although part of me really wants to see the toilet paper photo! LOL.
I spent a ton of time in the Sierra mountains outside Yosemite, and it does change a person. What a great photo and memory!
Almost all my Sierra photos were taken with film... so I won't find them in iPhoto until I scan them. Hmmm.
Uh - we think the first picture should be posted to. Just because.
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