A couple of weeks ago I went to the Albion Basin area at Alta Ski Resort to get pictures of wildflowers and found that I was too early. Our large snowpack delayed everything. Then, the weekend after I went, the area had a large hail storm. I waited until this Monday in the hopes that flowers that were packed down would be back up. It turns out, only the yellow flowers recovered. The nice sharp reds and blues were decimated.
in the next few days I will post some interesting photos of the visit, but unfortunately, the large fields of flowers were victims of the hail.
These shots show the trail to Cecret Lake that I climbed in hopes of finding some "fields." In the last photo I left the people along the trail for perspective.
jpgto
Loc: North East Tennessee
Regardless, still a very nice series of photos. Enjoyed the visit.
None-the-less, beautiful scenes well captured showing the magnificence of our local mountains.
We haven't been to Cecret Lake in five years and miss the moose we would always see there early in the morning. We would go with a few other couples, pack a lunch and have a picnic there. Ah, nostalgia!!
I'm going along with Longshadow on these.
--Bob
UTMike wrote:
A couple of weeks ago I went to the Albion Basin area at Alta Ski Resort to get pictures of wildflowers and found that I was too early. Our large snowpack delayed everything. Then, the weekend after I went, the area had a large hail storm. I waited until this Monday in the hopes that flowers that were packed down would be back up. It turns out, only the yellow flowers recovered. The nice sharp reds and blues were decimated.
in the next few days I will post some interesting photos of the visit, but unfortunately, the large fields of flowers were victims of the hail.
These shots show the trail to Cecret Lake that I climbed in hopes of finding some "fields." In the last photo I left the people along the trail for perspective.
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Sometimes Mother Nature gets the best of us - nice shots anyway.
jpgto wrote:
Regardless, still a very nice series of photos. Enjoyed the visit.
I appreciate the generous words, Jeff!
pedro1 wrote:
Nice set of photos Mike
Thanks for looking and commenting.
jederick wrote:
None-the-less, beautiful scenes well captured showing the magnificence of our local mountains.
We haven't been to Cecret Lake in five years and miss the moose we would always see there early in the morning. We would go with a few other couples, pack a lunch and have a picnic there. Ah, nostalgia!!
That trail gets longer every time. You didn't think I would go and not get a moose did you? Posting one from this hike later this week.
rmalarz wrote:
I'm going along with Longshadow on these.
--Bob
And I also appreciate that, Bob.
quixdraw wrote:
Very nice set & area!
Thanks, this area is great for hikes and photo ops, but I am getting too old for the hike part.
yssirk123 wrote:
Sometimes Mother Nature gets the best of us - nice shots anyway.
I appreciate the kind words, Bill!
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