As I get older, I have increasingly become more liberal in my environmental stance. Driving down I90 is the worst, a bit of me cries as I watch fancy exits and carpool lanes extend out into what was once pristine forest; now torn down for big-box stores surrounded by vast oceans of cars and mono-culture "planned communities".

...But the torture is worth it. This summer I hiked into Melakwa Lake - one of the many lakes that dot the Alpine Lakes Wilderness. Thankfully the early June weather had not melted the high-elevation snow--leaving the lake-area desolate, save for the few brave hikers willing to trample over the snow covered trail. Sadly, I was not prepared and should have brough a neutral density filter; thus most of my high-elevation pictures are trash.

High Melakwa Lake One of the many falls as the snow melt makes its way down into Denny Creek Water More Water

a trashed picture looking back down where I came from