Last night's weather forcast for today was like something from the Bible - wind, rain, etc. WTF?
JimK and I had planned to get a later start today, to allow the predicted tempest to pass by, so I wasn't prepared to get an early start; so a late start we had.
Lime Kiln is a great nasty weather hike; sure, today wasn't nasty by any stretch of the imagination, but with such a late start, we didn't feel like altering our plan.
The trail is in great shape; last winter's damage has been repaired - the trail is more open now; lots of trees had come down.
The kiln is easier to spot nowadays - I guess the building of the trail made the area more open, so it's not so drapped in moss as it once was. The famous photo of the moss-encrusted saw blade leaning against a tree is a thing of the past - the blade is mostly just a rusty blade - the moss has either been rubbed off by passers-by, or is a victim of a once-shady are area becoming more open and getting more sun.
The evening light on the trail was gorgeous - the yellows and reds of the deciduous trees and the shrubs glowed, and the mosses were so vivid. There is still quite a bit of fall color on the road-walk portion of the trail.
A beautiful trail; I love going down to the river at the end of the loop - lots of people turn around at the kiln, but the best of the trail is beyond.
Forest
fungus
leaves on trail
Red leaves
red, yellow and green leaves
shelf fungus
Trunk, leaves and fern
White maidenhair fern1
White maidenhair fern3
Lime Kiln trail
River and far bank in low light
"...Other than that, the post was more or less accurate."
Bernardo, NW Hikers' Bureau Chief of Reporting
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"...Other than that, the post was more or less accurate."
Bernardo, NW Hikers' Bureau Chief of Reporting
sorry bcfc53; I re=named the thread.
Thanks for the photo compliments everyone. I keep forgetting my tripod; so many other photo ops didn't turn out. I got lazy, and the composition is a little off on some of those I did post.
The pale maiden hair fern - hopefully JimK got some good photos there. It was difficult because there was one group of ferns that were almost snow-white, and they kept thowing off the exposure settings in order to capture the pale ferns. They looked silly in the photo of the pale ferns - to crop them meant cropping other important ferns; I tried a photo of just the very white ones, but it didn't turn out.
"...Other than that, the post was more or less accurate."
Bernardo, NW Hikers' Bureau Chief of Reporting
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"...Other than that, the post was more or less accurate."
Bernardo, NW Hikers' Bureau Chief of Reporting
Like all ways sweet shots. Ok, your camera really grabs colors. So what kinda camera do you use ?
I bet you could get some cool photo's of the Tri-pod left behind and now the cedar tree grown around one of the legs.. There's more to see off that trail if'n one would do some exploring..
The rock pit has come great colors as well.. Ya the river is a great place to have a snack and take it in.. Not doing the end part is cheating your self for sure on that trail..
Here's a link of the old days on the Monte line.. The train on the bridge is coming over from tunnel #1. What a site that must have been.
http://robecanyon.org/
Great photos of a nifty place. Have not hiked there for months. I have bad timing and miss the great autumn show of the Big Leaf Maples that parade the old RR route/trail. However, the hike remains a good one in the winter. So....I'll see you on the trail! Hopefully...soon!
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