Angeles Crest Trip

Nikolai

Initially I thought to go to he Poppy reserve, but due to the weather conditions decided to go out a bit closer, and drive some miles on Angeles Crest Hwy.

Litte creek:



30 sec exposure of the moving clouds:



Tijunga Dam:



"A bridge too far":



Fog was getting thicker:



Trees in the fog:



From time to time there was some sun patches far away:



The fire road abruptly ended and we had to go back:



Clouds over greater LA:



Downtown LA (from about 20-30 miles, at 400mm):



The rest is here: http://nik.smugmug.com/gallery/1392499

Thanks for watching! Sorry, no sun today..:dunno

Cheers! :1drink

Angelo

great shots Nik

Did you come down the Crest from the Palmdale side? I've traveled the road from N. Glendale to Mt Wilson and have never seen that dam. Damn!

Ric Grupe

Thanks for taking me along for the ride.

I enjoyed it.

Nikolai

Angelo,

Angelo wrote:

great shots Nik

Did you come down the Crest from the Palmdale side? I've traveled the road from N. Glendale to Mt Wilson and have never seen that dam. Damn!

Thanks!

No, I came from Big Tijunga Canyon Road. As you can see from the map, it merges into Angeles Crest Hwy just a mile or two after the Dam.

I was hoping to get into the Little Rock Lake, but our attempt to use fire roads failed:-(. Next time, I guess...

Nikolai

Ric,

Ric Grupe wrote:

Thanks for taking me along for the ride.

I enjoyed it.

My pleasure, thanks for watching!

Dee

Great trip
I like the "sun patches" one... so reminds me of our coastal fog. I'll be standing in dreary gray, but if I look east I can see blue sky and some sun on the hills. It's frustrating when I've been fogged in too long.

You got a great photo of it. Also liked the shots of the dam...

Nikolai

Thanks, Dee!

Dee wrote:

I like the "sun patches" one... so reminds me of our coastal fog. I'll be standing in dreary gray, but if I look east I can see blue sky and some sun on the hills. It's frustrating when I've been fogged in too long.

You got a great photo of it. Also liked the shots of the dam...

I am well familiar with coastal fog, so I can easily relay to your feelings. Luckily, our place of living is 10-15 miles from the shore and most of the time fog does not hit us (except for the cold winter nights). Mountains, of course, are whole other story..

Appreciate your comments!
Cheers!

aero-nut

Nikolai wrote:

Thanks!

No, I came from Big Tijunga Canyon Road. As you can see from the map, it merges into Angeles Crest Hwy just a mile or two after the Dam.

I was hoping to get into the Little Rock Lake, but our attempt to use fire roads failed:-(. Next time, I guess...

Nik,

Great pics man! I like the one of the dam a lot. Yeah, those roads will surprise you. I can't tell you how many times I try to take hwy 2 over to the Pasedina area from the Antelope Valley, and I run into a closed gate. Grrr. I think they're still doing some fire and rock-slide clean-up.

I didn't actually go shooting today. Instead, I decided to nearly kill myself by going on a 19 mile mountain bike trek that took about 8 hours to ride, with about a 3500 ft alt gain. And, to top things off, it was muddy, socked in with clouds so we couldn't enjoy the view, and our map had errors on it. So, I'm sitting here nursing my wounds instead of playing with the new toy. Oh well, that time will come.

Nikolai

Kendall,

aero-nut wrote:

Nik,

Great pics man! I like the one of the dam a lot. Yeah, those roads will surprise you. I can't tell you how many times I try to take hwy 2 over to the Pasedina area from the Antelope Valley, and I run into a closed gate. Grrr. I think they're still doing some fire and rock-slide clean-up.

I didn't actually go shooting today. Instead, I decided to nearly kill myself by going on a 19 mile mountain bike trek that took about 8 hours to ride, with about a 3500 ft alt gain. And, to top things off, it was muddy, socked in with clouds so we couldn't enjoy the view, and our map had errors on it. So, I'm sitting here nursing my wounds instead of playing with the new toy. Oh well, that time will come.

Thanks, man!
Yeah, them fire roads can get tricky..:-(

19 miles on a MB, and that alt gain.. Wow! I hope you at least feel good about it and have a sense of accomplishment:-)
Heal fast and start shooting! You're not gonna start breaking in your new toy only in Utah, are you?

aero-nut

Nikolai wrote:

Thanks, man!
Yeah, them fire roads can get tricky..:-(

19 miles on a MB, and that alt gain.. Wow! I hope you at least feel good about it and have a sense of accomplishment:-)
Heal fast and start shooting! You're not gonna start breaking in your new toy only in Utah, are you?

Thanks. Not too sore yet, but I'm sure I'll feel it tomorrow. No, I'm sure I'll break it in plenty before then. Just gotta make the time. I'll be going to New Mexico this coming weekend, so that'll be a good opportunity to go crazy with pics.