Album Newell Creek Canyon February 2022 from Rob McMonigal

The Path Home

nobody@ipernity.com (Rob McMonigal) — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 07:08:00 +0000

The only downside to this park is you *have* to do back the way you came. I prefer loops. But it did allow me this neat look at where we'd been and where we were going.

Long Shadows

nobody@ipernity.com (Rob McMonigal) — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 07:08:17 +0000

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The sun at our backs gave me a chance to take this, as the trail stretches on below us.

Decay in Real Time

nobody@ipernity.com (Rob McMonigal) — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 07:07:26 +0000

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A lot of the canyon is in transition like this tree stump that's starting the first stages of decay.

Natural Fortress

nobody@ipernity.com (Rob McMonigal) — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 07:07:08 +0000

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I imagine elves or orcs or something use this, somehow.

Stagnant Water 2

nobody@ipernity.com (Rob McMonigal) — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 07:08:10 +0000

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More standing water. Even for natural water, it looked pretty bad. I wonder if any of the deer etc. that supposedly haunt the park (I didn't see any signs, honestly) ever try to drink it?

Stagnant Water

nobody@ipernity.com (Rob McMonigal) — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 07:06:53 +0000

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About 2/3 of the way into the bottom of the canyon is a pond that only a frog could love. "What do think this holds?" Erica asked.
"Mosquitos."
"Let's move on, then."

Fern Floor 2

nobody@ipernity.com (Rob McMonigal) — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 07:07:37 +0000

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So many ferns!

Fern Floor 1

nobody@ipernity.com (Rob McMonigal) — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 07:07:44 +0000

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A lot of the forest floor was covered in ferns, prompting many a bad pun from me as we walked alongside them on the trail.

Sunlight Moss

nobody@ipernity.com (Rob McMonigal) — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 07:07:17 +0000

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Really happy with how this came out. Hitting the trail in late afternoon meant the sun kept peeking out, and I thought how it hit this mossy dying tree looked cool. Not bad for taking this without looking directly at the lens (for obvious reasons!).

Looking up the Bike Trail

nobody@ipernity.com (Rob McMonigal) — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 07:07:50 +0000

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The park has an unusual facet, bike-only trails. This one didn't get any use, but others did. Neat concept, even if I felt like I wanted to cheat and see what the bikers got to see and I didn't! (Note: I can't manage an off-road bike.) I loved how the late-afternoon sun was cutting through here.