We drove up to Bellingham to visit my dad and hiked my first two real trails since the surgery. I’m happy to report that I was pain-free for both hikes. I am really starting to feel like my old self again lately, and I’m hopeful that we can salvage what’s left of the summer and get outdoors.
The first hike was Goat Mountain. We got a late start and didn’t make it all the way to the top, but got up high enough to see Mt Shuksan in all its glory.
The second was Heliotrope, with unmatched views of Mt Baker. We were hoping to get closer to the glaciers but were turned around by the rapidly rushing snowmelt. Instead, we climbed up the Hogs Back ridge line instead and were treated to wildflowers and big mountain/glacier views.
All of my photos this time around were shot on film (Portra 400). I'm going to try to do my own bracketed 30MP scans once I get the negatives back and see if I can beat the quality that I'm getting from the lab. In theory, there should be enough resolution in the negatives to print any of these shots as a poster. It has been fun learning more about film, both still and motion picture.